Gotta Tell You (song)
2000 single by Samantha Mumba
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"Gotta Tell You" is a song by Irish singer Samantha Mumba and the title track from her first studio album. The song was written and produced by the Swedish team Bag & Arnthor (Anders Bagge and Arnthor Birgisson), with Mumba co-writing. "Gotta Tell You" was released on 2 June 2000 as Mumba's debut single and became an international hit, peaking at number one in Ireland and New Zealand, number two in the United Kingdom, and number three in Australia. In the United States, it reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100, spending 22 weeks on that chart. In 2001, the song won a Meteor Music Award for Best Selling Irish Single – Female Artist.[1]
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| Single by Samantha Mumba | ||||
| from the album Gotta Tell You | ||||
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| Released | 2 June 2000 | |||
| Length | 3:22 | |||
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| Producers | Bag & Arnthor | |||
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| "Gotta Tell You" on YouTube | ||||
Composition
Having a moderate tempo with 110 beats per minute, the song "Gotta Tell You" is written in the key of C minor and follows the chord progression of A♭–B♭–Cm in the verses and A♭7–B♭–Cm–C–B♭–G in the song's chorus, with the C major chord being a picardy third (or a borrowed chord), as it is a parallel key. Samantha Mumba's vocals span from E♭3 to B♭4.[2]
Music video
The music video shows Mumba walking, running and dancing around a city and running to catch a plane. It also includes Mumba doing minor stunts which include flipping off a building onto the street and jumping onto and off a moving firetruck. The video was shot in the city of Fuengirola, Málaga, Spain. In the United States, the video for "Gotta Tell You" first premiered on BET the week ending on 17 July 2000.[3] It later made its premiere on MTV weeks later on the week ending on 31 July 2000.[4]
Track listings
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UK and Australian CD single[5]
European CD single[6]
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Australian limited-edition CD single and Japanese CD single[7][8]
US CD single[9]
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Credits and personnel
Credits are lifted from the UK CD single liner notes.[5]
Studios
Personnel
- Bag & Arnthor – production, arrangement
- Anders Bagge – writing
- Arnthor Birgisson – writing, background vocals
- Samantha Mumba – writing
- Anders von Hofsten – background vocals
- Jeanette Olsson – background vocals
- Mats Berntoft – guitar
- Stockholm Session Strings – strings
- Jansson & Jansson – string arrangement
- Alar Suurna – mixing
- Arun Chakraverty – mastering
- Rankin – photography
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[52] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
| France (SNEP)[53] | Gold | 250,000* |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[54] | Gold | 400,000‡ |
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Release history
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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| Ireland | 2 June 2000 | N/a |
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| United Kingdom | 26 June 2000 |
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| United States | 25 July 2000 | Interscope | [57] | |
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| Japan | 19 January 2001 | CD | Universal Music Japan | [59] |
Micky Modelle vs. Samantha Mumba version
| "Gotta Tell You" | |
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| Single by Micky Modelle vs. Samantha Mumba | |
| Released | 2008 |
| Genre | Eurodance |
| Length | 3:13 |
| Label | AATW |
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| Producer | Micky Modelle |
Irish DJ Micky Modelle remixed the song and released it as a single in 2008 through All Around the World Productions. After Mumba heard the remix, she liked the song and re-recorded some of the vocals. She promoted the song on the Clubland Live Tour in 2008.
Music video
A video for the song was filmed throughout London and Belfast in May 2008 and was premiered on 13 June 2008. The video features Modelle and Mumba in a conference room with various clones of Mumba as various maps of cities in the UK moving around her, with the maps indicating that "club energy levels are low".
Mumba and the clones of herself go out to the cities clubs where the people in the club start dancing and the club energy levels are restored.