September
Earth, Wind & Fire
- Key
- A major
- Camelot
- 11B
- BPM
- 126.6
Key confidence high · relative F# minor (11A) · BPM confidence high · half-time 63.3 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13
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As of 2026-10-28, "September" by Earth, Wind & Fire has charted in 56 markets across 6 platforms, peaking at #2 (CZ) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads A major (11B) at 126.6 BPM.
- Markets
- 56
- First seen
- 2026-06-18
- Latest chart date
- 2026-10-28
- Peak
- #2 cz
Started in 1 market, now in 56.
Why it's moving
- vault release: registered 1978, first charted 2026-08-27
- Plays up 7% in the NetherlandsSep 22–27
- #7 on Shazam in 39 countriesOct 1
- #2 in Shazam's fastest risers in 10 countriessince Jul 25
- On Shazam in 12 countries, up from 6Sep 21 – Oct 1
- 1,266,182 videos using the sound (the platform's own count)
Score 61.6
Why it's here
The 1978 song opens with the line asking "Do you remember the 21st night of September?", and Billboard has documented that its listening surges every year as Sept. 21 approaches, making mid-September its annual chart peak window. [1] Billboard reported the song's sales-and-streaming jump around Sept. 21 recurring for a third straight year, alongside a new Digital Song Sales peak, confirming the calendar-driven pattern rather than a one-off event. [2] The Los Angeles City Council declared September 21 "Earth, Wind & Fire Day" in 2019, giving the date an official annual commemoration tied to the record. [3]
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Written by Al McKaysource
- Written by Allee Willissource
- Sampled by Cacola, iPodsource
- Sampled by Cacola, iPodsource
- Remixed by defyer, September (defyer remix)source
- Remixed by defyer, September (defyer remix)source
- Remixed by Earth, Wind & Fire, September '99 (Phats & Small remix)source
- Remixed by Earth, Wind & Fire, September (FPM Beautiful Latin Mix)source
- Remixed by Earth, Wind & Fire, September '99 (Phats & Small remix)source
- Remixed by Earth, Wind & Fire, September (FPM Beautiful Latin Mix)source
- Covered Euroteam feat. The Big Brothersource
- Covered Full Flava feat. Chantay Savagesource
- Covered Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Bandsource
- Covered Kirk Franklinsource
- Covered Little Niisource
- Sampled by MatrixMarioX, Grand D.A.N.C.E.!source
- Sampled by MatrixMarioX, Grand D.A.N.C.E.!source
- Written by Maurice Whitesource
- Sampled by Mr. Carmack, sunday into mondaysource
- Sampled by Mr. Carmack, sunday into mondaysource
- Covered Musicmusicmusicsource
- Covered Nino Riccisource
- Sampled by Norbi, Kobiety są gorącesource
- Sampled by Norbi, Kobiety są gorącesource
- Covered SMAPsource
- Sampled by SomeBlackGuy, Sustembersource
- Sampled by SomeBlackGuy, Sustembersource
- Covered Straight No Chasersource
- Sampled by Sunryze, Sorry, What Was Ur Name Again?source
- Sampled by Sunryze, Sorry, What Was Ur Name Again?source
- Covered Susan Wongsource
- Covered The BB Bandsource
- Covered Undercoversource
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- New Zealandnz · shazam spotify#147#55#147
- Canadaca · applemusic shazam spotify · 7 cities#174#12#174
- United Statesus · applemusic shazam spotify · 49 cities#50#7#50
- Thailandth · deezer shazam#157#45#157
- Netherlandsnl · shazam spotify#184#103#184
- Czechiacz · deezer shazam#163#2#163
- Australiaau · shazam spotify · 1 city#193#22#193
- El Salvadorsv · deezer#100#36#100
Worldwide feeds · not markets
A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- World feedworld · shazam#20#1#20
- Global feedglobal · spotify tiktok#4#4#4
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- us 49 cities · best #7 albany
- ca 7 cities · best #20 vancouver
- cn 2 cities · best #25 shanghai
- jp 2 cities · best #13 tokyo
- au 1 city · best #48 perth
- kr 1 city · best #22 seoul
- pe 1 city · best #28 lima
Listen
Editions
- 2026-10-01Chart-only edition#48
- 2026-09-30Chart-only edition#26
- 2026-09-29Chart-only edition#22
- 2026-09-28Chart-only edition#9
- 2026-09-27Chart-only edition#8
- 2026-09-26Chart-only edition#24
- 2026-09-25Chart-only edition#20
- 2026-09-23Chart-only edition#18
- 2026-09-22Chart-only edition#28
Identity
- ISRC
- USSM17800845
- Slug
- earth-wind-fire__september
- Sources
- applemusic, deezer, netease, shazam, spotify, tiktok
The cross-platform join key, via Deezer.
Crude v0 identity: slug(artist)__slug(title).
Every source whose chart has ever carried this song.
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