Rhythm Is Gonna Get You

"Rhythm Is Gonna Get You"
Single by Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
from the album Let It Loose
B-side"Give It Up"
ReleasedMay 30, 1987 (1987-05-30)
Recorded1987
Genre
Length3:56
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
  • Enrique Garcia
  • Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine singles chronology
"Falling in Love (Uh-Oh)"
(1986) 		"Rhythm Is Gonna Get You"
(1987) 		"Betcha Say That"
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Number One[1]

"Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" is a song written by Enrique "Kiki" Garcia and Gloria Estefan, and released by Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine in 1987 as the lead single from their tenth studio album, Let It Loose (1987) (reissued internationally as Anything for You). The song was their fourth top 10 (and second top five) single on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number five.

In the UK, it took a year and a half for the single to become a chart hit. First released in May 1987 as the first single from Let It Loose, the song failed to chart; a reissue came in February 1988 after the song was featured in the film Stakeout, which reached number 107.[2] However, after the success of the follow-up singles "Anything for You" and "1-2-3", the song was re-released in December 1988 just before Christmas and became a UK top 20 hit, peaking at number 16 in January 1989. The song was also featured in promos for Wheel of Fortune, with lyrics changed to "Wheel's Gonna Get You".

An extended remix was released on a 12" single in the US.

It was sampled in a 1989 Bollywood film, Tridev, in the song "Oye Oye-Tirchi Topiwale" and "Gajar ne Kiya Ishara". It was later sampled by Estefan's own 1998 single "Oye".

In 2018, it was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[3]

Critical reception

Tim Simenon for Number One wrote, "This sounds a lot like 'Just Be Good to Me' by the SOS Band. The rhythm doesn't get me at all on here I'm afraid. It sounds like very dated 70's disco."[1]

Charts

Official versions and remixes

Original versions

  1. Album version (aka 7" version / radio version / single version) — (3:54)

Pablo Flores remixes

  1. 12" version (aka extended version / O-eh O-eh edit) — (7:09)
  2. Dub mix — (5:58)

2006 remixes

  1. Radio mix — (3:34)
  2. Extended mix — (6:16)
  3. Instrumental dub — (3:34)

2020 version

  1. Album version (available on Brazil305) — (3:45)

Release dates

Region Date
Japan May 2, 1987 (1987-05-02)
Worldwide May 30, 1987 (1987-05-30)
Australia December 1988 (1988-12)
United Kingdom
(re-issue) 		February 1988 (1988-02)
United States
(release) 		December 12, 1987 (1987-12-12)

References

  1. ^ a b Simenon, Tim (5 March 1988). "Singles". Number One. p. 42. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  2. ^ "UK Singles Chart: 1988 (including chart panel sales) - UKMIX Forums". Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  3. ^ "National Recording Registry Reaches 500". Library of Congress. March 21, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  4. ^ "Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine – Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine – Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine – Rhythm Is Gonna Get You". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  8. ^ "Gloria Estefan Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  9. ^ "1987 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. 99 (52). December 26, 1987.