* Got to Get It!

Short, relatively low-quality sound sample from " Got to Get You into My Life " by The Beatles.

Got to Get You into My Life

In 1990, the band performed at The Cornerstone Festival in drag, belting out covers like " I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar ", The Animals ' " We've Got To Get Out Of This Place ", The Beatles ' " I Want to Hold Your Hand ", and Louis Armstrong's " What a Wonderful World ".

It can be heard in the music of The Miracles, particularly in their early hits such as " Got A Job " ( an answer song to " Get a Job "), " Bad Girl ", " Who's Loving You ", "( You Can ) Depend on Me ", and " Ooo Baby Baby ". Also, in the early days of The Famous Flames, led by James Brown, the group recorded several Doo-Wop hits, including " Please, Please, Please ", " Try Me ", " Bewildered ", " Oh Baby Don't You Weep " and their hit cover of The " 5 " Royales ' " Think ".

" Among the many standards introduced by Merman in Broadway musicals are " I Got Rhythm ", " Everything's Coming Up Roses ", " Some People ", " Rose's Turn ", " I Get a Kick Out of You ", " It's De-Lovely ", " Friendship ", " You're the Top ", " Anything Goes ", and " There's No Business Like Show Business ", which later became her theme song.

In a 2004 interview, Paul McCartney said that the song is about LSD, stating, " A song like ' Got to Get You Into My Life ,' that's directly about pot, although everyone missed it at the time.

Gaye had a total of 13 number-one hits in his career (" I'll Be Doggone ", " Ain't That Peculiar ", " Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing ", " You're All I Need to Get By ", " I Heard It Through the Grapevine ", " Too Busy Thinking About My Baby ", " What's Going On ", " Mercy Mercy Me ( The Ecology )", " Inner City Blues ( Make Me Wanna Holler )", " Let's Get It On ", " I Want You ", " Got to Give It Up " and " Sexual Healing ") as well as many other top ten hits.

Three of the songs (" I Heard It Through the Grapevine ", " Let's Get It On " and " Got to Give It Up ") reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100, while eighteen songs in general made the top-ten of the Hot 100.

Gordy agreed to work with them and with his help, the Matadors released their first single, " Got a Job ", an answer song to the Silhouettes ' hit single " Get a Job ".

This was chiefly the result of an entry in the singles charts with a cover of The Beatles ' " Got To Get You Into My Life ", which peaked at # 62.

During the 55 years that he performed professionally, Burke released 38 studio albums on more than 17 record labels and had 35 songs that charted, including 26 songs that made the Billboard R & B charts, including " Got to Get You Off My Mind " that was # 1 in the summer of the 1965, and an additional 9 songs that were only listed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including 1964's seminal “ Everybody Needs Somebody to Love ”.

Burke had over 30 songs make the Cash Box R & B charts, with " Got to Get You Off My Mind " reaching # 1, and 23 that charted on their pop chart hits, with seven making Cash Boxs Top 40.

These included six Top Ten R & B hits, four of which crossed over to the pop Top Forty: " Cry to Me " (# 5 R & B ), " Just Out of Reach ( Of My Two Open Arms )" (# 7 R & B, # 24 pop ), " Got to Get You Off of My Mind " (# 1 R & B, # 22 pop ), " You ’ re Good for Me " (# 8 R & B ), " Tonight ’ s the Night " (# 2 R & B, # 28 pop ) and " If You Need Me " (# 2 R & B, # 37 pop ).

On January 22, 1965 Burke recorded four songs at Atlantic's New York studio, including his " signature single ", and his biggest hit (# 1 R & B, # 22 pop ), " Got to Get You Off My Mind " ( Atlantic 2276 ), which the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame would later call " one of the premier soul hits of the 1960s.

" Written by Burke and his then wife, Delores Burke, and John " J. B ." Moore, " a vengeful song about getting past someone who has found a new lover, and ... inspired by Burke's marital strife ", it " features his smooth, solid voice lamenting the death of a love affair ", " Got to Get You Off My Mind " was started on 11 December 1964, just hours after Burke heard that his friend Sam Cooke had been murdered, just after Burke ate with him in a Los Angeles restaurant, and on the same day his third wife, Delores, the mother then of 11 of his children, informed him by mail that she wanted a divorce.

Burke explained the origin of " Got to Get You Off My Mind ": “ It was written in California the night of Sam Cooke ’ s death.

Following the success of " Got to Get You Off My Mind ", Burke collaborated with his friend Don Covay to write a followup, " Tonight's the Night " ( Atlantic 2288 ).

Due to the popularity of Burke's two last major ‘ pop ’ hits, " Everybody Needs Somebody to Love " and " Got to Get You Off My Mind ", Burke toured England, including performing at London's Marquee Club, and Europe in 1965 and again in 1966.

The Impressions reached the height of their popularity in the mid-to-late -' 60s with a string of Mayfield compositions that included " Keep on Pushing ," " People Get Ready ", " It's All Right " ( Top 10 ), the uptempo " Talking about My Baby "( Top 20 ), " Woman's Got Soul ", " Choice of Colors ,"( Top 20 ), " Fool For You ," " This is My Country " and " Check Out Your Mind.

In 1978, EWF picked up three Grammy Awards, the third for their rendition of The Beatles ' " Got to Get You into My Life ".

The film was a commercial failure ; however, " Got to Get You into My Life " was the biggest hit from the movie's soundtrack, reaching numbers one and nine on the R & B and Pop singles charts, respectively.

* 1978: " Got to Get You into My Life " ( US # 9 )

When Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen began their collaboration in 1940, Mercer, like Arlen, had several substantial film songs to his credit, among them `` Hooray For Hollywood '', `` Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride '', `` Have You Got Any Castles, Baby??

( Still another song in `` Strike Up The Band '' -- `` I've Got A Crush On You '' -- was retrieved from a 1928 failure, `` Treasure Girl ''.

(“ I've Got You to Lean On ”) A mob quickly forms outside the hotel, and Hapgood and Fay, still disguised, take refuge under the rock.

* I've Got You to Lean On — Cora Hoover Hooper, Comptroller Schub, Treasurer Cooley, Chief Magruder and Boys

Moreover, Beavis and Butt-Head do a duet with Cher on " I Got You Babe " and a track by themselves called " Come to Butt-Head ".

Charles has appeared on celebrity editions of University Challenge ( 1998 ), Can't Cook, Won't Cook ( 1998 ) and The Weakest Link ( 2004 ), and comedy panel shows such as Have I Got News For You ( 1995 ), Just a Minute ( 1995 ) and They Think It's All Over ( 1996 ).

He was also successful with a number of radio programmes, television interviews and guest appearances on Have I Got News for You, Mock the Week, QI and The Bubble.

He has been a frequent participant on Have I Got News for You, notching up ten appearances in total.

* You Don't Need Experience If You've Got Attitude — 1996 ; ISBN 0-8362-2196-6

In 1964 Dave Davies ( second from left ), lead guitarist of The Kinks, famously achieved a distorted sound on " You Really Got Me " by slashing the cones of his guitar amplifier with a razor blade.

*"( You Got ) The Power of Love ", by The Everly Brothers, covered by Nancy Wilson ( 1966 )

After her 1976 album, I've Got You, Gaynor shifted from her hit production team, to work with other productions.

* 1976: I've Got You ( Polydor )-US Pop # 107, US R & B # 40

With George he wrote more than a dozen Broadway shows, featuring songs such as " I Got Rhythm ", " Embraceable You ", " The Man I Love " and " Someone to Watch Over Me ".

Later in 1965, King released the uptempo rock ' n ' roll song, " I Got You ( I Feel Good )", which reached # 11 on the R & B chart in late 1965 and again reached the Top 10 on the pop chart in early 1966 peaking at # 3.

Songs such as " I Know You Got Soul " by Bobby Byrd, " Think ( About It )" by Lyn Collins and " Doing It to Death " by Fred Wesley & The J. B .' s are considered as much a part of Brown's recorded legacy as the recordings released under his own name.

* " I Got You Babe "-( 1982 ) ( Duet with Holly Beth Vincent )

Kinnock himself later claimed to have half-expected his defeat in the 1992 election and proceeded to turn himself into a media personality, even hosting a chat show on BBC Wales and twice appearing – with considerable success – on the topical panel show Have I Got News For You within a year of the defeat.

The Kinks ' hit singles of 1964, " You Really Got Me " and " All Day and All of the Night ," have been described as " predecessors of the whole three-chord genre — the Ramones ' 1978 ' I Don't Want You ,' for instance, was pure Kinks-by-proxy ".

came out in March 1975, mixing absurdist originals such as " Master Race Rock " and loud, straight-faced covers of cheese pop like Sonny & Cher's " I Got You Babe ".

*" Anything You Want ( I Got It )" ( 1992, Rudeboy Records )

The biggest hit from the album was " You Got It ", written by Lynne and Tom Petty.

Orbison went to Europe where he was presented with an award and played a show in Antwerp where footage for the video for " You Got It " was filmed.

* BBC / Hat Trick Productions ' " Have I Got News For You "