I Got You Babe

"I Got You Babe"
Song

"I Got You Babe" is a 1965 number-one hit single by American rock music duo Sonny and Cher.

Sonny Bono, a songwriter and record producer for Phil Spector, wrote the song for himself and his wife, Cher, late at night in their basement. Noted session drummer Hal Blaine performed the drums for the song.

Upon recording and releasing the song, "I Got You Babe" became the duo's biggest single, their signature song, and a defining recording of the early hippie countercultural movement. In August of 1965, the single reached the number-one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States for three weeks, and reached number-one in the United Kingdom for one week.

The song has been frequently covered and featured in film and television, including Sonny and Cher's own The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour. "I Got You Babe" made a bit of a comeback when it was heavily featured as Bill Murray's wake-up call in the 1993 movie Groundhog Day. Upon this re-release, the single re-charted in the UK, reaching number sixty-six.

The song was later covered by Cher in a music video that featured Beavis and Butthead as a rapt audience to Cher's performance. In the video, Cher refers to her former husband Bono as a dork and a wuss.

Sonny and Cher last performed the song together during an impromptu reunion on NBC's Late Night with David Letterman in 1987.

A cover version, by UB40 and Chrissie Hynde, reached number one in the UK singles chart in 1985.

Charts

Chart (1965)	Peak position
USA single chart	1
UK single chart	1
Irish single chart	2
Germany single chart	3
Canada single chart	4
Netherlands single chart	4
Sweden single chart	4
France single chart	5
Japan singles chart	6
Norway single chart	6
Belgian single chart	12
world wide sales	5.000.000

• Early music video on YouTube
• Performance on YouTube on Hullabaloo 1965
• Impromptu performance on YouTube on the The Late Show with David Letterman