You Got What It Takes (album)

You Got What It Takes
Studio album by
Released26 June 1967[1]
GenrePop rock, beat, rock and roll
Length22:32
LabelEpic
BN 26312 / LN 24312
ProducerDave Clark
The Dave Clark Five US chronology
5 by 5
(1967)
You Got What It Takes
(1967)
Everybody Knows
(1967)
Singles from You Got What It Takes
  1. "I've Got to Have a Reason" / "Good Time Woman"
    Released: 16 December 1966[1]
  2. "You Got What It Takes" / "Doctor Rhythm"
    Released: 9 March 1967[1]

You Got What It Takes is the eleventh US album by the British band the Dave Clark Five, released on 26 June 1967 by Epic Records.[1] The album contained four successful songs, a cover of Marv Johnson's soul hit "You Got What It Takes", the hit single "I've Got to Have a Reason" written by the band's guitarist Lenny Davidson and the bubblegum "Tabatha Twitchit" written for the band by Les Reed and Barry Mason. The album also features the band's earlier UK top 30 hit "Thinking of You Baby". The LP reached the Billboard and Cashbox charts.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d The History of The Dave Clark Five (liner notes pg. 31). Barnes, Ken. The Dave Clark Five. Hollywood Records. 1993. HR-61482-2.
  2. ^ George-Warren, Holly; Romanowski, Patricia; Pareles, Joe (2001). Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. Touchstone. p. 181. ISBN 978-0743201209.