Can't Help Myself

Can't Help Myself

Infobox Single
Name = Can't Help Myself


Caption = "Can't Help Myself" by Flowers
Artist = Icehouse
from Album = Icehouse
A-side = "Can't Help Myself"
B-side = "Send Somebody"
Released = Start date|1980|05|13
Format = 7" Vinyl Single, 10" Vinyl Single
Recorded =
Genre = rock, synthpop
Length = 3:10
Label = Regular Records
Chrysalis Records
Writer = Iva Davies
Producer = Cameron Allan, Iva Davies
Reviews =
Certification =
Chart position = #16 (Australia)
Last single =
This single = "Can't Help Myself"
(1980)
Next single = "We Can Get Together"
(1980)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = "Can't Help Myself" by Icehouse
Alternative Cover
Type = single


Cover size =
Lower caption = Chrysalis Records (US / UK 1981 release)
Border = "Can't Help Myself" is the debut single released by Australian synthpop / rock band Flowers, later known as Icehouse. It was released in May 1980 as a 7" Vinyl Single (see infobox at right), on independent label Regular Records from their debut album "Icehouse", five months before the album itself was released. A 10" vinyl single was released in July and featured a cover depicting individual images of band members diagonally across the band's name and the single's title (see image at right below the infobox). It peaked at #10 on the Australian singles charts.cite book |title=Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 |format=doc |last=Kent |first=David |authorlink= David Kent|publisher=Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6 |accessdate=2008-06-29 ]

It was also released in the UK on Chrysalis Records in October 1981 as the second single under the band name Icehouse (see infobox at right middle) as both a 7" and 10" vinyl single and later in the US as a 7" and 12" single. [cite web |url=http://www.connollyco.com/discography/icehouse/canthelp7.html |title="Can't Help Myself" |publisher=Connolly & Company |year-2004 |accessdate=2008-06-29 ] A remix version by beXta was released on the Icehouse album "Meltdown" in 2002.cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:39ftxqraldse~T2 |title="Meltdown" credits |publisher=allmusic guide |accessdate=2008-07-16 ]

Track listing

All tracks written by Iva Davies unless otherwise indicated.cite web |publisher=APRA |title=APRA search engine |url=http://www.apra.com.au/site/public/searchworksresult.stm |accessdate=2008-06-29 Note: requires user to input song title e.g. CANT HELP MYSELF]

7" single (Australian release)

# "Can't Help Myself" - 3:10
# "Send Somebody" (Iva Davies, Michael Hoste) - 3:42

10" single (Australian release)

# "Can't Help Myself"
# "Send Somebody" (Davies, Hoste)
# "Can't Help Myself" (Extended version)

7" single (UK release)

# "Can't Help Myself" (Club Mix 1) - 3:27
# "Fatman" - 3:50

12" single (UK release)

# "Can't Help Myself" (Club Mix 1)
# "Can't Help Myself" (Club Mix 2)
# "Fatman"

12" single (US release)

# "Can't Help Myself" (Version 1) - 5:56
# "Can't Help Myself" (Version 2) - 5:56

Credits

*Producer — Cameron Allan, Iva Davies
*Re-mix — Ed Thacker, Daniel Coulombe

References


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