Joe Tex Song I Gotcha
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".
| "I Gotcha" | ||||
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| Single by Joe Tex | ||||
| from the album I Gotcha | ||||
| A-side | "A Mother's Prayer" | |||
| Released | January 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 1971 American Sound Studio Memphis,TN | |||
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| Length | 2:18 | |||
| Label | Dial Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Joe Tex | |||
| Producer(s) | Buddy Killen | |||
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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 1 on the R&B chart and Number 2 on the Pop chart for two weeks, behind "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack and would sell around three million copies. Billboard ranked it as the Number 6 song of 1972. In Canada, the song reached Number 22. Tex would later re-record "I Gotcha" in a ballad-style for his 1978 album Rub Down.
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 Kermit's Swamp Years.
Later uses
"I Gotcha" was sampled in the 1973 break-in record, "Super Fly Meets Shaft" (US #31).
Jimmy Barnes version
| "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 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 2:18 | |||
| Label | Mushroom Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Joe Tex | |||
| Producer(s) | Don Gehman, Tony Brock | |||
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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.
- Track listing
CD single (D11045)
- "I Gotcha"
- "I Gotcha" (Tex Mex 12" Mix)
- Charts
| Chart (1991/92) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA) | 6 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) | 27 |
- Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA) | Gold | 35,000^ |
| ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
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