Celebration (Kool & the Gang song)
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"Celebration" is a 1980 song by American band Kool & the Gang. Released as the first single from their twelfth album, Celebrate! (1980), it was the band's first and only single to reach No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Quick Facts Single by Kool & the Gang, from the album Celebrate! ...
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Single by Kool & the Gang | ||||
from the album Celebrate! | ||||
B-side | "Morning Star" | |||
Released | October 1980 | |||
Recorded | January - March 1980 | |||
Studio | House of Music, West Orange, New Jersey | |||
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Length | 3:42 (7-inch version) 4:17 (video version) 5:00 (12-inch / album version) | |||
Label | De-Lite | |||
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"Celebration" on YouTube | ||||
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In 2016, "Celebration" by Kool & The Gang was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[3]
In 2021, the Library of Congress selected "Celebration" for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally historically or aesthetically significant".[4]