Joe Tex - I Gotcha

[Cookie121955]

I remember dancing to this song!!! Ahhhh the memories

[ElmoLewiss]

good god HEY! the girls ahiight y'all.

[zatchbellking]

RIP grandad even though i was a baby when u saw mw i still remember your face i love u and ill see u in heaven one day

[chevron258]

i remember this dance i think it was the funky chicken.

[blackrogue162]

The gratest song made about date rape ever. LOL!!! Think about it people. Still a true classic

[FilmMadness]

lol nice guy Eddie was listening to this in reservoir dogs :)

[Yarndt]

RIP Joe Tex!

[WilyWash]

lady in da middle know how to work her hips real good. that's somethin'

[PatronSaint210]

I need to put this song in one of my halo videos for when i stick a guy from across the entire map. I GOTCHA!!

[ilovelucy37]

i love this song my Aunt had this record it was the best!! && A Mother's Prayer....it's a great song to from joe tex as well

[rmcalexander]

hand sex

[peeterpoon]

This was one of the funniest songs of 1972! Those were the days!!

[JRocThaPrez08]

I GOTCHA!!!!!

[silentcatania]

Awesomeeeeeeeeeeee!

[tkylpliztim]

I use to see Morris Day and the Time doing that same dance he's doing,in the 80's.

[PsychicKnife]

Wow, his live performance is way tamer than what comes across on record. On record he sounds like a wild man. Here's a dude in an ice-cream suit, a poor boy's soul man.

[intruderart]

Joe Tex was no poor boy's anything. He is a gem from the past that should not be dismissed so easily.

[meesalikeu]

lol! dude this is not joe tex's live show. this is a tv show. he prob even lip synced it.

[Houccisountipo90]

L'Italia ringrazia questo uomo per aver dato il via alla coltura Hipi-Hop

[Ontario0925]

hiiiiii,i gooootchaaa!!!

[berlynn2]

im tickled by this song its funny.

[anoenvyodnhg]

sooo crazyyy!!!

[mzsandy1023]

Do any of you have the clip when Joe tex was on soul train singing this song? Damita Jo freeman was dancing to it? It's awesome.

[ottowes]

It was here last summer, but removed for infringement of use rights. Also, Joe recored a slower version of I Gotcha-wasn't a hit and didn't get much airplay. Perhaps that is the tune the two posters were trying to recall. I can't recall the year, but believe it was just before he died.

[LShabazz]

1978 on the Run Down Album the slow version of I Gotcha

[prottoss89]

Best part of Reservoir Dogs...

[mygeneration01]

when they beat on the cop. Yeah. God i love that movie and this song.

[jonnyfitz6618]

he's like james brown... bad to the bone!!!

[123paco2008]

The meaning of "I Gotcha" in Spanish is "Te tengo".

[YIUsed2be]

The Great Joe Tex!!!

[123paco2008]

Please, someone give me the meaning of "I Gotcha", my first language is Spanish.

[foggle1]

I've got you

"gotcha" is short for "got you"

[123paco2008]

Thank you.

[stratman123]

I wanna party with those backup dancers!!!

[helltopay1]

ur having a laugh?

[helltopay1]

poor mans James Brown

[kikatx08]

The difference being that Joe Tex could actually sing not just yell and holler.

[pickzzzzzz]

He can? He sounds a little horst to me...

[wlhardy]

I still love this song after all these years, so many kids today think "sexy lyrics" mean "blatant lyrics," leaving nothing to the imagination. I GOTCHA is proof that "sexy," doesn't mean "in your face," it's what's implied. This is one sexy song!

[51362879]

"I know, opinions are like A-holes, everybody's got one" but my opinion is, that Joe was the man. As much as I liked James Brown, James wasn't worthy of sharing the same stage with Joe. Well, not really and I don't want to seem harsh toward James, but I think that Joe did a better job at "gettin' it"

Sleep well, Joe. You too, James!

[cocobrother]

The one thing I liked about Joe Tex was that he always had a good horn section who's sound in my opinion laid the foundation for Oakland's Tower Of Power.

[traileras85]

RESERVOIR DOOOOOOOOOOOGS!!!

[changling21]

I GOTCHA

[dance123155]

lol nice.....

[1975tooto]

Even Comedy in songs!! Great time for the Golden Era of music!!

[o0JGS0o]

COOL!!!!!!

[dell4bq]

There was a song in the 80's that had the chorus of this song but wasn't at all funky like this. Seemed like it was 80's pre rap stuff. Anyone know who sampled the chorus part "Give it here, never shoulda promised ya, Give it here, don't hold back now, give it here, don't say nothing."

[dell4bq]

Just to add it seemed a bit quicker tempo of the song and less groove than this. It's just been bugging me since I was a kid in the 80's who the artist was. I had a hard enough time to trace the chorus back to this guy Joe Tex, but this guy sounds like James Brown. The version I remember didn't.

[Mario54World]

I wish someone would remember. I AM an "I Gotcha." fan. I like Ike and Tina's the best. Joe Tex is too cool for words though. Liza Minelli's has the best dancing and most attitude. The Salt and Pepa version is from the early 90s I think.

[dell4bq]

I might have to track down an IKE/TINA TURNER version. No idea they did it, but I am guessing it still sounds funky since that was the 70's. I'm sure the artist/song I am thinking of back in the 80's and it was a new song at the time. Someone said it is DEF JEF but it was before the Fresh Prince era of rap.

[ottowes]

There's an Ikettes version of 'I Gotcha' here. Joe recorded a second, slower version-actually made a ballad of 'I Gotcha,' perhaps in the early '80's or so. It really transformed the song, making it almost another tune entirely.

[IHateIndieRock]

Def Jef Give it here? but it was 89

[leedsrules1]

that bassline rocks

[mariabrc3]

...herez how to alwayz remember joe and this song: next time u see the 5-O pulling over or chasing someone,juzt think of the first few wordz of this great song...

[BluesInMySoul]

hahahha

[Gatorrock786]

This was a big big hit on DC radio in 1972. I was probably one of the few white 12 year-old kids who bought the 45 though.

[dbd1353]

man thanks for posting this..this is how we used to get down and rock steady..They are doing some serious funkin' here.Isn't that what they used the Funky Four Corners during the middle part of the song?? Man, haven't heard this song in years..Thanks again for posting..

[kstarr6686]

Check out the way these chicks are dancing! Wow! Talk about sexy!

I love this song too. Thanks for posting it!

[yomamadontdanz]

This song kicks some serious Ass!!!I'm a white guy and this song makes me wanna eat some soul food!!!

[GOTTIFREDI]

Pure sex!!!

[helenacalamidad]

grazie, buona forma di iniziare la mattina

[iulianoalfredo]

straordinario,una sintesi tra soul musik e rok antropologico-

[peeterpoon]

Joseph "Joe Tex" Arrington had a great delivery and wicked sense of humor in his songs! He died way too young...

[mariabrc3]

next time that you see the "five-o" chasing after someone,think of 'ol joe and this song...

[BlackSunsu]

Ha, you're so silly.

[punkjazz28]

AAAAHHHHEYYY!!!! ROCK ME JOE!!

[Cinemaio1993]

fucking great song!

[POOH875]

LOVE THIS SONG I LOVE THE DANCERS TO

[y0oho0]

hollllllld IIYYT!

[TheStruggle1998]

Joe Tex was a serious entertainer. He look's alot my father who pasted away in 1985. This when singers' sung.

[XMIR10B]

Gotcha

[fishface1224]

how did u get this vid

[fmbighair]

wow, why hasn't anyone sampled that intro?...lol

tasty stuff!

[madog20]

oh it's been sampled.

[fmbighair]

really? what artists/songs?...just curious. kewl stuff.

[malikcordarolysia]

that one dancer is working it. go girl!

[POOH875]

WHICH ONE

[malikcordarolysia]

at 2:07 watch how she works him. lol

[PaulStanleysGal]

Give it here!

[jws54]

I have told so many people about this song, it is sooo coool

[slrvtnetzero]

meeee too! We used to meet each of our friends in the hall and shout..."I gotcha!" "Tried to sneak by me now didn't you?" lolol

[denechek59]

God, I can't believe this old Gold is on You Tube!

[slrvtnetzero]

What a crazy song! Love it! Also, love "Ain't Gonna Bump No More With No Big Fat Woman!" lolol Thanks for the great music and videos!-Sandra-S.C.

[momyrose]

cute video, thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

[momyrose]

damn cool!!!!!!!!!

[tbzeee]

give it heah! great outfits.

[eljulian]

Oh HELL YEAH! You have no idea how long I've waited to see this! of ALL THE POST'S I'VE SEEN...FOR ME THIS COULD BE THE BEST!

Thanks a bunch!

[revup67]

no worries - I certainly appreciate the same enthusiasm. be sure and check out troglodyte by jimmy castor..mine and there's a great black and white video of trog that's hilarious..Rev

[Dreadmore]

great!! haven't heard this in years, thanx for getting this up!!

[digdingdong]

Great :)

[pumpkinking422]

i agree that mystikal sounds a lot like him,and i always wondered why he or another rapper never did a remake.maybe i'm weird,but i could even envision rob zombie doing it.

[73161]

I LOVE IT!!!! I have an original 45!

[neekdiamonz15]

Them dancers got hella bodies on them.

Hell of a song.

[momyrose]

HELL YEA !! I FOUND IT LOVE THIS !!!!!!!

[PaulStanleysGal]

That's bad ass! Sounds alot like James Brown.

[lizardman77]

Joe Tex was the first "rapper." He often called his songs where he spoke over the music rather than sing RAP. So many people have been influenced by this guy and never knew and others just ripped him off. R.I.P.

[racevidfreak]

Thanks Joe...........................

[jocaque]

badassssssss

[CATHLAB2007]

i remeber seeing him sing this at the watts festival in los angeles in the 1970's - you go joe

[2008HereICome]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Let me know when you find it, that is the ULTIMATE jam of all time!

[51362879]

I love the song, but that the heck are the back ups dress like that, for?

[azzsocold]

I'm with you on that one.

[racevidfreak]

It was 1970......

[blackwaxjh]

Spring of 1972 was when "I Gotcha" peaked in the charts. Reached #1 on the R&B chart, #2 on the Pop chart. Was his biggest hit.

[niagarafallscanbill]

my favorite from 1972 along with the isley brothers pop that thang. he had a long feud with james brown blaming from stealing both his moves and his wife who james brown later married. he would often mock brown using the cape over his shoulders. he died sadly too young in 1982.

[satanicgordo]

sii  Ayyyy gotchaaau

[solord]

Gotta love the part where her chases the woman off the stage! Sweet!

[koolchick760]

lol.

[forgette747]

He's good but he's no Liza Minnelli!!(Just kidding i was raised on her versio...love Tex's version too!

[sblizzy]

You do know that Joe Tex is the original, don't you?

[LOVEAGENT7]

I want to see the girl that dances with him on Soul Train with her leg in the air lol

anybody remember that

[Orinana]

DAMITA JO FREEMAN!!! The girl could ROLL!!!

[LOVEAGENT7]

YES LOAD SHE COULD

[soln4suh]

YEAH!!! i remember that. i wish someone would post that! they worked well together on that and looked like they had fun.

[LOVEAGENT7]

I'm so gld someone remebers that

[NCGUY74]

me and my older sister used to dance to this 45 when we were little

[jimiamjim]

I think he's a little over-dressed for this song.

[kpitt1204]

Oh, but the Soul Train version of him dancing with Damita Jo Freeman is classic where I come from. For some reason, it was a very definitive moment in R&B history in my hood.

[kimmy1984]

I would love to see that clip. The last time I saw that clip was after Joe Tex unfortunate death and Soul Train did a tribute show in his honor.

[tonybklyn]

For the longest time my sister and I thought were the only two people on earth who held memory precious. It had to one of the best dance numbers to a live song ever.

[dsimonen122]

funkin' amazing!!! I haven't heard this song in about 30 years. I didn't know it was Joe Tex. Thanks for posting this revup67. Soul Train stuff pales in comparison.

[revup67]

you are welcome!