I Gotcha (Joe Tex song)

"I Gotcha"
Single by Joe Tex
from the album I Gotcha
A-side"A Mother's Prayer"
ReleasedDecember 1971[1]
Recorded1971
StudioAmerican (Memphis, Tennessee)
Genre
Length2:18
LabelDial Records
Songwriter(s)Joe Tex
Producer(s)Buddy Killen
Joe Tex singles chronology
"Give the Baby Anything the Baby Wants"
(1971) 		"I Gotcha"
(1971) 		"A Mother's Prayer"
(1972)

"I Gotcha" is a song by Joe Tex. Originally intended for King Floyd, instead Tex recorded it himself in the late 1960s, but did not release it at that time. He decided to re-record it in late 1971 and released it as the B-side of "A Mother's Prayer", the first single from his 1972 album I Gotcha. Mostly spoken in the form of an early rap song, with few singing passages, "I Gotcha" has the singer admonishing a woman for playing with his affections: "You never shouldn't have promised if you weren't gonna do it".

Radio DJs ended up playing this B-side song more than the A-side. This would result in Tex having his first major hit in five years as "I Gotcha" eventually peaked at number one on the R&B chart and number two on the Pop chart for two weeks, behind "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack[4] and would sell around three million copies. Billboard ranked it as the No. 6 song of 1972.[5] In Canada, the song reached number 22.[6] Tex would later re-record "I Gotcha" in a ballad-style for his 1978 album Rub Down.

Later uses

"I Gotcha" was sampled in the 1973 break-in record, "Super Fly Meets Shaft" (US #31).

Like other Tex songs, "I Gotcha" has been sampled in various hip hop and R&B songs over the years. Liza Minnelli performed the number for her 1972 television concert Liza with a Z. It is also featured on the soundtrack to the 1992 Quentin Tarantino film Reservoir Dogs. A shorter version of the song appears in trailers for Kermit's Swamp Years.

Jimmy Barnes version

"I Gotcha"
Single by Jimmy Barnes
from the album Soul Deep
B-side"I Gotcha" (Tex Mex 12" Mix)
Released1991
RecordedFreight Train Studios, Australia
Length2:18
LabelMushroom Records
Songwriter(s)Joe Tex
Producer(s)Don Gehman, Tony Brock
Jimmy Barnes singles chronology
"Love Is Enough"
(1991) 		"I Gotcha"
(1991) 		"When Something Is Wrong with My Baby"
(1991)

In 1991, Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes recorded and released "I Gotcha" as the first single from his fifth studio album, Soul Deep. It peaked at number 6 in Australia and number 27 in New Zealand.[7]

Track listing

CD single (D11045)[8]

  1. "I Gotcha"
  2. "I Gotcha" (Tex Mex 12" mix)
Charts
Chart (1991/92) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[9] 6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[10] 27
Certifications
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[11] Gold 35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Top 60 Pop Spotlight". Billboard. December 18, 1971. p. 62.
  2. ^ Breihan, Tom (February 25, 2019). "The Number Ones: Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 18, 2023. Joe Tex's raw and horny soul stomper "I Gotcha" peaked at #2 behind "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face".
  3. ^ a b Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1999). "Shafts: Macho Soul". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 98. ISBN 031214704X.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 574.
  5. ^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972
  6. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - May 13, 1972" (PDF).
  7. ^ "JIMMY BARNES - I GOTCHA (SONG)". Australian-Charts. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  8. ^ "Jimmy Barnes "I Gotcha"". discogs.com. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  9. ^ "Jimmy Barnes – I Gotcha". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Jimmy Barnes – I Gotcha". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  11. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.


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