You Got It

"You Got It"
Single by Roy Orbison
from the album Mystery Girl
B-side"The Only One"
ReleasedJanuary 3, 1989 (1989-01-03)
RecordedApril 1988
StudioMike Campbell's garage (Los Angeles)
GenreRock[1]
Length3:30
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jeff Lynne
Roy Orbison singles chronology
"Crying"
(1987)
"You Got It"
(1989)
"She's a Mystery to Me"
(1989)
Music video
"You Got It" on YouTube

"You Got It" is a song from American singer Roy Orbison's 22nd studio album, Mystery Girl (1989). The song was released posthumously on January 3, 1989, after Orbison's death from a heart attack on December 6, 1988. The song was issued with "The Only One" as the B-side and was later released with "Crying" (version with k.d. lang).[2][3] The single reached number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Adult Contemporary chart, returning Orbison to the top 10 for the first time in 25 years.[4] "You Got It" also reached number three on the UK Singles Chart and entered the top five in 10 other countries. Although it is an Orbison solo single, Orbison's fellow Traveling Wilburys bandmates Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne co-wrote the song and played instruments on the record.

According to The Authorized Roy Orbison, the song was recorded at guitarist Mike Campbell's garage in Los Angeles, California, and mixed at George Harrison's residence Friar Park in Henley-on-Thames, England.[5] Orbison gave his only public rendition of the hit at the Diamond Awards Festival in Antwerp, Belgium, on November 19, 1988, just 17 days before his death and before the single was released. This footage was incorporated into the song's music video.[6] A 2014 version incorporated videos of rehearsal and practice sessions.

  1. ^ "Mystery Girl". Rolling Stone. March 23, 1989.
  2. ^ "New Singles". Music Week. December 24, 1988. p. 36.
  3. ^ Orbison, Roy; Orbison, Wesley; Orbison, Alex; Slate, Jeff (2017). The Authorized Roy Orbison (Second ed.). New York: Center Street. p. 246. ISBN 9781478976547. OCLC 1017566749.
  4. ^ The Birth of Rock & Roll: Music in the 1950s Through the 1960s. Britannica Educational Publishing. December 1, 2012. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-61530-911-5.
  5. ^ Orbison Jr., Roy (2017). The Authorized Roy Orbison. Orbison, Wesley,, Orbison, Alex,, Slate, Jeff, Marcel (Second ed.). New York: Center Street. p. 216. ISBN 9781478976547. OCLC 1017566749.
  6. ^ Wilri, Wim (April 26, 2018). "Roy Orbison in Stadsschouwburg: fata morgana rather than virtual resurrection". DeMorgen. Retrieved August 29, 2019.

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