Do you remember the 21st night of September?
That’s the question Earth, Wind & Fire asks in their 1978 No. 1 hit, “September” — an irresistible and catchy song that, four decades later, remains beloved by generations of fans hooked on the tune’s funky baseline and cheerful chorus.
Since its release as a single on the band’s first greatest hits LP, the song has turned Sept. 21 into an unofficial holiday, fittingly dubbed “Earth, Wind & Fire” day. Check social media anytime during the day and one is sure to see the song’s lyrics plastered somewhere, accompanying memes, polls and, of course, the official “September” music video.
But it turns out, listeners looking for meaning in the “Sept. 21” date needn’t look too much into it.
Before her death in 2019, Allee Willis — the Grammy-winning songwriter who all collaborated with Maurice White (Earth Wind & Fire’s founder and former lead singer) and Al McKay (the group’s guitarist) on the song — revealed that there’s no significance to the “21st night of September.”
“We went through all the dates,” she recalled to NPR in 2004 of the writing process, which took nearly four months. “‘Do you remember the first, the second, the third, the fourth … ‘ and the one that just felt the best was the 21st.”
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