I'm Gonna Get You (Billy Swan song) explained

I'm Gonna Get You
Type:single
Artist:Billy Swan
B-Side:Three Chord Rock and Roll
Released:1987
Genre:Country
Length:2:29
Label:Mercury, Polygram
Producer:Chip Young
Prev Title:You Must Be Lookin' for Me
Prev Year:1986

"I'm Gonna Get You" is a song written by Dennis Linde. It was first recorded by Billy Swan, whose version was released as a single in 1987 and went to number 63 on the U.S. country singles charts. It became a hit the following year for Eddy Raven. It was released in January 1988 as the first single from his compilation album The Best of Eddy Raven The song was Raven's third number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks in the Top 40.[1]

I'm Gonna Get You
Type:single
Artist:Eddy Raven
Album:The Best of Eddy Raven
B-Side:Other Than Montreal
Released:January 1988
Genre:Country, country rock, cajun
Length:2:43
Label:RCA Records
Producer:Barry Beckett
Prev Title:Shine, Shine, Shine
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:Joe Knows How to Live
Next Year:1988

Chart performance

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)Position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[2] 2
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 9

Covers

Irish singer Derek Ryan covered the song on his 2012 album Dreamers and Believers.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 281.
  2. Web site: Top 100 Country Singles of '88. RPM. 15. December 24, 1988.
  3. Web site: Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1988. Billboard. July 11, 2021.