"Celebration" is a song released in 1980

1980 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1980.-January–March:*January 1**Cliff Richard is appointed an MBE by Elizabeth II.**The Zorros audition drummer Greg Pedley....

 by Kool & the Gang

Kool & the Gang

Kool & the Gang are an American jazz, R&B, soul, and funk group, originally formed as the Jazziacs in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964.They went through several musical phases during the course of their recording career, starting out with a purist jazz sound, then becoming practitioners of R&B and...

 from their album Celebrate!

Celebrate!

Celebrate! is the fourteenth studio album by the funk band Kool & the Gang, released in 1980. The album contained the number-one hit "Celebration", and the album itself also reached #1 on the U.S...

. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 chart on February 7, 1981 and held that position until February 20, 1981. Late in 1980, the song had also reached number one on both the Billboard Dance and R&B

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

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 charts. The song dominated the radio for nearly the entire year, and is still heard today at weddings and parties. It was also an international hit, reaching number 7 in the UK

United Kingdom

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, and a version was recorded with a Spanish language vocal for relevant markets.

It is also a popular anthem for sporting events; for example, it was prominently associated with the 1982 World Series

1982 World Series

-Game 1:Tuesday, October 12, 1982 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MissouriThe Brewers' left-hander Mike Caldwell pitched a complete game shutout, allowing only three hits. The Brewers' offense was led by Paul Molitor, who had a World Series-record five hits and two RBIs...

 victory by the St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals

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, and is played over the PA system after Oakland Athletics

Oakland Athletics

The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....

, Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers

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, Tennessee Titans

Tennessee Titans

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, Hagerstown Suns

Hagerstown Suns

The Hagerstown Suns are a Minor League Baseball team based in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States. They play in Municipal Stadium, which was opened in 1930 and seats 4,600 fans....

, and Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks

The Milwaukee Bucks are a professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. They are part of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was founded in 1968 as an expansion team, and currently plays at the Bradley Center....

 victories. The indoor soccer team, the Baltimore Blast plays this song when they score a goal and win the game. It is also played by the Husky Marching Band at University Of Washington

University of Washington

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 sporting events when the teams wins.

The song is also notable for having played when the remaining American hostages returned home following the 1979-1981 Iran Hostage Crisis

Iran hostage crisis

The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States where 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, after a group of Islamist students and militants took over the American Embassy in Tehran in support of the Iranian...

. It was also rewritten in 1984 as the jingle for Diet Orange Crush

Orange Crush

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Kylie Minogue version

"Celebration" was also covered as a 1992 single by Australian singer Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...

. It was recorded by Minogue in 1991 for her fourth studio album, Let's Get To It

Let's Get to It

Let's Get to It is the fourth album by Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue. It was released by PWL on 14 October 1991 and was a top twenty album in both Minogue's native Australia and the United Kingdom.-Album information:...

, but it was not included, later appearing on the 1992 Greatest Hits album. It was released as a single, peaking at number 20 in the UK and number 21 in Australia. One of Minogue's least commercially popular singles, it has been cited many times as one of her favourite songs, and unlike "Finer Feelings

Finer Feelings

"Finer Feelings" is a song by Kylie Minogue. It was the final release from Let's Get to It and was actually planned as the follow-up to "Word Is Out", but was held back after the release of "If You Were with Me Now". "Finer Feelings" finally appeared in April 1992, remixed by Brothers in Rhythm,...

" and "What Kind of Fool (Heard All That Before)

What Kind of Fool (Heard All That Before)

"What Kind of Fool " is a song performed by Australian recording artist and songwriter Kylie Minogue, from her Greatest hits album Greatest Hits . The song was written by Mike Stock, Kylie Minogue and Pete Waterman, and produced by Stock and Waterman...

", "Celebration" was included on her greatest-hits compilation Ultimate Kylie

Ultimate Kylie

Ultimate Kylie is the third compilation album by Australian singer and songwriter Kylie Minogue, which was released in November 2004 by Parlophone Records. This collection superseded Kylie's 1992 Greatest Hits compilation and the 2000 compilation Hits+. It was released with the Copy Control...

. The techno-rave mix of the track features on the Kylie's Non-stop History 50+1 album. This song was the last single with PWL

PWL

Pete Waterman Entertainment is the production company one-time pop and dance record label owned by pop mogul Pete Waterman. The label, originally PWL, is most famous for being the home of hit record producers Stock Aitken Waterman....

 and Stock Aitken Waterman

Stock Aitken Waterman

Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a UK songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. They had great success during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s...

.

Live Performances

It remains a live favourite, being performed on her On a Night Like This

On a Night like This

"On a Night Like This" is a song by Australian recording artist and songwriter Kylie Minogue, taken from her seventh studio album Light Years . The song was released as a CD Single on 25 September 2000, and was released digitally after the physical release date...

 tour in 2001 as well as at the opening ceremony of the Paralympics in 2000.

Use in popular culture

Minogue's rendition of the song was used in commercials for Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...

 trucks in the United States in 2005 and 2006.

Formats

CD Single

1. "Celebration"
2. "Celebration" - Have a Party Mix
3. "Let's Get to It" (12" Mix) - 4:52

7" Single

1. "Celebration"
2. "Let's Get to It" - 3:50

12" Single

1. "Celebration" - Have a Party Mix
2. "Let's Get to It" (12" Mix) - 4:52

Australian CD Single

1. "Celebration"
2. "Celebration" - Have a Party Mix
3. "Too Much of a Good Thing"

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	21
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	11
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	20