September (song)

"September"
Single by Earth, Wind and Fire from the album The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1
B-side	Can't Hide Love
Released	1978
Genre	Disco
Length	3:37
Label	CBS
Writer	Maurice White, Al McKay, Allee Willis
Producer	Earth, Wind and Fire
Earth, Wind and Fire singles chronology
"Got to Get You into My Life" (1978) "September" (1978) "In the Stone" (1979)

"September" (sometimes called "Dancing in September") is a song written by Maurice White, Al McKay and Allee Willis, and recorded as a hit single by Earth, Wind and Fire in 1978. The single reached #1 on the U.S. R&B chart, #8 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #3 in the UK. The song was one of their top three most famous in the UK, next to "Boogie Wonderland" and "Let's Groove". It is among their greatest hits and is remembered as one of their funkiest disco songs.

Appearances in other media

• It is used in the video game Donkey Konga (Europe release).
• A cover version of the song also appears during a stage of the Nintendo DS video game Elite Beat Agents.
• The song appears in a montage on American Dad episode 18 Finances with Wolves.
• Fatboy Slim's remix is played in the Japanese nightclub in the film Babel.
• EWF sang a special TV-related version of the song with the Black Eyed Peas at the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
• It is played at the closing scene in the film Night at the Museum, when all the museum exhibits are having a party in the museum at night.
• The song served as Al Gore's campaign theme during his 2000 US Presidential campaign.
• In the Netherlands, X-Factor's second finalist Richy sung this in one of the broadcasts.
• In the Xbox 360 game Dance Dance Revolution: Universe a remix called "September '99" is playable.
• The song is in GuitarFreaks V4 and DrumMania V4
• In the closing credits of the Kirsten Dunst movie Get Over It, the song is performed by Sisqo and Vitamin C.
• Kirk Franklin does a gospel version of the the song on the Earth, Wind and Fire tribute album "Interpretations".
• In the movie, The Ringer, this song is used during the dance near the end of the movie.
• In the movie, Dan in Real Life, the song is used during the outdoor scene involving the whole family attempting aerobics. Despite it's apparent importance to the development of the characters, it is not included on the soundtrack.
• In (1999) the song was remixed by Phat's & Small and became a dance hit.
• On December 14th, 2007, the song was covered during Fox Television's reality-competition The Next Great American Band by Nashville big-band group Denver and the Mile High Orchestra.