| "I Got You Babe" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Side A of the UK single | ||||
| Single by Sonny & Cher | ||||
| from the album Look at Us | ||||
| B-side | "It's Gonna Rain" | |||
| Released | July 9, 1965 | |||
| Recorded | June 7, 1965 | |||
| Studio | Gold Star, Hollywood | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:11 | |||
| Label | Atco | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Sonny Bono | |||
| Producer(s) | Sonny Bono | |||
| Sonny & Cher singles chronology | ||||
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"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). In August 1965, the single spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States[3] where it sold more than one million copies and was certified Gold. It also reached number one in the United Kingdom and Canada.
In 1968, R&B "The Matriarch of Blues" Etta James released a cover version, which peaked at number 69 on the Billboard single's charts 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.
- ^ MacDonald, Ian (2007). Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties (Third ed.). Chicago: Chicago Review Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-55652-733-3.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (August 10, 2018). "The Number Ones: Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
It's a hammy little earworm, a simplistic example of pop-music showmanship at work.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 539.