"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 by the RIAA. 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 singles 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.
Sonny & Cher version
Background and composition
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.[4][5] "I Got You Babe" became the duo Sonny & Cher's biggest single, their signature song, and a defining recording of the early hippiecountercultural movement.[citation needed]Billboard said of the song "using the successful combination of folk and rock, this one has the performance and production of a smash."[6]Record World called it "a meandering, funky piece of rock that will hit the top."[7]
AllMusic critic William Ruhlmann praised the song:
Recalling Dylan's bitter 1964 song "It Ain't Me Babe" (soon to be a folk-rock hit for the Turtles), Bono wrote his own opposite sentiment: "I Got You Babe." Where Dylan was lyrically complex, Bono was simple: His lyrics began with the ominous youth-versus-grownups theme of "they" who set up barriers to romance, but soon gave way to a dialogue of teenage romantic platitudes. Where Dylan was musically simple, however, Bono, without fully rebuilding Spector's Wall of Sound, was more structurally ambitious, following the song's standard verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-verse-chorus form with an ascending coda that built to a climax, then started building again before the fadeout, all in only a little over three minutes. Set to waltz time, the tune retained a light feel despite the sometimes busy instrumentation, led by a prominent ocarina [in fact an oboe – see below], and the alternating vocals of the two singers. If neither were interesting singers, their plodding, matter-of-fact performances gave the song a common-man appeal.[8]
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.[9]Harold Battiste provided the instrumental arrangement, and session musicians The Wrecking Crew performed the instrumental track.[10][11]Richard Niles quotes Battiste as saying the prominent instrumental figure in the song is actually played on an oboe rather than an ocarina.[12]
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.[13]
Sonny and Cher last performed the song together during an impromptu reunion on NBC's Late Night with David Letterman on November 13, 1987.[18][19][20] Cher performed the song with R.E.M. on February 14, 2002, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.[21] It was her first performance of the song without Bono, following his death in a skiing accident in 1998.[22][23] During Cher's 2014 Dressed to Kill Tour and 2017–2020 Las Vegas residency Classic Cher using left behind vocals and a projection of videos of Bono, Cher performed the song live with the projection of Bono. The song is performed the same way during Cher's 2018–2020 Here We Go Again Tour.
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.[84][85] The single reached the top 40 in the UK, Belgium and Sweden, as well as the top 10 in the Netherlands.
Critical reception
A reviewer from AllMusic felt "I Got You Babe" is the "most interesting" track on The Beavis and Butt-head Experience album.[86]Larry Flick from Billboard stated that Cher "delivers one of her strongest vocals to date."[87] Troy J. Augusto from Cashbox viewed it as a "fun moment" from the album.[88] Rob Fiend from the Gavin Report called it "a lovely duet", adding that "one can hardly keep the tears from flowing."[89] In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton wrote, that "MTVs doyens of bad taste, Beavis and Butt-Head charge onto vinyl in their own inimitable fashion on a remake of the 1960s classic."[90] Sarah Kestle from Melody Maker declared it as "precious".[91] Pan-European magazine Music & Media described it as "a smashing rendition".[92] Martin Aston from Music Week gave it four out of five, writing that it "is undoubtedly the worst version of her and Sonny's classic Sixties cut, but the funniest too. Potential media exposure for this irreverent novelty item seems unlimited."[93] A reviewer from Rolling Stone said that "Cher proves she's a good sport (or something) by letting B&B help her sing".[94] Mark Sutherland from Smash Hits declared it as a "hilarious" duet.[95] Rob Sheffield from Spin found that "Cher herself shows up to chat about Sonny" and "croon a truly mind-boggling" "I Got You Babe".[96]
Music video
A funny and psychedelic music video was produced for the song, which received heavy MTV airplay. It featured Cher and Beavis and Butt-Head in a virtual animated world. In the video, the animated pair refer to her former husband Bono as a dork and a wuss, to which a live-action Cher agrees. It was placed at number 5 on the "50 Greatest Funny Moments in Music" list made by VH1 channel in 2004. On April 29, 2022, Cher's official YouTube channel uploaded the music video in remastered HD.[97]
Track listings
European CD single
"I Got You Babe" (Cher with Beavis and Butt-Head) – 5:09
In the 1977 Good Times episode "The Evans Get Involved (Part 2)", characters perform the song while mimicking The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour.[109]
In the film Groundhog Day, it is this song to which the main character awakes each morning.[110]
In the 2014 video game The Last of Us: Left Behind, the Etta James cover of the song is featured in the final section of the game's flashback storyline[111] The song was featured again in the first season's seventh episode "Left Behind" of the television adaptation of The Last of Us.Neil Druckmann, the creator and writer of the game and the co-creator of the show, felt the song's romantic lyrics hidden by joyous music mirrored the feelings of Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Riley Abel (Storm Reid).[112]
The Etta James version was used by Walmart for its 2021 holiday ad campaign.[113]
^"Sonny & Cher Boost Ratings". The New Mexican. Santa Fe, New Mexico. November 29, 1987, p. 35, accessed through NewspaperARCHIVE.com on March 13, 2009.
^"Sonny and Cher Reunited on David Letterman Show." Aiken Standard. Aiken, South Carolina. November 15, 1987. p. 3. accessed through NewspaperARCHIVE.com on March 13, 2009.
^Breihan, Tom (May 31, 2021). "The Number Ones: UB40's "Red Red Wine". Stereogum. Retrieved November 12, 2023. ...UB40 teamed up with Chrissie Hynde for a reggae cover of Sonny and Cher's 1965 smash "I Got You Babe"...
^Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 316. ISBN0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and June 19, 1988.
^Flick, Larry (November 27, 1993). "Single Reviews"(PDF). Billboard magazine. p. 99. Archived(PDF) from the original on April 21, 2023. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^Augusto, Troy J. (December 11, 1993). "Pop Albums: Reviews"(PDF). Cashbox. p. 13. Archived(PDF) from the original on August 21, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
^"Jaarlijsten 1993" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
^"Single Top 100 Van 1994"(PDF) (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Archived(PDF) from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
^Sid Dorfman (writer); Gerren Keith (director) (September 21, 1977). "The Evans Get Involved (Part 2)". Good Times. Season 5. Episode 2. CBS.
^Episode 7 – 'Left Behind'. The Last of Us Podcast | HBO Max. February 26, 2023. Archived from the original on February 27, 2023. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
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