"I Gotcha" | ||||
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Single by Joe Tex | ||||
from the album I Gotcha | ||||
A-side | "A Mother's Prayer" | |||
Released | December 1971 [1] | |||
Recorded | 1971 | |||
Studio | American (Memphis, Tennessee) | |||
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Length | 2:18 | |||
Label | Dial Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Joe Tex | |||
Producer(s) | Buddy Killen | |||
Joe Tex singles chronology | ||||
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"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.
"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.[ according to whom? ] 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 .[ citation needed ]
"I Gotcha" | ||||
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Single by Jimmy Barnes | ||||
from the album Soul Deep | ||||
B-side | "I Gotcha" (Tex Mex 12" Mix) | |||
Released | 1991 | |||
Recorded | Freight Train Studios, Australia | |||
Length | 2:18 | |||
Label | Mushroom Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Joe Tex | |||
Producer(s) | Don Gehman, Tony Brock | |||
Jimmy Barnes singles chronology | ||||
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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]
CD single (D11045) [8]
Chart (1991/92) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [9] | 6 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [10] | 27 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [11] | Gold | 35,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Joe Tex's raw and horny soul stomper "I Gotcha" peaked at #2 behind "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face".