'''''Raise!''''' is the eleventh studio album by the American band [[Earth, Wind & Fire]], released on November 14, 1981, by [[American Record Corporation|ARC]]/[[Columbia Records]].<ref name="Raise" /> The album spent 11 weeks atop the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|Top R&B albums]] chart<ref name=BBD /><ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=Top+R%26B%2FHip-Hop+Albums&g=Year-end+Albums&year=1982 Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums of 1982]</ref> and peaked at No. 5 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart.<ref name=BBD>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/musicartist/earth-wind-fire/chart-history/BLPblp/song/313432|title=Earth, Wind & Fire: Raise! (Top R&B Albums)|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref><ref name=BBD1>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/musicartist/earth-wind-fire/chart-history/TLP/songtlp/313432|title=Earth, Wind & Fire: Raise! (Billboard 200)|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> ''Raise!'' has been certified [[Music recording certification|Platinum]] in the US by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]], [[Music recording certification|Gold]] in the UK by the [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]] and [[Music recording certification|Gold]] in Canada by [[Music Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Earth%2C+Wind+%26+Fire&ti=RAISE%21&lab=&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section|title=Earth, Wind & Fire: Raise!|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]}}</ref><ref name="BPI">{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/5340-2049-2|title=BPI Certification for Earth, Wind & Fire: Raise!|publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?fwp_gp_search=earth%2C.wind%20and%20fire|title=Music Canada Certification for Earth, Wind & Fire|publisher=[[Music Canada]]}}</ref>
==Overview==
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==Singles==
Off the album came the single "[[Let's Groove]]", which reached No. 1 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot R&B Singles]] chart and No. 3 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] chart.<ref>{{cite web|title=Earth, Wind & Fire: Let's Groove (Hot R&B Songs)|url=https://www.billboard.com/musicartist/earth-wind-fire/chart-history/BSIbsi/song/372052|website=billboard.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Earth, Wind & Fire: Let's Groove (Hot 100)|url=https://www.billboard.com/musicartist/earth-wind-fire/chart-history/HSI/songhsi/372052|website=billboard.com}}</ref> A song called "[[I've Had Enough (Earth, Wind & Fire song)|I've Had Enough]]" also got to No. 29 on the [[UK Singles|UK Pop Singles]] chart.<ref name="chartstats" />
Another song entitled "[[Wanna Be with You]]" rose to No. 15 on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot Soul Singles]] chart.<ref>{{cite web|title=Earth, Wind & Fire: Wanna Be With You (Hot Soul Songs)|url=https://www.billboard.com/musicartist/earth-wind-fire/chart-history/BSIbsi/song/372198|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> "Wanna Be with You" also won a [[Grammy]] for [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Earth, Wind & Fire|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/earth-wind-fire|publisher=[[The Recording Academy]]}}</ref>
