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"I Gotta Get to You"
Single by George Strait
from the album Twang
ReleasedFebruary 16, 2010
GenreCountry
Length3:10
LabelMCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)Blaine Larsen
Jim Lauderdale
Jimmy Ritchey
Producer(s)Tony Brown
George Strait
George Strait singles chronology
"Twang"
(2009)
"I Gotta Get to You"
(2010)
"The Breath You Take"
(2010)

"I Gotta Get to You" is a song written Blaine Larsen, Jim Lauderdale and Jimmy Ritchey, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in February 2010 as the 90th single of his career, as well as the third single from his album Twang. The single debuted at #57 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts for the week of January 16, 2010, at the time his previous single, "Twang," was still on the charts.[1]

Content

The song's narrator wants to romance his lover, saying to her, "I gotta get to you, 'cause you sure been gettin' to me".

Critical reception

Roughstock reviewer Allen Jacobs' review focuses on how Strait's previous single, "Twang," missed the Top Ten, saying that the song will "return him to his home in the Top Ten."[2]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Canada Country (Billboard)[3] 4
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 3
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 70

Year-end charts

Chart (2010) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 40

References

  1. ^ Hot Country Songs : Jan 16, 2010 - (Biggest Jump) | Billboard Chart Archive
  2. ^ "George Strait - "Gotta Get To You" | New Country Music, Listen to Songs & Video | Roughstock.com". Archived from the original on 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  3. ^ "George Strait Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "George Strait Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "George Strait Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Best of 2010: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2010. Retrieved December 13, 2010.