She's Got You

"She's Got You" is a country song written by Hank Cochran and was first recorded (in December 1961) and released (in 1962) as a single by Patsy Cline. Musically the song is an upbeat jazz-pop song with country overtones to support it.

"She's Got You"
Single by Patsy Cline
from the album Sentimentally Yours
B-side"Strange"
Released10 January 1962
Recorded17 December 1961
Bradley Film and Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
GenreCountry, traditional pop
Length3:07
LabelDecca Records
Songwriter(s)Hank Cochran
Producer(s)Owen Bradley
Patsy Cline singles chronology
"Crazy"
(1961)
"She's Got You"
(1962)
"When I Get Through with You"
(1962)
"She's Got You"
Single by Loretta Lynn
from the album I Remember Patsy
B-side"Lady That Lived Here Before"
Released7 February 1977
Recorded30 June 1976
Bradley's Barn, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, U.S.
GenreCountry
Length3:05
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Hank Cochran
Producer(s)Owen Bradley
Loretta Lynn singles chronology
"Somebody Somewhere (Don't Know What He's Missin' Tonight)"
(1976)
"She's Got You"
(1977)
"Why Can't He Be You"
(1977)

History

According to the Ellis Nassour biography Honky Tonk Angel: The Intimate Story of Patsy Cline, writer Hank Cochran remembers calling Cline and telling her that he'd just written her next number 1 hit. She told him to come over to her house with a bottle of liquor and play it on the guitar for her and friend Dottie West who was visiting that afternoon. Cline was emotionally moved by its lyrics and loved the song so much that she learned it that night, calling up her manager and producer to sing it to them over the phone. At her next session, she recorded it. This was a rare instance, as Cline and her producer, Owen Bradley, often disagreed with each other's choice of material. This time, they both agreed they had a hit.

The theme of the song revolves around material possessions of a lost love:

I've got the records, that we used to share
And they still sound the same, as when you were here
The only thing different, the only thing new
I've got the records ... she's got you.

"She's Got You" was written as Cline's follow-up single to her two previous big hits of the previous year, "I Fall to Pieces" and "Crazy". "She's Got You" was released on January 30, 1962, and immediately went to No. 1 on the Hot C&W Sides country chart.[1] and to No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also went to number three on the Easy Listening chart.[2] "She's Got You" marked her first hit single in the United Kingdom, where it reached No. 43. The hit led to an appearance on American Bandstand with Dick Clark that February and led to Cline having her own show in Las Vegas in the following November. "She's Got You" was followed by a few other minor hits that year, including "Imagine That", "When I Get Thru' With You", "So Wrong", and "Strange".

On August 6, 1962, Cline's third studio album Sentimentally Yours was released, featuring "She's Got You".

Personnel

The session personnel included:[3]

Legacy

"She's Got You" has been recorded by numerous artists, such as Dean Martin (He's Got You), Ruby and the Rednecks,Rosanne Cash, Ricky Van Shelton, LeAnn Rimes, Timi Yuro, Jimmy Buffett, Lee Ann Womack, Cat Power, Elvis Costello, Loretta Lynn and Rhiannon Giddens.

The album "Live Again! at CBGB's" album by Ruby and the Rednecks that includes cover of the song She's got you

In 1977, the Loretta Lynn remake was a No. 1 country hit.[4] when her tribute album to Cline called I Remember Patsy was released.

The song was covered by Don McLean on his 1987 compilation Greatest Hits Then & Now as "He's Got You". McLean's version peaked at number 73 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[5]

Chart performance

Patsy Cline

Chart (1962) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot C&W Sides 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 14
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 3

Loretta Lynn

Chart (1977) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 83.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 58.
  3. http://www.patsycline.info/decca.html
  4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 210.
  5. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs 1944–2012. Record Research, Inc. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-89820-203-8.
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