"September" has been one of the biggest commercial and critical successes of Earth, Wind & Fire's career, and vocalist Philip Bailey considers it one of the group's best songs.
Īlthough several theories about the significance of the date have been suggested, the songwriter Maurice White claimed he simply chose the 21st due to how it sounded when sung. 1-solely to boost sales with original content. Willis was initially bothered by the gibberish "ba-dee-ya" lyric White used through the song, and begged him to rewrite it: "I just said, 'What the fuck does 'ba-dee-ya' mean?' And he essentially said, 'Who the fuck cares?' I learned my greatest lesson ever in songwriting from him, which was never let the lyric get in the way of the groove." The song was included on the band's first compilation- The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. Using a chord progression written by Earth, Wind & Fire guitarist Al McKay, vocalist Maurice White and songwriter Allee Willis wrote the song over one month. The song has a funk groove based on a four-measure pattern that is consistent between verses and choruses, built on a circle of fifths. "September" is in the key of A major with a tempo of 126 beats per minute in common time. It was added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important" in 2018. The song remains a staple of the band's body of work and has been sampled, covered, remixed, and re-recorded numerous times.
1 on the US Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart, No. Initially included as a track for The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1, "September" was very successful commercially and reached No. " September" is a song by the American band Earth, Wind & Fire released as a single in 1978 on ARC/ Columbia Records.
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