I Can't Help Myself (Eddie Rabbitt song)

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"I Can't Help Myself"
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Single by Eddie Rabbitt
from the album Rabbitt [1]
B-side "She Loves Me Like She Means It"
ReleasedApril 2, 1977
Genre Country
Length3:12
Label Elektra
Songwriter(s)
  • Eddie Rabbitt
  • Even Stevens
Producer(s) David Malloy
Eddie Rabbitt singles chronology
"Two Dollars in the Jukebox"
(1976)
"I Can't Help Myself"
(1977)
"We Can't Go On Living Like This"
(1977)

"I Can't Help Myself" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. Even Stevens shares a co-writing credit. It was released in April 1977 as the first single from the album Rabbitt . The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [2]

Chart performance

Chart (1977)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 2
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 71
Canadian RPM Country Tracks5

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References

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  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006 (Second ed.). Record Research. p. 279.
  3. "Eddie Rabbitt Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. "Eddie Rabbitt Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.