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			{{Short description\|1979 single by Kenny Loggins}}
	"'''This Is It'''" was a song by ], from his ] album ''].''
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			\| name = This Is It
			\| cover = "This_Is_It"_by_Kenny_Loggins.jpg
			\| alt =
			\| type = single
			\| artist = ]
			\| album = ]
			\| B-side = Will It Last
			\| released = October 1979
			\| recorded =
			\| studio =
			\| venue =
			\| genre = * ]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.stereogum.com/5507/40_most_softsational_softrock_songs/franchises/list/\|title=VH1's 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs\|date=May 31, 2007\|website=]\|publisher=]\|access-date=July 31, 2016}}</ref>
			* ]<ref name="Breithaupt 2000">{{cite book\|title= Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s\|first1=Don\|last1=Breithaupt\|first2= Jeff\|last2= Breithaupt\|date= July 17, 2000\|chapter= The Six Million Dollar Tan: West Coast Pop\|page= 46\|publisher=]\|isbn=978-0-312-19821-3\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kh04AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT95}}</ref>
			\| length = 3:36 (single version)<br>3:57 (album version)
			\| label = ]
			\| writer = * ]
			* ]
			\| producer = ]
			\| prev_title = Easy Driver
			\| prev_year = 1979
			\| next_title = ]
			\| next_year = 1980
			}}

			"'''This Is It'''" is a song by American musician ]. It was released in 1979 as the lead single from his 1979 album '']''. It reached number 11 on the ] and number 17 on the ] chart. "This Is It" was also successful on the ] chart, reaching number 19; it was one of two entries on this chart.<ref>{{cite book \|title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004\|last=Whitburn \|first=Joel \|author-link=Joel Whitburn \|year=2004 \|publisher=Record Research \|page=358}}</ref>
	The song also features additional vocals by ].

			The song features additional vocals by ], who co-wrote the song with Loggins. The song won a ] in ] for ].
	{{stub}}

			] used the song as theme music for its coverage of the ] in 1980 and 1981.

			] in ] had a local weekend program of the same name and had the song as its theme throughout the 1980s.

			==Background and writing==
			{{Listen
			\|filename = Kenny Loggins - This Is It.ogg
			\|title = This Is It
			\|description = ] singing soft parts contrasting with ] singing hard parts.
			}}

			At one point in the song's evolution, its melody was underway, but the lyrics were incomplete. Loggins moved it forward after a visit to his ailing father, who had undergone a series of surgeries for vascular problems stemming from small strokes and was discouraged at the prospect of another. His perspective on the lyrics then changed: {{"'}}I've got it,' I announced to Michael, "it's not a love song. It's a life song."<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.kennyloggins.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55&Itemid=34 \|title = September 1999 (This Is It)\|access-date = November 16, 2015 \|publisher = kennyloggins.com \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060506173340/http://www.kennyloggins.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55&Itemid=34\|archive-date = May 6, 2006}}</ref>

			==Chart performance==
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			===Weekly charts===
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			!Chart (1979–1980)
			!Peak<br />position
			\|-
			\| Australia (])
			\| style="text-align:center;"\|85
			\|-
			\|Canada Adult Contemporary (])
			\| style="text-align:center;"\|16
			\|-
			\|Canada Top Singles (])<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.9461a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=q7cs9j6mja8ein82lu2cemru12 \|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada \|website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca \|access-date=2016-10-15}}</ref>
			\| style="text-align:center;"\|9
			\|-
			{{singlechart\|Dutch40\|26\|artist=Kenny Loggins\|song=This Is It}}
			\|-
			{{singlechart\|New Zealand\|35\|artist=Kenny Loggins\|song=This Is It}}
			\|-
			\|U.S. ]
			\| style="text-align:center;"\|11
			\|-
			\|U.S. ''Billboard'' ]<ref>{{cite book \|title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001\|last=Whitburn \|first=Joel \|author-link=Joel Whitburn \|year=2002 \|publisher=Record Research \|page=148}}</ref>
			\| style="text-align:center;"\|17
			\|-
			\|U.S. ''Billboard'' ]
			\| style="text-align:center;"\|19
			\|-
			\|U.S. '']'' Top 100<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19800209.html \|title=Top 100 1980-02-09 \|work=] \|access-date=2015-05-18 }}</ref>
			\| style="text-align:center;"\|8
			\|}
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			===Year-end charts===
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			\|-
			!align="left"\|Chart (1980)
			! style="text-align:center;"\|Rank
			\|-
			\|Canada <ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0272&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=us64eajlpgpjid60jhgcmdtab2 \|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada \|website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca \|access-date=2016-10-15}}</ref>
			\| style="text-align:center;"\|54
			\|-
			\|U.S. ''Billboard'' <ref>''Billboard'' December 20, 1980: TIA-10</ref>
			\| style="text-align:center;"\|28
			\|-
			\|U.S. ''Cash Box'' <ref>{{cite web \|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1980YESP.html \|title=Top 100 Year End Charts: 1980 \|work=] \|access-date=2015-07-22 }}</ref>
			\| style="text-align:center;"\|58
			\|}
			{{col-end}}

			==References==
			{{reflist}}

			==External links==
			* {{YouTube\|cbIxiZ8yGEc\|Kenny Loggins - This Is It}}

			{{Kenny Loggins}}
			{{Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance}}

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Latest revision as of 12:26, 4 January 2025

1979 single by Kenny Loggins

"This Is It"

Single by Kenny Loggins

from the album Keep the Fire

B-side

"Will It Last"

Released

October 1979

Genre

Length

3:36 (single version)
3:57 (album version)

Kenny Loggins singles chronology

"Easy Driver"
(1979)

"This Is It"
(1979)

"Keep the Fire"
(1980)

"This Is It" is a song by American musician Kenny Loggins. It was released in 1979 as the lead single from his 1979 album Keep the Fire. It reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 17 on the Adult Contemporary chart. "This Is It" was also successful on the Hot Soul Singles chart, reaching number 19; it was one of two entries on this chart.

The song features additional vocals by Michael McDonald, who co-wrote the song with Loggins. The song won a Grammy Award in 1981 for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.

NBC Sports used the song as theme music for its coverage of the NCAA men's basketball tournament in 1980 and 1981.

WPVI-TV in Philadelphia had a local weekend program of the same name and had the song as its theme throughout the 1980s.

Background and writing

This Is It

Michael McDonald singing soft parts contrasting with Kenny Loggins singing hard parts.

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At one point in the song's evolution, its melody was underway, but the lyrics were incomplete. Loggins moved it forward after a visit to his ailing father, who had undergone a series of surgeries for vascular problems stemming from small strokes and was discouraged at the prospect of another. His perspective on the lyrics then changed: "'I've got it,' I announced to Michael, "it's not a love song. It's a life song."

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1979–1980)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	85
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)	16
Canada Top Singles (RPM)	9
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)	26
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)	35
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	11
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	17
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles	19
U.S. Cash Box Top 100	8

Year-end charts

Chart (1980)	Rank
Canada	54
U.S. Billboard	28
U.S. Cash Box	58

References

"VH1's 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs". Stereogum. SpinMedia. May 31, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (July 17, 2000). "The Six Million Dollar Tan: West Coast Pop". Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-312-19821-3.
Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 358.
"September 1999 (This Is It)". kennyloggins.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2006. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
"Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
"Nederlandse Top 40 – Kenny Loggins" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
"Kenny Loggins – This Is It". Top 40 Singles.
Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 148.
"Top 100 1980-02-09". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
"Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
Billboard December 20, 1980: TIA-10
"Top 100 Year End Charts: 1980". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2015-07-22.

External links

Kenny Loggins - This Is It on YouTube

v t e Kenny Loggins
Studio albums	Celebrate Me Home Nightwatch Keep the Fire High Adventure Vox Humana Back to Avalon Leap of Faith Return to Pooh Corner The Unimaginable Life December More Songs from Pooh Corner It's About Time How About Now All Join In
Compilation and live albums	Kenny Loggins Alive Outside: From the Redwoods Love Songs of Kenny Loggins Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow The Essential Kenny Loggins
Soundtrack appearances	Caddyshack Footloose Top Gun Over the Top Caddyshack II The Jungle Book One Fine Day The Tigger Movie Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too Top Gun: Maverick
Singles	"I Believe in Love" "Celebrate Me Home" "Whenever I Call You "Friend"" "What a Fool Believes" "This Is It" "Keep the Fire" "I'm Alright" "Don't Fight It" "Heart to Heart" "Welcome to Heartlight" "Footloose" "I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man)" "Vox Humana" "Forever" "Danger Zone" "Playing with the Boys" "Meet Me Half Way" "Nobody's Fool" "Conviction of the Heart" "For the First Time"
Related articles	Discography Loggins and Messina Blue Sky Riders

v t e Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
1950s	"Catch a Falling Star" – Perry Como (1958) Come Dance with Me! – Frank Sinatra (1959)
1960s	"Georgia on My Mind" – Ray Charles / The Genius of Ray Charles – Ray Charles (1960) "Lollipops and Roses" – Jack Jones (1961) "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" – Tony Bennett (1962) "Wives and Lovers" – Jack Jones (1963) "Hello, Dolly!" – Louis Armstrong (1964) "It Was a Very Good Year" – Frank Sinatra (1965) "Strangers in the Night" – Frank Sinatra (1966) "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" – Glen Campbell (1967) "Light My Fire" – José Feliciano (1968) "Everybody's Talkin'" – Harry Nilsson (1969)
1970s	"Everything Is Beautiful" – Ray Stevens (1970) "You've Got a Friend" – James Taylor (1971) "Without You" – Harry Nilsson (1972) "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" – Stevie Wonder (1973) Fulfillingness' First Finale – Stevie Wonder (1974) Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon (1975) Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder (1976) "Handy Man" – James Taylor (1977) "Copacabana (At the Copa)" – Barry Manilow (1978) 52nd Street – Billy Joel (1979)
1980s	"This Is It" – Kenny Loggins (1980) Breakin' Away – Al Jarreau (1981) "Truly" – Lionel Richie (1982) Thriller – Michael Jackson (1983) "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" – Phil Collins (1984) No Jacket Required – Phil Collins (1985) "Higher Love" – Steve Winwood (1986) Bring On the Night – Sting (1987) "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin (1988) "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" – Michael Bolton (1989)
1990s	"Oh, Pretty Woman (live 1987)" – Roy Orbison (1990) "When a Man Loves a Woman" – Michael Bolton (1991) "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton (1992) "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" – Sting (1993) "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" – Elton John (1994) "Kiss from a Rose" – Seal (1995) "Change the World" – Eric Clapton (1996) "Candle in the Wind 1997" – Elton John (1997) "My Father's Eyes" – Eric Clapton (1998) "Brand New Day" – Sting (1999)
2000s	"She Walks This Earth" – Sting (2000) "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" – James Taylor (2001) "Your Body Is a Wonderland" – John Mayer (2002) "Cry Me a River" – Justin Timberlake (2003) "Daughters" – John Mayer (2004) "From the Bottom of My Heart" – Stevie Wonder (2005) "Waiting on the World to Change" – John Mayer (2006) "What Goes Around... Comes Around" – Justin Timberlake (2007) "Say" – John Mayer (2008) "Make It Mine" – Jason Mraz (2009)
2010s	"Just the Way You Are" – Bruno Mars (2010)

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