| "I Got You" | |||||||||
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| Single by Split Enz | |||||||||
| from the album True Colours | |||||||||
| B-side | "Double Happy" | ||||||||
| Released | 21 January 1980 | ||||||||
| Format | 7" vinyl | ||||||||
| Recorded | Armstrongs, Melbourne, 1979 | ||||||||
| Genre | Pop/Rock/New Wave | ||||||||
| Length | 3:24 | ||||||||
| Label | Mushroom Records | ||||||||
| Writer(s) | Neil Finn | ||||||||
| Producer | David Tickle | ||||||||
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"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.
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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.
| Country | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia[1] | 1 |
| New Zealand[2] | 1 |
| USA[3] | 53 |
| UK[4] | 12 |
| Canada[5] | 13 |
"I Got You" has been recorded by Vitamin C and The Connells.[6]
Pearl Jam, Marilyn Manson, Something for Kate and Semisonic are among the artists who have played the song live.
| Preceded by "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen |
Australian Kent Music Report number-one single 14 April 1980 – 2 June 1980 |
Succeeded by "Tired of Toein' the Line" by Rocky Burnette |
| Preceded by "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen |
Canadian Hot 100 number-one single 30 April 1980 – 20 May 1980 |
Succeeded by "Cold as Ice" by Foreigner |