Caught Up in You explained

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."

Track listing

US 7" single

  1. "Caught Up in You" – 4:37
  2. "Firestarter" – 5:01

Personnel

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1982)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Top Singles[2] 9
U.S. Billboard Hot 10010
U.S. Mainstream Rock (Billboard)1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[3] 9
U.S. Radio & Records
CHR/Pop Airplay Chart[4]
6

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)Rank
Canada[5] 75
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 53
U.S. Cash Box[7] 64

See also

Notes and References

  1. [Joel Whitburn|Whitburn, Joel]
  2. Web site: RPM Top 50 Singles - July 31, 1982.
  3. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending July 17, 1982 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120920014755/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19820717.html . Cash Box Magazine . July 17, 1982 . September 20, 2012 . January 26, 2018.
  4. Web site: .38 Special chart history on the Radio & Records airplay chart. March 1, 2017.
  5. Web site: RPM Top 100 Singles of 82 - December 25, 1982.
  6. Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1982/Top 100 Songs of 1982 . Music Outfitters . January 26, 2018.
  7. Web site: Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles . https://web.archive.org/web/20120921090617/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1982YESP.html . Cash Box . December 31, 1982 . September 21, 2012 . January 26, 2018.