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"You Gotta Be"
Song

"You Gotta Be" is a song recorded by the British pop and soul singer Des'ree. It was the first single from her second album I Ain't Movin.

It was released several times in the UK: first in 1994, then in 1995, and in 1999 in a remixed version following the success of Des'ree's previous singles "Life" and "Kissing You". The latter release of "You Gotta Be" charted in its highest position out of all three releases in the UK, peaking at #10. The 1995 release peaked at #5 in the United States and is the most popular version of the song. The remixed version of the song was released in 1998 in Spain, and went to #1 there.

In Italy, the song became popular after it was chosen as the soundtrack of some TV adverts, including those of Breil in 1996 and Ford Focus of 2000.[1] In Australia, circa early 2000s, this song was used in a Westpac bank advert.

The music video is filmed in black and white. In 1995, it was nominated in the category of "Best Female Video" at the MTV Video Music Awards, but did not win.

The year it was released, this song was used for the ending credits of The Next Karate Kid. A reworked version of this song was used in the Big Sing 2008. The Big Sing is to raise money for Childline by hundreds of schools singing this song at the same time across Ireland and England. If the number of children participating is big enough, the Big Sing will make it into the Guinness Book of World Records 2010.[2]

The song was covered by a cappella singing group DeCadence on their 2005 album Songs From the Closet. It was also covered by the a cappella group Cloud Nine from the University of California, Santa Cruz. MiChi, a British/Japanese pop singer, also covered the song on her 2008 album "MiChi Madness. The same year, Nature Living, a Japanese emo band, also covered the song in their album "After All."

Track listings

1994 release
CD maxi - UK
  1. "You Gotta Be" — 4:04
  2. "Sun of 79" — 5:14
  3. "You Gotta Be" (Frankie Foncett mix) — 5:18
  4. "You Gotta Be" (after hours mix) — 4:30
CD maxi - UK
  1. "You Gotta Be"
  2. "You Gotta Be" (Blacksmith 7" radio edit)
  3. "You Gotta Be" (Blacksmith 12" mix)
  4. "Warm Hands, Cold Heart"
12" maxi - UK
  1. "You Gotta Be" (Frankie Foncett mix)
  2. "You Gotta Be" (the max)
  3. "You Gotta Be" (after hours mix)
  4. "You Gotta Be" (hourglass mix)
  5. "You Gotta Be" (love will save the day mix)
1995 release
CD single 1 - Europe
  1. "You Gotta Be" — 4:01
  2. "Warm Hands, Cold Heart" — 4:35
CD single 2 - Europe
  1. "You Gotta Be" — 4:01
  2. "Warm Hands, Cold Heart" — 4:35
  3. "Sun of 79" — 5:15
CD maxi - Europe
  1. "You Gotta Be" — 4:03
  2. "You Gotta Be" (Blacksmith mix) — 5:29
  3. "You Gotta Be" (Frankie Foncett mix) — 5:18
  4. "You Gotta Be" (love will save the day) — 4:03
12" maxi - UK
  1. "You Gotta Be" (Blacksmith mix)
  2. "You Gotta Be" (Frankie Foncett mix)
  3. "You Gotta Be" (love will save the day)
CD single - Promo - France
  1. "You Gotta Be" (love will save the day) (4:04)

Charts

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[3] 9
Dutch Singles Chart[3] 47
German Singles Chart[4] 76
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[3] 11
UK Singles Chart[5] 20
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 16
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[6] 2
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[6] 9
Chart (1995) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 5
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks[6] 72
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[6] 24
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[6] 6
French SNEP Singles Chart[3] 20
UK Singles Chart[7] 14
Chart (1998)1 Peak
position
Spanish Singles Chart 1
Chart (1999)1 Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[8] 10

1 Remixed version

End of year chart (1995) Position
French Singles Chart[9] 87

References

  1. ^ Elia Habib, Muz hit. tubes, p. 431 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)
  2. ^ Big Sing 2008
  3. ^ a b c d "You Gotta Be", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 24, 2008)
  4. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved August 6, 2008)
  5. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved August 6, 2008)
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved August 6, 2008)
  7. ^ UK Singles Chart (1995 release) Chartstats.com (Retrieved August 6, 2008)
  8. ^ UK Singles Chart (1999 release) Chartstats.com (Retrieved August 6, 2008)
  9. ^ 1995 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved January 30, 2009)
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