I've Had Enough (Earth, Wind & Fire song)

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"I've Had Enough"
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Single by Earth, Wind & Fire
from the album Raise!
B-side "Kalimba Tree (Instrumental)"
ReleasedJanuary 1982 (UK)
Recorded1981
Genre Post-disco
Length4:36
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Philip Bailey, Greg Phillinganes, Brenda Russell
Producer(s) Maurice White
Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology
"Wanna Be with You"
(1982)
"I've Had Enough"
(1982)
"Fall in Love with Me"
(1982)
Music video
"I've Had Enough" on YouTube

"I've Had Enough" is a single by the band Earth, Wind & Fire issued in January 1982 on Columbia Records. [1] The song peaked at No. 29 on the UK Pop Singles chart. [2]

Contents

Overview

I've Had Enough was written by Philip Bailey, Greg Phillinganes and Brenda Russell. The song was included on the band's 1981 studio album Raise! . [1]

Critical reception

Barney Hoskyns of New Musical Express proclaimed "I've Had Enough is a perfect strike-out". [3] Alan Coulthard of Record Mirror wrote "The other highlight is I've Had Enough, this set's successor to that pair of classics September and Fantasy. The intoxicating horn section and Philip Bailey's falsetto vocal transfer a song of unexceptional proportions into the realms of excellence". [4]

Samples

I've Had Enough was later sampled by German house producer and DJ Tonka in 1998 in his song "Security".

Charts

Chart (1982)Peak
position
UK Pop Singles [2] 29

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References

  1. 1 2 Earth, Wind & Fire: I've Had Enough. Columbia Records. January 1982.
  2. 1 2 "Earth Wind & Fire: I've Had Enough". officialcharts.com. Official Charts Company.
  3. Hoskyns, Barney (November 14, 1981). Raise High The Cosmic Booty. New Music Weekly. p. 37.
  4. Coulthard, Alan. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Raise!". Vol. 28 no. 46. Record Mirror. p. 14.Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)