"I Got You" is a 1979 song by New Zealand art rock group Split Enz from their studio album True Colours. Split Enz's most commercially successful single, "I Got You" was written by Neil Finn and released in December 1979.
The single became a commercial success, reaching top forty charting spots in nations such as Australia and Canada. In 2001, it was additionally voted 11th best New Zealand song of all time by APRA.
Reception[]
Reviewed in Roadrunner at the time of release, it was said the song, "positively drips with appeal that only philistines could fail to appreciate," and asked readers to buy a copy as, "it deserves to be a hit."
Music video[]
The video clip features Neil Finn standing in a room singing the song with the other band members performing in a framed picture on the wall behind him. The picture animates when Finn sings the chorus, but goes still when he sings the verses. At the end of the video, he is seen in the picture with the band.