I Can Do It

"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]

"I Can Do It"
Single by The Rubettes
from the album We Can Do It
B-side"If You've Got the Time"
ReleasedMarch 1975
GenreGlam rock
LabelState Records/Polydor Records
Songwriter(s)Wayne Bickerton, Tony Waddington
Producer(s)Wayne Bickerton, Tony Waddington
The Rubettes singles chronology
"Juke Box Jive"
(1975)		 "I Can Do It"
(1975)		 "Foe-Dee-O-Dee"
(1975)

Charts
Chart (1975) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 89
Germany 3
The Netherlands 5
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) 7

Later uses
  • 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.[5]
  • 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.[6]
  • Finnish band Kim and the Hurmio included a version of I Can Do It on their 2003 album "Put The Blame on Me".[7]
  • Showaddywaddy included a version of I Can Do It on their 2006 album I Love Rock'n'Roll.[8][9]

References
  1. "Rubettes UK Chart History".
  2. "Rubettes Discography 1975". Rubettes Official Site. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  3. "Rubettes - I Can Do It". Discogs. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  4. 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.
  5. "Juke Box Jive - Top of the Pops, Vol 44". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  6. "Block Busters - Powder to the People". Discogs. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  7. "I Can Do It - Kim and the Hurmio". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  8. "I Love Rock'n'Roll - Showaddywaddy". Amazon.com. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  9. "Cover versions of I Can Do It". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
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