B-side "Send Somebody" Length 3:10 | Recorded 1980 | |
Released 13 May 1980 (1980-05-13) Format 7" vinyl single, 10" vinyl single Genre Rock, synthpop, new wave |
"Can't Help Myself" is the first single released by the Australian synthpop/rock band Flowers, later known as Icehouse. It was released in May 1980 as a 7" vinyl single on independent label, Regular Records, five months ahead of debut album Icehouse. A 10" vinyl single was released in July and had a cover depicting individual images of band members diagonally across the band's name and the single's title (see infobox at right middle). It peaked at #10 on the Australian Singles Charts.
Contents
- Track listing
- 7 single Australian release
- 10 single Australian release
- 7 single UK release
- 12 single UK release
- 12 single US release
- Personnel
- References
The music video was filmed in 1980 in a car park in Chatswood, Sydney.
It was also released in the UK on Chrysalis Records in October 1981 as the second single under the band name Icehouse (see infobox at right below) as both a 7" and 10" vinyl single and later in the U.S. as a 7" and 12" single. A remix version by Australian Trance DJ, beXta, was released on the Icehouse album Meltdown in 2002.
Track listing
All tracks written by Iva Davies (as Ivor Arthur Davies) unless otherwise indicated.
7" single (Australian release)
- "Can't Help Myself" - 3:10
- "Send Somebody" (Iva Davies, Michael Hoste) - 3:42
10" single (Australian release)
- "Can't Help Myself"
- "Send Somebody" (Davies, Hoste)
- "Can't Help Myself" (Extended version)
7" single (UK release)
- "Can't Help Myself" (Club Mix 1) - 3:27
- "Fatman" - 3:50
12" single (UK release)
- "Can't Help Myself" (Club Mix 1)
- "Can't Help Myself" (Club Mix 2)
- "Fatman"
12" single (US release)
- "Can't Help Myself" (Version 1) - 5:56
- "Can't Help Myself" (Version 2) - 5:56
Personnel
Credits: