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Feb 3, 2023 · 13. 546 views 1 year ago #444. Sonny & Cher sing 'I Got You Babe', the #1 hit song from their debut 1965 Atco album 'Look at Us'. The song on this video is from a later compilation...
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Mary Wells. 0:00 / 3:13. Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe - 1965 IQQIQQI • 171K views • 1.5K likes. They say we're young and we don't know We won't find out until we grow Well I don't know if all that's true 'Cause you got me, and baby I got you ...
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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. "I Got You Babe" became the duo's biggest single, their signature song, and a defining recording of the early hippie countercultural movement.[citation needed] Billboard said of the s...
Live performances
Sonny and Cher last performed the song together during an impromptu reunion on NBC's Late Night with David Letterman on November 13, 1987. Cher performed the song with R.E.M. on February 14, 2002, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. It was her first performance of the song without Sonny. 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 Sonny, Cher performed the song live with the projection of Sonny....
In popular culture
"I Got You Babe" has been frequently featured in film and television, including Sonny and Cher's own The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour. The song made a bit of a comeback when it was used repeatedly as Phil Connors's wake-up music in the 1993 movie Groundhog Day. On re-release, the single re-charted in the UK, reaching number 66. Other films have used the song, including Good Times which stars Sonny & Cher, Buster, The Muppets episode Pig Out, Look Who's Talking Too, Just Visiting, Me Without You,...
Background
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.
Track listings
1. 7-inch single 1. I Got You Babe 3:08 2. UB40 – Theme From Labour Of Love 3:05 1. 12-inch single 1. I Got You Babe 3:09 2. UB40 – Red Red Wine5:21
Background
In 1993, Cher re-recorded "I Got You Babe" with the American animated characters Beavis and Butt-Head. 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.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. Larry Flick from Billboard stated that Cher "delivers one of her strongest vocals to date." Troy J. Augusto from Cashbox viewed it as a "fun moment" from the album. Rob Fiend from the Gavin Report called it "a lovely duet", adding that "one can hardly keep the tears from flowing." In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton wrote, that "MTVs doyens of bad taste,...
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 YouTubechannel uploaded the music video in remastered HD.
In the Good Times episode "The Evans Get Involved (Part 2)", characters perform the song while mimicking The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour.In the film Groundhog Day, it is this song to which the main character awakes each morning.In the 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 The song was featured again in the seventh episode...The Etta James version was used by Walmartfor its 2021 holiday ad campaign.7 years ago. Retro rockero. 2 Categories. Music Music Videos. Upload, livestream, and create your own videos, all in HD. This is "I got you babe - Sonny & Cher (1965)" by Retro rockero on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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