Can't Help Myself (Flowers song)

"Can't Help Myself"
"Can't Help Myself"
	"Can't Help Myself" by Flowers
Single by Flowers
from the album Icehouse
B-side	"Send Somebody"
Released	13 May 1980
Recorded	1980
Genre	Synth-pop ; new wave ;
Length	3:10
Label	Regular ; Chrysalis ;
Songwriter(s)	Iva Davies
Producer(s)	Cameron Allan ; Iva Davies;
Flowers singles chronology
Music video
	"Can't Help Myself" on YouTube

Last updated June 21, 2025

↑ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Icehouse'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop . St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on May 17, 2003. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
↑ Magnus Holmgren (ed.). "Icehouse". Australian Rock Database . Magnus Holmgren. Archived from the original on 5 December 1998. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
↑ "IVA DAVIES & ICEHOUSE - 1994 Mum & Dad Davies Interview". Spellbound-icehouse.org. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
↑ "Can't Help Myself". Connolly & Company. 2004. Retrieved 29 June 2008.
↑ "Meltdown > Credits". Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 16 July 2008.
↑ "Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100'". Musicfeeds. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
↑ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box . 7 November 1981. p. 13. Retrieved 1 December 2021– via World Radio History.
↑ ""Can't Help Myself" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 7 November 2009.
1 2 ""Send Somebody" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 7 November 2009.
1 2 ""Fatman" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 7 November 2009.
↑ Holmgren, Magnus. "The Flowers / Icehouse". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 147. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
1 2 "National Top 100 Singles for 1980". Kent Music Report. 5 January 1981. Retrieved 17 January 2022– via Imgur.
↑ "Flowers – Can't Help Myself". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 3 December 2021.

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[McF-1] McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Icehouse'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop . St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on May 17, 2003. Retrieved 6 November 2009.

[ARDb-2] Magnus Holmgren (ed.). "Icehouse". Australian Rock Database . Magnus Holmgren. Archived from the original on 5 December 1998. Retrieved 6 November 2009.

[Kent-3] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.

[4] "IVA DAVIES & ICEHOUSE - 1994 Mum & Dad Davies Interview". Spellbound-icehouse.org. Retrieved 2016-10-16.

[5] "Can't Help Myself". Connolly & Company. 2004. Retrieved 29 June 2008.

[Allmusic1-6] "Meltdown > Credits". Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 16 July 2008.

[7] "Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100'". Musicfeeds. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020.

[aus81-8] "Single Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box . 7 November 1981. p. 13. Retrieved 1 December 2021– via World Radio History.

[APRA_Cant-9] ""Can't Help Myself" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 7 November 2009.

[APRA_Send-10] 1 2 ""Send Somebody" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 7 November 2009.

[APRA_Fatman-11] 1 2 ""Fatman" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 7 November 2009.

[Holmgren-12] Holmgren, Magnus. "The Flowers / Icehouse". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.

[aus-13] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 147. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[aus80-14] 1 2 "National Top 100 Singles for 1980". Kent Music Report. 5 January 1981. Retrieved 17 January 2022– via Imgur.

[sc_New_Zealand_Flowers-15] "Flowers – Can't Help Myself". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 3 December 2021.

v t e Icehouse
Iva Davies Guy Pratt Andy Qunta Paul Gildea
Studio albums	Icehouse (as Flowers) Primitive Man Sidewalk Boxes Measure for Measure Man of Colours Code Blue Big Wheel
Soundtracks	The Berlin Tapes
Remix albums	Full Circle Meltdown
Compilations	Great Southern Land Masterfile The Singles Love In Motion No Promises Heroes White Heat: 30 Hits
EPs	Fresco EP Spin One
Singles	"Can't Help Myself" "We Can Get Together" "Walls" "Icehouse" "Love in Motion" "Great Southern Land" "Hey Little Girl" "Taking the Town" "Don't Believe Anymore" "Dusty Pages" "No Promises" "Crazy" "Electric Blue" "My Obsession" "Love in Motion" (feat. Chrissy Amphlett) "Great Southern Land" (remix) "Hey Little Girl '97 remixes"
Related articles	Discography