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"I Got You Babe"
French 7-inch single cover
Single by Sonny & Cher from the album Look at Us
Released	1965
Format	7" single
Recorded	1965
Genre	Rock
Length	3:11
Label	Atlantic
Writer	Sonny Bono
Producer	Sonny Bono
Certification	Gold
Sonny & Cher singles chronology
"Love Is Strange" (1964) "I Got You Babe" (1965) "The Letter" (1965) Alternate covers [[Image:|7-inch single label|200px]] 7-inch single label

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

Contents 1 History 2 Selected list of covers 3 Charts 3.1 Sonny & Cher 3.2 Cher and Beavis and Butt-head 4 Achievements 4.1 Sonny & Cher 4.2 UB40 & Chrissie Hynde

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. Bono was inspired to write the song to capitalize on the popularity of the term "babe," as heard in Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" which was a hit for The Turtles.

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.

The song was placed at #444 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of all time.

"I Got You Babe"
Single by Cher and Beavis and Butt-Head from the album The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience
Released	1993
Format	CD single
Recorded	1993
Genre	Rock
Length	9:22
Label	Geffen Records
Writer	Sonny Bono
Producer	David Geffen
Cher North American singles chronology
"When Lovers Become Strangers" (1992)	"I Got You Babe" (1993)	"One by One" (1996)
Cher European singles chronology
"Many Rivers to Cross" (1993)	"I Got You Babe" (1993)	"Love Can Build a Bridge" (1995)

• 1968 Etta James on the album Tell Mama
• 1968 Tiny Tim on the album God Bless Tiny Tim
• 1973 David Bowie with Marianne Faithfull on The Midnight Special, released on the bootleg Dollars In Drag: The 1980 Floor Show
• 1985 UB40 (with Chrissie Hynde) on the album Baggariddim ; also appears on The Pretenders 1987 album The Singles. It reached number one on the UK charts in August 1985.
• 1993 Cher (with Beavis & Butt-Head) on the album The Beavis & Butt-Head Experience
• 1998 Merril Bainbridge feat. Shaggy on the album Woop Woop Soundtrack and Between the Days
• 2003 – the incongruous pairing of Ron Jeremy and Mo Mowlam on The Frank Skinner Show
• 2005 Capitol Steps on the album "Four More Years in the Bush Leagues", the parody "Sunni and Cher" being based on the song
• 2006 Bradley Joseph, an instrumental arrangement on the album Piano Love Songs

Chart (1965)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	19
Belgian Singles Chart	12
Canadian Singles Chart	4
Dutch Top 40 Singles Chart	4
European Singles Chart	4
French Singles Chart	5
German Singles Chart	3
Irish Singles Chart	2
Japanese Singles Chart	6
Norwegian Singles Chart	6
Swedish Singles Chart	4
UK Singles Chart	1

Chart (1993)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	8
European Singles Chart	18
Swedish Singles Chart	40
UK Singles Chart	35

Preceded by "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" by Herman's Hermits	Billboard Hot 100 number one single (by Sonny & Cher) August 14, 1965 (3 weeks)	Succeeded by "Help!" by The Beatles
Preceded by "Help!" by The Beatles	UK number one single (by Sonny & Cher) August 26, 1965 (2 weeks)	Succeeded by "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones

Preceded by "Into the Groove" by Madonna

UK number one single August 25, 1985

Succeeded by "Dancing in the Street" by David Bowie & Mick Jagger

v • d • e Cher
Studio albums	All I Really Want to Do · The Sonny Side of Cher · Cher · With Love, Cher · Backstage · 3614 Jackson Highway · Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves · Foxy Lady · Bittersweet White Light · Half-Breed · Dark Lady · Stars · I'd Rather Believe in You · Cherished · Take Me Home · Prisoner · Black Rose · I Paralyze · Cher · Heart of Stone · Love Hurts · It's a Man's World · Believe · not.com.mercial · Living Proof · TBA
Compilations	Greatest Hits · Greatest Hits: 1965-1992 · If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher's Greatest Hits · The Greatest Hits · The Very Best of Cher
Soundtracks	Chastity OST · Mermaids OST
Live albums	Live! The Farewell Tour
Other albums	Two the Hard Way · VH1 Divas 1999 · VH1 Divas Live 02
Singles (US/UK/World #1s)	"I Got You Babe" · "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" · "Little Man" · "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" · "Half-Breed" · "Dark Lady" · "If I Could Turn Back Time" · "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" · "Love Can Build a Bridge" · "Believe"
Related topics	Discography · Concert Tours · Videography · Filmography · Achievements and Awards · Sonny & Cher · Sonny & Cher discography

v • d • e Merril Bainbridge
Studio albums	The Garden • Between the Days
Singles	"Mouth" • "Under the Water" • "Power of One" • "Sleeping Dogs" • "Lonely" • "I Got You Babe" • "Between the Days" • "Walk on Fire" • "Girl Next Door"