I Get Weak

"I Get Weak"
Single by Belinda Carlisle
from the album Heaven on Earth
Released February 15, 1988
Format CD single, 7" single, 12" single
Recorded 1987
Genre Pop
Length 4:52 (Album Version)
3:43 (US Single Edit)
Label MCA Records
Writer(s) Diane Warren
Producer Rick Nowels
Belinda Carlisle singles chronology
"Heaven Is a Place on Earth"
(1987)
"I Get Weak"
(1988)
"Circle in the Sand"
(1988)

"I Get Weak" is a pop song written by Diane Warren and produced by Rick Nowels for Belinda Carlisle's second album Heaven on Earth. The song reached number 2 on the US Billboard Charts and number 10 in the UK in 1988.

Contents

Music video

Belinda Carlisle's video features a combination of color and black-and-white shots in the same frames. It was directed by Diane Keaton and also featured model and actor Tony Ward, who would later appear in Madonna's video of "Justify My Love".

Track listing

  1. "I Get Weak" (12" version)
  2. "I Get Weak" (7" version)
  3. "Should I Let You In?"

The remixes were made by Shep Pettibone

Charts

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 34
Canadian Singles Chart 4
Italian Singles Chart 11
Irish Singles Chart 5
South African Singles Chart 14
UK Singles Chart[1] 10
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] 2
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[2] 9

Other cover versions

The song was covered by Stacy Ferguson (later "Fergie" of The Black Eyed Peas) on the Saturday morning 1980s TV series Kids Incorporated, in the episode "The Frog Prince".[3]

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