<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Music video </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "September" on YouTube </Td> </Tr> <P> "September" is a song by American funk band Earth, Wind & Fire, written by Maurice White, Al McKay, and Allee Willis . It was recorded during the I Am sessions and released as a single in 1978 . Featured on the band's album The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1, "September" reached number one on the US R&B chart, number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, and number three on the UK singles chart . </P> <P> There is no evidence that White's unusual lyrics for the chorus have any concrete meaning (whether as a reference to the Persian king Bardiya, said to have been murdered in September 522 B.C., or otherwise), and were questioned by Willis: "I said,' We are going to change' ba - dee - ya' to real words, right?'...I learned my greatest lesson ever in songwriting from him, which was never let the lyric get in the way of the groove ." </P>

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