This Is It (Kenny Loggins song)

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"This Is It" is a song by Kenny Loggins, from his 1979 album Keep the Fire. It reached #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #17 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

The song also features additional vocals by Michael McDonald, who also co-wrote the song with Loggins.

At one point in the song's evolution, its melody was underway, but the lyrics were incomplete. Loggins moved it forward after a visit to his ailing father, who had undergone a series of surgeries for vascular problems stemming from small strokes and was discouraged at the prospect of another. His perspective on the lyrics then changed: "'I've got it,' I announced to Michael, it's not a love song. It's a life song."^[1] The song won a Grammy in 1980 for best male pop vocal performance.

The song also spawned a weekend magazine program of the same name was featured on the ABC owned WPVI-TV in Philadelphia throughout the 1980s.

Among the artists who have covered it: Millie Jackson- For Men Only (1980) a slightly different version, Freddie Hubbard (1982)-instrumental, John Tesh, Stevie Holland- jazz version (2006), Kirk Franklin (2007). Maggie Newton has also been known to perform a cover of the song during her live performances.

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