"I Just Want to Celebrate" has been included on numerous 1970s compilation albums.
Reception
The song was among the most popular hits of the 1970s. Joe Viglione at Allmusic noted that without its inclusion on One World, "the album would've been an instant bargain-bin candidate." It reached #7 on the pop charts and was Rare Earth's final top 10 single, as well as peaking at #30 on the Best Selling Soul Singles chart. It was the opening song on their live album, Rare Earth in Concert, released later that year; and, in later years was included on various live and best-of compilations.
On October 27-28, 2007, heavy metal band Metallica opened with "I Just Want to Celebrate" during their acoustic performances at Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit show. This performance came as a shock to fans and was the first of numerous uncharacteristic covers in Metallica shows.
In 2014, Austrian dance music duo Klangkarussell used lyrics from the song in their track "Celebrate" from their 2014 album Netzwerk. Later the same year, lyrics from "I Just Want to Celebrate" were also incorporated in American rapper Pitbull's song, which was also entitled "Celebrate". His track was featured in the soundtrack of the 2014 animated family film Penguins of Madagascar, and later his eighth studio album Globalization (2014).
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