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'{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Refimprove|date=May 2011}} {{Infobox song | name = Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Gene Pitney]] | album = Just One Smile | B-side = Building Up My Dream World | released = September 1967 | format = [[Gramophone record|7" vinyl]] | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = [[Rock and roll]] | length = 3:37 | label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] | writer = [[Roger Greenaway]], [[Roger Cook (songwriter)|Roger Cook]] | producer = | prev_title = Tremblin | prev_year = 1967 | next_title = The More I Saw of Her | next_year = 1968 }} {{Infobox song | name = Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart | cover = Almondpitney.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Marc Almond]] featuring [[Gene Pitney]] | album = [[The Stars We Are]] | B-side = Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart (Solo Version) | released = 2 January 1989 | format = [[Gramophone record|7" vinyl]], [[Gramophone record|12" vinyl]], [[CD single]] | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = [[Pop (music)|Pop]] | length = 4:41 | label = [[EMI Records|EMI]] | writer = Roger Greenaway & Roger Cook | producer = Bob Kraushaar | chronology = Marc Almond | prev_title = Bitter Sweet | prev_year = 1988 | next_title = Only the Moment | next_year = 1989 }} "'''Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart'''" is a song written by [[Roger Greenaway]] and [[Roger Cook (songwriter)|Roger Cook]]. Originally recorded by [[David and Jonathan (band)|David and Jonathan]], and then [[Gene Pitney]] in 1967, the latter's version of the song reached No. 5 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in December 1967,<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums 2">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 428| title-link= British Hit Singles & Albums }}</ref> but failed to chart in the United States. The song was subsequently covered by a number of other acts including [[Cilla Black]], [[Allison Durbin]] (dubbed "Australia's Queen of Pop" in the 1960s) on her 1968 album ''I Have Loved Me a Man'', [[Terry Reid]], and [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] on their 1986 album of covers ''[[Kicking Against the Pricks]]''. It was sung in French by [[Herbert Léonard]] in 1968 with the title "Quelque chose tient mon cœur" and in Italian by Pitney himself with the title "Uomo, non sai" ("Man, you don't know"). It achieved its greatest success in 1988 when it was covered by [[Marc Almond]]. Originally recorded by Almond alone for his 1988 album ''[[The Stars We Are]]'', the single version reunited it with its best known singer Gene Pitney; their version became a number one single in the UK for four weeks in January 1989.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | pages= 497–8| title-link= British Hit Singles & Albums }}</ref> The [[music video]] for this version was filmed [[Location shooting|on-location]] in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]].<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.songwriter.co.uk/page71.html |title=International Songwriters Association (ISA) Songs And Songwriting • Gene Pitney |publisher=Songwriter.co.uk |date= |accessdate=30 March 2014}}</ref> ==Chart positions== ===Marc Almond featuring Gene Pitney (1989)=== [[Marc Almond]] originally recorded the song as a solo track for his album [[The Stars We Are]] and was released as a follow up to this single ''Tears Run Rings''. By then, [[Gene Pitney]] had heard of Almond's version and offered to re-record it with him, as a duet. This version replaced the solo version which was put on the B-side of the single. The duet reached number one on the UK singles chart in January 1989. {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Charts (1989) ! Peak<br>position |- {{singlechart|Australia|24|artist=Marc Almond feat. Gene Pitney|song=Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart}} |- {{singlechart|Austria|2|artist=Marc Almond feat. Gene Pitney|song=Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart}} |- {{singlechart|Flanders|2|artist=Marc Almond feat. Gene Pitney|song=Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart}} |- |Finland ([[Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite book | first= Jake | last= Nyman |year= 2005 | title=Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja | edition= 1st | publisher=Tammi | location= Helsinki| isbn= 951-31-2503-3| language= Finnish }}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- {{singlechart|France|8|artist=Marc Almond feat. Gene Pitney|song=Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart}} |- {{singlechart|Germany|1|artist=Marc Almond feat. Gene Pitney|song=Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart}} |- |Ireland ([[Irish Singles Chart|IRMA]]) |align="center"|1 |- {{singlechart|Dutch40|5|artist=Marc Almond feat. Gene Pitney|song=Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart}} |- {{singlechart|New Zealand|4|artist=Marc Almond feat. Gene Pitney|song=Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart}} |- {{singlechart|Sweden|7|artist=Marc Almond feat. Gene Pitney|song=Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart}} |- {{singlechart|Swiss|1|artist=Marc Almond feat. Gene Pitney|song=Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart}} |- | UK Singles ([[The Official Charts Company]])<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> | <center>1</center> |} == Cover versions == The song was covered by [[Vicky Leandros]] in 1968, along with a [[Greek language|Greek]] version the same year titled "To Mistiko Sou" (Your secret) on her Greek album ''Vicky (To Mistiko Sou)'' which became a hit. The same year in French by Herbert Léonard "Quelque chose en moi tient mon cœur". In 1987 this song was covered, with alternative lyrics, by the band [[Window Speaks]] on the album Heartland. Following Marc Almond's success across Europe, in 1989 Leandros released a 12-inch remix of "To Mistiko Sou" in Greece which topped the Greek charts.<ref>[http://www.vickyleandros.com/index-2-2.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428231154/http://www.vickyleandros.com/index-2-2.html |date=28 April 2010 }}</ref> Since its release, both the English and Greek versions of the song have appeared on various Leandros [[Compilation album|compilations]] worldwide. In 2010, Greek singer Maro Lytra covered Leandros' Greek version of the song produced by [[Dimitris Kontopoulos]], and released it as the second single off her upcoming album. In 1986, the song was covered by [[Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds]] on the album ''[[Kicking Against the Pricks]]''. In 2012, the song was covered by [[Joe McElderry]] and is featured on his fourth studio album, ''[[Here's What I Believe]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://store.universal-music.co.uk/restofworld/albums/joe-mcelderry-heres-what-i-believe-cd-album/invt/0602537087327/ |title=Joe McElderry Here's What I Believe CD Album at Universal Music |publisher=Store.universal-music.co.uk |date=17 September 2012 |accessdate=30 March 2014}}</ref> In 1990, [[The Shadows]] recorded an instrumental cover of the song on their studio album ''[[Reflection (The Shadows album)|Reflection]]''. [[Pate Mustajärvi]] recorded the Finnish version ''Sydän syrjällään'' as a duet with [[Sakari Kuosmanen]] in 1995. Finnish lyrics were by [[Juice Leskinen]]. The song appeared on the B-side of the single ''Emmanuelle''. Another Finnish version called Sydämeni osuman sai was recorded by Siiri Nordin in 2003 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_Tbn4i0Chc}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siiri_Nordin}}</ref> The song was featured in the 2015 movie, ''[[The Lobster]]'', where it was performed by [[Garry Mountaine]] and [[Olivia Colman]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{MetroLyrics song|marc-almond|somethings-gotten-hold-of-my-heart}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider --> {{Marc Almond}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart}} [[Category:1967 singles]] [[Category:1989 singles]] [[Category:Gene Pitney songs]] [[Category:Marc Almond songs]] [[Category:European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles]] [[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]] [[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]] [[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]] [[Category:Songs written by Roger Greenaway]] [[Category:Songs written by Roger Cook (songwriter)]] [[Category:1967 songs]] [[Category:EMI Records singles]]'