Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart
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| “Something's Gotten Hold of my Heart” | |||||
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| Single by Marc Almond & Gene Pitney from the album The Stars We Are |
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| Released | October 1988 | ||||
| Format | 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl,CD single | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 4'41 | ||||
| Label | EMI | ||||
| Writer(s) | Roger Greenaway & Roger Cook | ||||
| Producer | Bob Kraushaar | ||||
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Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart is a popular song written by Roger Greenaway and Roger Cook.
Originally recorded by Gene Pitney in 1967 the song reached #5 on the UK singles chart but failed to chart in the USA. The song was subsequently covered by a number of other acts including Cilla Black, Terry Reid and Nick Cave on his 1986 album of covers Kicking Against the Pricks.
It achieved its greatest success in 1988 when it was covered by Marc Almond. Originally recorded by Almond alone for his 1988 album The Stars We Are, the single version reunited it with its original singer Gene Pitney, their version became a number one single in the UK for four weeks in January 1989. Sales were boosted particularly by the two vocalists' appearance on the Terry Wogan TV show as it was climbing the charts. Pitney's US record company declined to issue the record in America on the grounds that buyers would mistake it for a vocal duet by two gay men, Almond being leather-clad as usual, and Pitney dressed in a white tuxedo.
| Preceded by "Especially for You" by Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue |
UK number one single (Marc Almond and Gene Pitney version) January 22, 1989 |
Succeeded by "Belfast Child" by Simple Minds |
