I Can't Help It (Andy Gibb and Olivia Newton-John song)

"I Can't Help It"
Single by Andy Gibb and Olivia Newton-John
from the album After Dark
B-side "Someone I Ain't"
Released March 1980
Recorded 1979
Genre Soft rock
Length 4:08 (album version)
3:46 (promo version)
Label RSO
Songwriter(s) Barry Gibb
Producer(s) Gibb-Galuten-Richardson
Andy Gibb singles chronology
"Desire"
(1980)
"I Can't Help It"
(1980)
"Rest Your Love on Me"
(1980)
Olivia Newton-John singles chronology
"Totally Hot"
(1979)
"I Can't Help It"
(1980)
"Rest Your Love on Me"
(1980)

"I Can't Help It" is a song performed by English musician Andy Gibb and British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John. It was released in March 1980 as the second single from Gibb's third and final studio album After Dark. The song was written by Barry Gibb and produced by the production trio Gibb-Galuten-Richardson, of which Barry Gibb was a founding member.

Charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 62
Belgium 27
Canada (RPM) Top Singles 32
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM) 3
Spain 23
US Billboard Hot 100 12
US Billboard Adult Contemporary 8
US Cash Box 13
US Radio & Records 17
US Record World 17

Popular culture

In 1984, Gibb performed this song on the sitcom Punky Brewster in the episode "Play It Again, Punky" where Gibb guest starred as Punky's piano teacher.