“September” by Earth, Wind & Fire is synonymous with celebration. Nary a wedding, bar mitzvah, retirement party, or any event with a dance floor goes by without it being played. It’s a song about nostalgia, the perfect weather ushered in by the change from summer to fall, and that blissful “Ba-dee-yah!” feeling that we’ve all felt but couldn’t quite put into words.

The song also has a personal history for the band. The first lyric, “Do you remember, the 21st night of September?” was a reference to the day when the band’s front man, Maurice White’s son, Kahbran, was expected to be born. 

The song will never go away because there’s always an occasion for it to be played in a movie or TV show, whether it’s The Nice Guys (2016), Night at the Museum (2006) or Trolls (2016). It was named the 65th Greatest Song of All Time by Rolling........

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