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I Can't Help Myself

A 1982 UK No. 42 single written by Collins and McClymont.
Orange Juice, from Rip It Up (1982)

Written by
Edwyn Collins, David McClymont
Released
1982
Album
Rip It Up

Collins and McClymont wrote I Can't Help Myself, the five-minute opening of side two of Rip It Up. Released as Polydor POSP 522, it first charted on 23 October 1982 and reached No. 42 in the UK.

The band played it in a Kid Jensen Radio 1 session on 4 May 1982 and on The Old Grey Whistle Test. The television performance is on the DVD in the Coals to Newcastle box set.

More songs by Orange Juice

Falling and Laughing, Rip It Up, Blue Boy, Simply Thrilled Honey, Poor Old Soul, Felicity

Sources

  1. I Can't Help Myself: singles chart history, Official Charts
  2. Rip It Up (POLS 1076), Discogs
  3. Coals to Newcastle, Discogs
  4. The Orange Juice, Wikipedia