- I'm So Excited
Infobox Single
Name = I'm So Excited
Artist =Pointer Sisters
from Album =So Excited! and Break Out
Released =1982
Format =CD Single
Genre =Disco
Length = 4:25
Label =RCA Records
Writer =Anita Pointer ,June Pointer ,Ruth Pointer ,Trevor Lawrence
Last single = "American Music"
(1982)
This single = "I'm So Excited"
(1982)
Next single = "I Need You"
(1983)"I'm So Excited" is a song written and recorded by thePointer Sisters . The song appeared originally on their 1982 album "So Excited! ", while a remixed version appeared on the 1984 rerelease of their1983 album "Break Out". The song was chosen as one of theSongs of the Century by RIAA.Upon its first release in 1982 (through inclusion in the movie "
Summer Lovers ,") it peaked at #30 on theBillboard Hot 100 chart and #46 on the Billboard Black Singles chart in the U.S. However, two years later, when the Pointers were experiencing massive success with "Break Out", the song was added to that album and re-released. It subsequently reached #9.The song was also included in the movies '
National Lampoon's Vacation "(1983), "Hot Shots! Part Deux " (1993), and "The Nutty Professor".In
2004 , thepost-punk bandLe Tigre covered this song on their third albumThis Island .
It was also covered by Finnish Show Rock band calledRoctum on their debut single "Sandwich" in 2005.It was performed in an episode of "
Saved by the Bell ".The single is also shown on a commercial byBell Canada , where one of itsbeavers was secretly dancing to the beat of the song while failing to notice the other coming in the room.In the UK, it was famously used in the mid 80s and 1990s for various adverts for
Cadbury's Crunchie , along with the popular tagline, "Get The Friday Feeling".In the "
Drake and Josh " episode "The Drake and Josh Inn ", it was performed byYvette Nicole Brown asHelen Dubuois .In one episode of
Friends , Monica sings the first few lines of the song while the audience cheers at the visibility of her bra. She requests that the pianist "make it bouncy."The song was selected as one of the "Songs of the Century" by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was ranked #264 out of 365 songs.
Trivia
* The 1983 version of the song was the 13th of 16 Top 40 hits for Pointer Sisters.
* This song was used by defunct storesRobinsons-May andMeier & Frank , with the slogan "Always Something Exciting"
* ForShowtime 's "Excitement" campaign for the mid-80s, bits of the song are heard.Credits
*Lead vocals by
Anita Pointer
*Background vocals byRuth Pointer andJune Pointer Chart
{| class="wikitable"!align="left"|Chart (1982)!align="center"|Peak
position
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align="left"|U.S.Billboard Hot 100
align="center"|30
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align="left"|U.S. R&B Chart
align="center"|46
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align="left"|U.S. Dance Chart
align="center"|28
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align="left"|Australia ARIA chart
align="center"|9
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