I Can Do It
| "I Can Do It" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by The Rubettes | ||||
| from the album We Can Do It | ||||
| B-side | "If You've Got the Time" | |||
| Released | March 1975 | |||
| Genre | Glam rock | |||
| Label | State Records/Polydor Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Wayne Bickerton, Tony Waddington | |||
| Producer(s) | Wayne Bickerton, Tony Waddington | |||
| The Rubettes singles chronology | ||||
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"I Can Do It" was the fourth single released by the English band The Rubettes and the second single from their album We can do it. The song was written and produced by Wayne Bickerton and Tony Waddington. It reached number 7 in the UK charts, making it the band's third top 10 UK hit from four single releases.[1][2]
The single was significant in that it was the first release on the State Records, a label set up by Bickerton, Waddington and John Fruin in 1975, bearing the catalogue number STAT 1.[3]
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
| Chart (1975) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] | 89 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[5] | 7 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] | 5 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[7] | 5 |
| France (SNEP)[8] | 2 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[9] | 5 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] | 5 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] | 6 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[12] | 7 |
| West Germany (Official German Charts)[13] | 3 |
Year-end charts[edit]
| Chart (1975) | Position |
|---|---|
| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[14] | 31 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[15] | 82 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[16] | 68 |
| West Germany (Official German Charts)[17] | 20 |
Later uses[edit]
- Cover versions project Top of the Pops featured a version of I Can Do It on Top of the Pops, Volume 44 released in March 1975.[18]
- In 1977, the Liverpool Football club released We Can Do It as a single, to the tune of I Can Do It.
- Netherlands Glam Rock band Block Busters included a cover version of the song on their album Powder to the People in 1999.[19]
- Finnish band Kim and the Hurmio included a version of I Can Do It on their 2003 album "Put The Blame on Me".[20]
- Showaddywaddy included a version of I Can Do It on their 2006 album I Love Rock'n'Roll.[21][22]
References[edit]
- ^ "Rubettes UK Chart History". Official Charts.
- ^ "Rubettes Discography 1975". Rubettes Official Site. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ "Rubettes - I Can Do It". Discogs. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 261. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "The Rubettes – I Can Do It" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "The Rubettes – I Can Do It" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "The Rubettes – I Can Do It" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ https://chartssinglestop40france.blogspot.com/2017/07/13-jul-1975.html
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 14, 1975" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "The Rubettes – I Can Do It" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "The Rubettes – I Can Do It". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Rubettes: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Rubettes – I Can Do It" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1975". Ultratop. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1975". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1975". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Juke Box Jive - Top of the Pops, Vol 44". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "Block Busters - Powder to the People". Discogs. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "I Can Do It - Kim and the Hurmio". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "I Love Rock'n'Roll - Showaddywaddy". Amazon.com. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "Cover versions of I Can Do It". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
