I Got You (Split Enz song)

Infobox Single
Name = I Got You


Artist = Split Enz
from Album = True Colours
B-side = "Double Happy"
Released = 21 January, 1980
Format = 12" vinyl
Recorded = Armstrongs, Melbourne, 1979
Genre = Pop/Rock/New Wave
Length = 3:24
Label = Mushroom Records
Writer = Neil Finn
Producer = David Tickle
Certification =
Last single = "Things"
(1979)
This single = "I Got You"
(1980)
Next single = "I Hope I Never"
(1980)
Misc = Audiosample
Upper caption = Audio sample
Audio file = Split Enz - I Got You excerpt.ogg"I Got You" is a 1980 song by New Zealand art rock group Split Enz from their studio album "True Colours". Split Enz's most successful song ever, "I Got You" was written by Neil Finn and released as a single in January 1980, topping both New Zealand and Australia's charts at #1, and reached #12 in the United Kingdom, #13 in CanadaFact|date=February 2008, and #53 in the United States. [ [http://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/split_enz/i_got_you___double_happy/ I Got You / Double Happy by Split Enz : Reviews and Ratings] . Retrieved 19 July, 2007.]

Music video

The music video starts by showing the cover of the "True Colours" album in black and white on some a billboard. The clip then focuses on Neil, who is standing in a room by himself singing the song while the rest of the band are playing in a framed picture on the wall. Neil eventually joins the rest of the band towards the end of the song. Neil is wearing a purple suit with a yellow tie.Tim's costume is almost the exact opposite, except his suit is more of a caramel colour. All the ther band members are just wearing different colour combinations of the same type of suit. The clip ends with Neil crouching away in a corner of the room he was in to start with.

Track listing

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

Personnel

*Neil Finn: vocals, guitar
*Tim Finn: vocals
*Noel Crombie: vocals, percussion
*Malcolm Green: drums
*Nigel Griggs: bass guitar
*Eddie Rayner: keyboards

Notes

Pearl Jam covered this song during their 2000 European Tour in Verona, Italy on 6/20/2000.

External resources

* [http://www.guitaretab.com/s/split-enz/18112.html Chords]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv6oOxn1axw Music video]