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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."<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)|accessdate = November 16, 2015|website = kennyloggins.com|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060506173340/http://www.kennyloggins.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55&Itemid=34|archivedate = May 6, 2006}}</ref> | 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)|accessdate = November 16, 2015|website = kennyloggins.com|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060506173340/http://www.kennyloggins.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55&Itemid=34|archivedate = May 6, 2006}}</ref> | ||
==Personnel== | |||
* Kenny Loggins – lead and backing vocals, guitar | |||
] – guitar, backing vocals, harmony vocals | |||
* George Hawkins – bass guitar, backing vocals, harmony vocals | |||
* ] – drums, percussion | |||
* ] – percussion | |||
* ] – percussion | |||
* Brian Mann – keyboards, | |||
* ] – acoustic piano, harmony vocals | |||
* ] – ] ] | |||
==Chart performance== | ==Chart performance== |
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"This Is It" | |
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B-side | "Will It Last" |
"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 Pop Vocal Performance, Male.
Background and writing
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."
Personnel
- Kenny Loggins – lead and backing vocals, guitar
Mike Hamilton – guitar, backing vocals, harmony vocals
- George Hawkins – bass guitar, backing vocals, harmony vocals
- Tris Imboden – drums, percussion
- Milt Holland – percussion
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
- Brian Mann – keyboards,
- Michael McDonald – acoustic piano, harmony vocals
- Max Gronenthal – ARP synthesizer programming
Chart performance
Weekly singles charts
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Year-end charts
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Uses in popular culture
NBC used the song as theme music for its coverage of the NCAA men's basketball tournament in 1980 and 1981.
The song was sampled for Nas' song, "We Will Survive" from his third studio album, I Am...
It appears in the 2013 film Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.
It appears on "America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions" episode: the 1981 49ers on NFL Network in 2007.
Josh Kaufman, a contestant sang the song on The Voice.
WPVI-TV (Philadelphia) used this song as the theme for the WPVI original program of the same name.
References
- "VH1's 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs". Stereogum. SpinMedia. May 31, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- 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.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-06. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
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- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
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