I Can't Help It (Andy Gibb and Olivia Newton-John song)

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"I Can't Help It"
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Single by Andy Gibb and Olivia Newton-John
from the album After Dark
B-side "Someone I Ain't"
ReleasedMarch 1980
Recorded1979
Genre Soft rock [1]
Length4:08 (album version)
3:46 (promo version)
Label RSO
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.

Contents

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [2] 62
Belgium27
Canada (RPM) Top Singles [3] 32
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)3
Spain23
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 12
US Billboard Adult Contemporary [4] 8
US Cash Box 13
US Radio & Records 17
US Record World 17
Quebec (ADISQ) [5] 18

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. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Silverman, Hope (7 May 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 13 November 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  4. 1 2 Andy Gibb, "I Can't Help It" chart positions Retrieved 24 May 2013
  5. ↑ "Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec" (PDF) (in French). BAnQ. 17 May 1980. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Andy Gibb - I Can't Help It (Punky Brewster 1984)". YouTube. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2021.


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