Caught Up in You
| "Caught Up in You" | |
|---|---|
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| Single by 38 Special | |
| from the album Special Forces | |
| B-side | "Firestarter" |
| Released | April 19, 1982 |
| Format | 7" (45 rpm) |
| Recorded | June 23, 1981 |
| Genre | Southern rock |
| Length | 4:35 |
| Label | A&M |
| Writer(s) | Don Barnes, Jeff Carlisi, Jim Peterik[1] |
"Caught Up in You" is the first single released from Southern rock band 38 Special's 1982 album, Special Forces. It became the band's first number-one single on the Billboard Top Tracks rock chart. It also became one of the band's two top ten pop hits, reaching number ten on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] Their other Top 10 single, "Second Chance", reached #6 in 1989.
"Caught Up in You" was featured in the 1983 film Spring Break and also appears in the soundtrack to the 2009 films The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard and Whip It.
Notable cover versions of the song include a pop rock/power pop version by American band We The Kings, which they released in 2010 as a part of the multi-artist collaboration album Punk Goes Classic Rock.
The song is included as one of the on-disc tracks in the video game Rock Band 4.
Charts
| Chart (1982-83) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 10 |
| U.S. Top Tracks (Billboard) | 1 |
References
- ↑ Special Forces album entry in Discogs entry for 38 Special.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 629.
