You Got What It Takes

"You Got What It Takes"
Single by Marv Johnson
from the album Marvelous Marv Johnson
Released 1959
Label United Artists
Writer(s) Tyran Carlo, Gwen Fuqua, Berry Gordy, Jr., Marv Johnson[1]

"You Got What It Takes" is a 1959 single by Marv Johnson. In the US it reached #2 on the Black Singles chart, and #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1960.[2] In the UK Singles Chart it reached a high of #7.

Other recordings

Two cover versions subsequently charted in the UK, by the Dave Clark Five (#28, 1967), and Showaddywaddy (#2, 1977).

References

  1. ^ Allmusic song review
  2. ^ Allmusic chart history