Caught Up in You

"Caught Up in You"
Single by 38 Special
from the album Special Forces
B-side"Firestarter"
ReleasedApril 19, 1982
Recorded1981
GenreRock[1]
Length4:37 (single version) – 3:55 (video version)
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Don Barnes, Jeff Carlisi, Jim Peterik, Frankie Sullivan[2]
Producer(s)Rodney Mills
38 Special singles chronology
"Wild-Eyed Southern Boys"
(1981)
"Caught Up in You"
(1982)
"You Keep Runnin' Away"
(1982)
Music video
"Caught Up in You" on YouTube

"Caught Up in You" is a song by American Southern rock band 38 Special. It's the first single released from their 1982 studio album, Special Forces and their first #1 on the US Billboard Top Tracks rock chart. It became one of the band's two top-ten pop hits, reaching #10 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[3] Their other Top 10 single, "Second Chance", reached #6 in 1989. The song also went Top 10 in Canada, peaking at #9 on the RPM Singles chart. Don Barnes sang lead vocals on the song.

The song can be heard at the end of the Squidbillies episode "Burned and Reburned Again."

  1. ^ DeGagne, Mike. .38 Special - Special Forces (1982) Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  2. ^ Special Forces album entry in Discogs entry for 38 Special.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 629.