| Caught Up in You | |
| Cover: | Caughtupinyou.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | 38 Special |
| Album: | Special Forces |
| B-Side: | Firestarter |
| Released: | April 19, 1982 |
| Recorded: | 1981 |
| Genre: | Southern rock, hard rock |
| Length: | 4:37 (single version) – 3:55 (video version) |
| Label: | A&M |
| Producer: | Rodney Mills |
| Prev Title: | Wild-Eyed Southern Boys |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
| Next Title: | You Keep Runnin' Away |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
"Caught Up in You" is a song by American Southern rock band 38 Special. It's the first single released from their 1982 studio album, Special Forces and their first #1 on the US Billboard Top Tracks rock chart. It became one of the band's two top-ten pop hits, reaching #10 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[1] Their other Top 10 single, "Second Chance", reached #6 in 1989. The song also went Top 10 in Canada, peaking at #9 on the RPM Singles chart. Don Barnes sang lead vocals on the song.
The song can be heard at the end of the Squidbillies episode "Burned and Reburned Again."
US 7" single
| Chart (1982) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Top Singles[2] | 9 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 10 | |
| U.S. Mainstream Rock (Billboard) | 1 | |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100[3] | 9 | |
| U.S. Radio & Records CHR/Pop Airplay Chart[4] | 6 |
| Chart (1982) | Rank | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada[5] | 75 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] | 53 | |
| U.S. Cash Box[7] | 64 |