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From '' Fly In The Sky ''
Label: Hansa Record – 10 111 AT
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo
Country: Germany
Released: 1971
Tracklist
A Fly In The Sky
Written-By – Bernd Dietrich, Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein
B I Got You Babe
Written-By – Sonny Bono
Arranged By – The Blue Moons
Producer – Thomas Meisel
Record Company – Ariola Eurodisc GmbH
Notes
A: Intro
B: Aberbach
Made in Germany
Ariola-Eurodisc GmbH., Gütersloh
👥 [BAND INFO]
Band from Göttingen, Germany, established 1962. Supported The Hollies on their 1970 German tour. Renamed to Love And Tears in 1971.
🎵 [SONG INFO]
"I Got You Babe" is a song performed by American pop and entertainment duo Sonny & Cher and written by Sonny Bono.
It was the first single taken from their debut studio album, Look at Us (1965).
It first charted on July 10, 1965, and spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1965.
It sold more than one million copies and was certified gold by the RIAA.
It also reached number one in the United Kingdom and Canada.
In 1968, R&B singer Etta James released a cover version, which peaked at number 69 on the Billboard singles chart for that year.
In 1985, a cover version of "I Got You Babe" by British reggae-pop band UB40 featuring American singer Chrissie Hynde peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart and reached number 28 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
In 1993, Cher re-recorded the song as a duet with American animated characters Beavis and Butt-Head; this peaked at number 35 in the UK and became a top 10 hit in the Netherlands.
Sonny & Cher version
Sonny Bono, a songwriter and record producer for Phil Spector, wrote the lyrics and composed the music of the song for himself and his then-wife, Cher, late at night in their basement. When Cher was woken up to sing the lyrics, she hated the song, not thinking it would be a hit, and immediately went back to bed.
"I Got You Babe" became the duo Sonny & Cher's biggest single, their signature song, and a defining recording of the early hippie countercultural movement.
The recording session for the song was held on June 7, 1965, at Gold Star Studios in Hollywood and lasted between 2 and 5 PM.
Harold Battiste provided the instrumental arrangement, and session musicians The Wrecking Crew performed the instrumental track.
Richard Niles quotes Battiste as saying the prominent instrumental figure in the song is actually played on an oboe rather than an ocarina.
In the United States, the song had sold more than 1 million copies in 1965, being certified Gold by the RIAA. As of November 2011, Billboard reported the digital sales of "I Got You Babe" to be 372,000 in the US.
In 2011, the song was named as one of the greatest duets of all time by both Billboard and Rolling Stone magazines.
It was also listed at number 444 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004. But in a 2011 poll Rolling Stone readers ranked "I Got You Babe" the eighth-worst song of the 1960s.
In early 2017 the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
In popular culture
"I Got You Babe" has been frequently featured in film and television, including Sonny and Cher's own series The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour.
The song made a bit of a comeback when it was used repeatedly as Phil Connors (Bill Murray)'s wake-up music in the 1993 movie Groundhog Day. On re-release, the single re-charted on the UK singles chart, reaching number 66.
Other films have used the song, including the 1967 film Good Times which starred Sonny & Cher, the 1988 film Buster, the 1990 film Look Who's Talking Too, Just Visiting (2001), Me Without You (2001), Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), Jack and Jill (2011) and The Munsters (2022).
The song appears in Season 2, episode 7 of the Apple TV comedy series Ted Lasso, playing during a sequence overlaying characters Roy and Keely's increasingly close relationship.
Cover versions
Twenty years later, in July 1985, British band UB40 with American singer Chrissie Hynde released a cover version of "I Got You Babe" for the group's sixth studio album, Baggariddim (1985). This version charted at number one on the UK Singles Chart and reached number 28 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song also appeared on the Pretenders' 1987 compilation album The Singles.
In 1993, Cher re-recorded "I Got You Babe" with the American animated characters Beavis and Butt-Head (Mike Judge). The song was the first single from The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience, a compilation comedy album released in 1993 by Geffen Records, which is one of the fastest-selling comedy albums; it has officially sold 1,610,000 units and was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA in the United States. The single reached the top 40 in the UK, Belgium and Sweden, as well as the top 10 in the Netherlands.
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#igotyoubabe
#acidrock
#progrock
#sonnyandcher
From '' Fly In The Sky ''
Label: Hansa Record – 10 111 AT
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo
Country: Germany
Released: 1971
Tracklist
A Fly In The Sky
Written-By – Bernd Dietrich, Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein
B I Got You Babe
Written-By – Sonny Bono
Arranged By – The Blue Moons
Producer – Thomas Meisel
Record Company – Ariola Eurodisc GmbH
Notes
A: Intro
B: Aberbach
Made in Germany
Ariola-Eurodisc GmbH., Gütersloh
👥 [BAND INFO]
Band from Göttingen, Germany, established 1962. Supported The Hollies on their 1970 German tour. Renamed to Love And Tears in 1971.
🎵 [SONG INFO]
"I Got You Babe" is a song performed by American pop and entertainment duo Sonny & Cher and written by Sonny Bono.
It was the first single taken from their debut studio album, Look at Us (1965).
It first charted on July 10, 1965, and spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1965.
It sold more than one million copies and was certified gold by the RIAA.
It also reached number one in the United Kingdom and Canada.
In 1968, R&B singer Etta James released a cover version, which peaked at number 69 on the Billboard singles chart for that year.
In 1985, a cover version of "I Got You Babe" by British reggae-pop band UB40 featuring American singer Chrissie Hynde peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart and reached number 28 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
In 1993, Cher re-recorded the song as a duet with American animated characters Beavis and Butt-Head; this peaked at number 35 in the UK and became a top 10 hit in the Netherlands.
Sonny & Cher version
Sonny Bono, a songwriter and record producer for Phil Spector, wrote the lyrics and composed the music of the song for himself and his then-wife, Cher, late at night in their basement. When Cher was woken up to sing the lyrics, she hated the song, not thinking it would be a hit, and immediately went back to bed.
"I Got You Babe" became the duo Sonny & Cher's biggest single, their signature song, and a defining recording of the early hippie countercultural movement.
The recording session for the song was held on June 7, 1965, at Gold Star Studios in Hollywood and lasted between 2 and 5 PM.
Harold Battiste provided the instrumental arrangement, and session musicians The Wrecking Crew performed the instrumental track.
Richard Niles quotes Battiste as saying the prominent instrumental figure in the song is actually played on an oboe rather than an ocarina.
In the United States, the song had sold more than 1 million copies in 1965, being certified Gold by the RIAA. As of November 2011, Billboard reported the digital sales of "I Got You Babe" to be 372,000 in the US.
In 2011, the song was named as one of the greatest duets of all time by both Billboard and Rolling Stone magazines.
It was also listed at number 444 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004. But in a 2011 poll Rolling Stone readers ranked "I Got You Babe" the eighth-worst song of the 1960s.
In early 2017 the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
In popular culture
"I Got You Babe" has been frequently featured in film and television, including Sonny and Cher's own series The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour.
The song made a bit of a comeback when it was used repeatedly as Phil Connors (Bill Murray)'s wake-up music in the 1993 movie Groundhog Day. On re-release, the single re-charted on the UK singles chart, reaching number 66.
Other films have used the song, including the 1967 film Good Times which starred Sonny & Cher, the 1988 film Buster, the 1990 film Look Who's Talking Too, Just Visiting (2001), Me Without You (2001), Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), Jack and Jill (2011) and The Munsters (2022).
The song appears in Season 2, episode 7 of the Apple TV comedy series Ted Lasso, playing during a sequence overlaying characters Roy and Keely's increasingly close relationship.
Cover versions
Twenty years later, in July 1985, British band UB40 with American singer Chrissie Hynde released a cover version of "I Got You Babe" for the group's sixth studio album, Baggariddim (1985). This version charted at number one on the UK Singles Chart and reached number 28 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song also appeared on the Pretenders' 1987 compilation album The Singles.
In 1993, Cher re-recorded "I Got You Babe" with the American animated characters Beavis and Butt-Head (Mike Judge). The song was the first single from The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience, a compilation comedy album released in 1993 by Geffen Records, which is one of the fastest-selling comedy albums; it has officially sold 1,610,000 units and was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA in the United States. The single reached the top 40 in the UK, Belgium and Sweden, as well as the top 10 in the Netherlands.
#bluemoons
#igotyoubabe
#acidrock
#progrock
#sonnyandcher
