I Got You (Split Enz song)

"I Got You" is a 1979 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 late 1979. In 2001 it was voted 11th best New Zealand song of all time by APRA.

Reception

Reviewed in Roadrunner at the time of release, it was said the song, "positively drips with appeal that only philistines could fail to appreciate," and asked readers to buy a copy as, "it deserves to be a hit."^[3]

Music video

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.

Chart Positions

Country	Peak position
Australia^[4]	1
New Zealand^[5]	1
USA^[6]	53
UK^[7]	12
Canada^[8]	13

Track listing

"I Got You" - 3:24
"Double Happy" - 3:15

Personnel

Cover versions

"I Got You" has been recorded by Vitamin C and The Connells.^[9]

Pearl Jam, Marilyn Manson, Something for Kate and Semisonic are among the artists who have played the song live.

Notes

↑ "I Got You - Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
↑ Cateforis, Theo (2011). Are We Not New Wave? : Modern Pop at the Turn of the 1980s (PDF). University of Michigan Press. p. 163. ISBN 0-472-03470-7.
↑ Robertson, Donald (8 February 1980). "45's". Roadrunner. Parkside, SA: 22.
↑ Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W. (1993). ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
↑ "New Zealand Charts". Retrieved 13 July 2011.
↑ "Split Enz - Chart history". Billboard. October 4, 1980. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
↑ "UK Chart Stats". Retrieved 13 July 2011.
↑ "RPM Canadian Charts". Retrieved 13 July 2011.
↑ Tannis Root Presents: Freedom of Choice on Amazon.com

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "Another Brick in the Wall" by Pink Floyd	RIANZ Number-one single 14 March 1980 – 28 March 1980 (2 weeks)	Succeeded by "Little Sister" by Ry Cooder
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

Split Enz
Tim Finn Phil Judd Neil Finn Eddie Rayner Nigel Griggs Noel Crombie Mike Chunn Miles Golding Mike Howard Wally Wilkinson Robert Gillies Geoff Chunn Emlyn Crowther Malcolm Green Paul Hester
Lineup chronology	List of Split Enz band members
Studio albums	Mental Notes Second Thoughts Dizrythmia Frenzy True Colours Waiata / Corroboree Time and Tide Conflicting Emotions See Ya 'Round
Compilations	The Beginning of the Enz Enz of an Era The Split Enz Collection 1973 – 1984 History Never Repeats – The Best of Split Enz Oddz and Enz Rear Enz The Best of Split Enz The Gold Collection Spellbound The Collection: The Best of the Early Years Rootin Tootin Luton Tapes
Live albums	The Living Enz Anniversary Extravagenza
DVDs	Split Enz One Out of the Bag
Singles	"For You" "Sweet Talkin' Spoon Song" "No Bother to Me" "Maybe" "Late Last Night" "Matinee Idyll" "Another Great Divide" "My Mistake" "Bold as Brass" "I See Red" "Give It a Whirl" "Things" "I Got You" "I Hope I Never" "Nobody Takes Me Seriously" "What's The Matter With You" "Poor Boy" "One Step Ahead" "History Never Repeats" "I Don't Wanna Dance" "Hard Act To Follow" "Iris" "Dirty Creature" "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" "Never Ceases to Amaze Me" "Hello Sandy Allen" "Next Exit" "Strait Old Line" "Message to My Girl" "I Wake Up Every Night" "I Walk Away" "One Mouth Is Fed"
Related articles	ENZSO Crowded House The Finn Brothers Schnell Fenster She Will Have Her Way
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