"I Can't Help It"
Single by Andy Gibb and Olivia Newton-John
from the album After Dark
B-side"Someone I Ain't"
ReleasedMarch 1980
Recorded1979
GenreSoft rock[1]
Length4:08 (album version)
3:46 (promo version)
LabelRSO
Songwriter(s)Barry Gibb
Producer(s)Gibb-Galuten-Richardson
Andy Gibb singles chronology
"Desire"
(1980)
"I Can't Help It"
(1980)
"Rest Your Love on Me"
(1980)
Olivia Newton-John singles chronology
"Totally Hot"
(1979)
"I Can't Help It"
(1980)
"Rest Your Love on Me"
(1980)

"I Can't Help It" is a song performed by English musician Andy Gibb and British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John. It was released in March 1980 as the second single from Gibb's third and final studio album After Dark. The song was written by Barry Gibb and produced by the production trio Gibb-Galuten-Richardson, of which Barry Gibb was a founding member.

Charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 62
Belgium 27
Canada (RPM) Top Singles[3] 32
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM) 3
Spain 23
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 12
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[4] 8
US Cash Box 13
US Radio & Records 17
US Record World 17

In 1984, Gibb performed this song on the sitcom Punky Brewster in the episode "Play It Again, Punky" where Gibb guest starred as Punky's piano teacher.[5]

References

  1. Silverman, Hope (May 7, 2021). "Review: Higher Than A Mountain: The Songs Of Andy Gibb". Cover Me.
  2. David Kent (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. "CAN Charts for Andy Gibb". RPM. Archived from the original on November 13, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  4. 1 2 Andy Gibb, "I Can't Help It" chart positions Retrieved May 24, 2013
  5. "Andy Gibb - I Can't Help It (Punky Brewster 1984)". YouTube. May 23, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
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