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"Got to Have Your Love"
Song

"Got to Have Your Love" is a song by American old school hip hop/electro funk group Mantronix, featuring Wondress as a vocalist. Written by members Bryce Wilson and Kurtis Mantronik, alongside Johnny D. Rodriguez, it was released by Capitol Records in 1989 from the group's fourth studio album This Should Move Ya (1990) and reached number four on the UK Singles Chart on 14 January 1990.[1] It is recognised as the group's signature song.

Song information

"Got to Have Your Love" was written by Mantronix members Bryce Wilson and Kurtis Mantronik, alongside Johnny D. Rodriguez. It first released in the United States in late December 1989, and was later released in the United Kingdom on 6 January 1990. In its first week, it reached number four on the UK Singles Chart.

Tracklisting

  1. Got to Have Your Love (Club with Bonus Beats) - 8:23
  2. Got to Have Your Love (Hard to Get Rap) - 2:48
  3. Got to Have Your Love (Luv Dub) - 6:23
  4. Got to Have Your Love (club edit) - 5:25
  5. Got to Have Your Love (instrumental) - 3:36
  6. Got to Have Your Love (radio edit) - 4:12

Charts

Chart (1990) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[2] 4

Release history

Country Date Format Label
United Kingdom 6 January 1990 CD single, 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl Capitol Records

Liberty X version

"Got to Have Your Love"
Song

In 2001, English-Irish pop/R&B group Liberty X re-recorded "Got to Have Your Love" for their debut studio album Thinking It Over (2002). It was one of three tracks to be recorded for the British version of the album, as it did not feature on the original edition, To Those Who Wait. The song was released worldwide on 9 September 2002 as the fourth single from the album and hit a peak of number two on the UK Singles Chart in its first week, falling just behind Atomic Kitten's "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)". It also charted at number four in Australia, number eight in Ireland and number ten in France.

Music video

The song's accompanying music video was filmed in Silent Waters, Jamaica over a week's period in 2002.

Tracklisting

  • UK CD single #1[3]
  1. "Got to Have Your Love" - 3:52
  2. "Get with You" - 3:18
  3. "Good Love" - 4:00
  • UK CD single #2[4]
  1. "Got to Have Your Love" (Jam & Faces Vamp Mix) - 6:08
  2. "Got to Have Your Love" (Kurtis Matronik's 3 Way Action Mix) - 7:22
  3. "Got to Have Your Love" (Shanghai Surprise Mix) - 6:44
  • UK Cassette single[5]
  1. "Got to Have Your Love" - 3:52
  2. "Just a Little" (Urban Radio 1 version) - 4:08
  3. "Everything" - 3:57

Charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 75
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 4
Ireland (IRMA)[8] 8
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[9] 12
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[10] 39
Ukraine (FDR) 9
UK Singles (OCC)[11] 2

Release history

Country Date Format Label
United Kingdom 9 September 2002 CD single, Compact Cassette V2 Records

References

  1. ^ "1990-01-20 Top 40 Official UK Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  3. ^ Got to Have Your Love [CD 1]: Amazon.co.uk: Music
  4. ^ Got to Have Your Love [CD 2]: Amazon.co.uk: Music
  5. ^ Got to Have Your Love [CASSETTE]: Amazon.co.uk: Music
  6. ^ "Liberty X – Got to Have Your Love". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  7. ^ "Liberty X – Got to Have Your Love" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  8. ^ "Chart Track: Week 37, 2002". Irish Singles Chart.
  9. ^ "Liberty X – Got to Have Your Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  10. ^ "Liberty X – Got to Have Your Love". Top 40 Singles.
  11. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.