"I Just Want to Celebrate" | ||||
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Single by Rare Earth | ||||
from the album One World | ||||
B-side | "Seed" | |||
Released | Summer 1971 | |||
Format | 7" single | |||
Genre | Funk rock, hard rock | |||
Length | 2:52 (single edit) 3:35 (album version) |
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Label | Rare Earth Records | |||
Writer(s) | Dino Fekaris Nick Zesses |
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Producer(s) | Rare Earth Tom Baird |
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Rare Earth singles chronology | ||||
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"I Just Want to Celebrate" is a song recorded by American rock band Rare Earth. It was the lead single on their 1971 album One World and was the band's fifth single overall. It reached #7 on the pop charts and was Rare Earth's final top 10 single. It was the opening song on their live album, Rare Earth in Concert, released later that year. The song was included on various live and best-of compilations in later years.
The song has been included on numerous 1970s compilation albums in the years following its release.
It has been used in national advertising campaigns by Ford Motor Company, AT&T, and Nicoderm. It appeared in the final episode of the television show Six Feet Under and was also featured prominently in the films Three Kings, A Knight's Tale and Land of the Lost, in the trailer for the film Tropic Thunder, and in the end credits music in episode 24 ("One Day in the Valley") of the television series, Entourage. In 2012, the song was used in advertisements for Nicoderm CQ brand smoking cessation patches, and appeared in the credits of the action film The Expendables 2. In 2013, it appeared in the commercial for the video game Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time.