Released 21 September 1992 (UK) | Genre House | |
Format 7"/12" vinyl, CD, cassette Recorded 1992
(Comforts Place Studio, London) Length 5:18 (Original Flavour Mix)
3:23 (Original Flavour Mix edit / video version) Label Vinyl Solution / Sony Records | ||
"I'm Gonna Get You" is a 1992 song by Bizarre Inc, featuring vocals by Angie Brown, from their second album Energique. It contains replayed lyrics from "Love's Gonna Get You" by Jocelyn Brown and a sample from "Brass Disk" by Dupree.
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Top of the Pops
The song was also performed on Top of the Pops in 1992. Previously, in 1991, they had performed "Playing with Knives" and "Such a Good Feeling" on the show and the following year they performed "Took My Love".
The Voice UK
Brown sung the song for a The Voice UK audition. Even though it brought many audience members to their feet, none of the judges turned around even though will.i.am noted that the song had inspired part of the Black Eyed Peas song "Boom Boom Pow". He said it was "one of [his] favourite songs and [he] never thought [he] would get to meet the person who sung it". He elaborated:
Why is that important to me? Because we were recording Boom Boom Pow and we were coming up with a bridge part and I was like "Fergie, have you heard this song? You have to do it like this!" I played your song for the power on that section. I never thought I was going to meet you one day.
The fact that Brown had not been selected made the audience and TV viewers furious, with one viewer branding it a "disgrace".
Chart performance
The single peaked at #3 on the UK Singles Chart in October 1992, #17 on the Irish Singles Chart, #158 in on the Australian ARIA singles chart, #3 on the Dutch Single Top 100 chart in January 1993, #14 on the Belgian Ultratop (Flanders region) chart in February 1993, and #47 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1993.
The single also reached #1 on the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart, and #1 on the Canadian dance chart.
"I'm Gonna Get You" was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry, for UK sales exceeding 200,000 copies.
Critical reception
Ned Raggett of AllMusic called the song a "noted smash, with great diva vocals from Angie Brown (one of her earliest star turns) and a simple but still sweeping string section reminiscent of disco's orchestrations at their best".
Dave Audé version
Dave Audé with vocals by Jessica Sutta interpolated the song in 2015, writing and adding brand new verses. It charted at #1 on the Hot Dance Club Songs.