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"I Got You"
Song
B-side"Double Happy"

"I Got You" is a 1980 song by New Zealand rock group Split Enz from their studio album True Colours. Split Enz's most commercially successful single, "I Got You" was written by Neil Finn and released in January 1980. In 2001 it was voted 11th best New Zealand song of all time by APRA.

Reception

Reviewed in Roadrunner at the time of release, it was said the song, "positively drips with appeal that only philistines could fail to appreciate," and asked readers to buy a copy as, "it deserves to be a hit."[1]

Music video

The video clip features Neil Finn standing in a room with the other band members performing in a framed picture on the wall behind him.

Chart Positions

Country Peak position
Australia[2] 1
New Zealand[3] 1
USA[4] 53
UK[5] 12
Canada[6] 13

Track listing

  1. "I Got You" - 3:24
  2. "Double Happy" - 3:15

Personnel

Cover versions

"I Got You" has been recorded by Vitamin C and The Connells.[7]

Pearl Jam, Marilyn Manson, Something for Kate and Semisonic are among the artists who have played the song live.

Notes

  1. ^ Robertson, Donald (8 February 1980). "45's". Roadrunner. Parkside, SA: 22.
  2. ^ Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W. (1993). ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ "New Zealand Charts". Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  4. ^ "All Music Guide". Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  5. ^ "UK Chart Stats". Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  6. ^ "RPM Canadian Charts". Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  7. ^ Tannis Root Presents: Freedom of Choice on Amazon.com

External resources

Preceded by RIANZ Number-one single
14 March 1980 – 28 March 1980 (2 weeks) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Australian Kent Music Report number-one single
14 April 1980 – 2 June 1980 		Succeeded by
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