So Excited!

So Excited! is the ninth studio album by the Pointer Sisters, released in 1982 on the Planet label.

So Excited! spawned a hit with "American Music" and included a cover of a Prince tune, "I Feel for You," which was covered by Chaka Khan two years later. The title track reached No. 30 on the pop charts but hit No. 9 when it was revived two years later after being added to the group's 1983 album, Break Out. A third single, "See How the Love Goes", was shelved due to its controversial subject matter. The album was remastered and issued on CD with bonus tracks in 2010 by Big Break Records.

The Pointer Sisters

• Anita Pointer – lead vocals (1, 2, 6, 8), backing vocals, vocal arrangements
• June Pointer – lead vocals (3, 5−7), backing vocals, vocal arrangements
• Ruth Pointer – lead vocals (4, 6), backing vocals, vocal arrangements

Musicians

• John Barnes – acoustic piano (1, 8), keyboards (2, 3, 7), Fender Rhodes (6)
• Michael Boddicker – synthesizer programming (1, 4−7)
• Greg Phillinganes – synthesizers (1, 4, 6), synthesizer arrangements (4), synth solo (5−7)
• William "Smitty" Smith – organ (1)
• Robbie Buchanan – vocoder (2), synthesizers (2, 6−8)
• Ed Walsh – synthesizers (2, 3, 5)
• Randy Waldman – keyboards (4)
• Johnny Parker – synthesizers (5), clavinet (5)
• George Doering – guitars (1, 8)
• Lee Ritenour – guitars (1, 2, 8)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (2−4, 6, 7), guitar solo (4)
• Waddy Wachtel – guitar solo (2)
• Tim May – guitars (3, 6, 7)
• Ira Newborn – guitars (4)
• Nathan Watts – bass (1, 6, 7)
• Nathan East – bass (2−5, 8)
• John Robinson – drums
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1−4, 6−8)
• Gary Herbig – saxophones (6)
• Jim Horn – saxophones (6)
• Trevor Lawrence – rhythm track arrangements, horn arrangements (3, 6), tenor sax solo (8)
• Dick "Slyde" Hyde – trombone (3, 6)
• Chuck Findley – trumpet (3, 6)
• Gary Grant – trumpet (3, 6)
• Richard Perry – rhythm track arrangements

Production

• Richard Perry – producer
• Trevor Lawrence – associate producer
• Gabe Veltri – recording, editing, remix assistant
• Bill Schnee – remixing
• Michael Brooks – assistant engineer
• Stuart Furusho – assistant engineer
• Bobby Gerber – assistant engineer
• Larry Emerine – mastering
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California) – mastering location
• Susan Epstein – production coordinator
• Bradford Rosenberg – production coordinator
• Eddie Choran – music coordinator
• Peggy Sandvig – music preparation
• Kosh – artwork, design
• Norman Seeff – cover photography

• So Excited! at Discogs (list of releases)