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Got to Get

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"Got to Get"
Single by Rob'n'Raz feat. Leila K
from the album Rob'n'Raz feat. Leila K
Released1989
Genre
Length4:30
LabelTelegram Records
Songwriter(s)
  • Music: Rob'n'Raz
  • Lyrics: MC II Fresh and Leila K
Producer(s)Rob'n'Raz
Rob'n'Raz feat. Leila K singles chronology
"Got to Get"
(1989) 		"Rok the Nation"
(1990)
Music video
"Got to Get" on YouTube

"Got to Get" is a song by Swedish electronic dance music duo Rob'n'Raz featuring singer-songwriter and rapper Leila K. Released in 1989 as her debut single, it was also the lead single from their only album together, Rob'n'Raz featuring Leila K (1990). It was successful in Europe, reaching the top 10 in at least nine countries, including the UK, where it peaked at number eight in January 1990. The song also charted in the United States, Canada and Australia. Two different music videos were made to accompany it.

Background

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Leila K was discovered by Rob'n'Raz when singing in a music contest. They liked her music and offered her a recording contract in 1988. With them she would get her first hit the following year with "Got to Get". It was first recorded within the UK as a pre-production demo by Pete Towns of P&P Productions. In 1990, the album Rob'n'Raz featuring Leila K was released, featuring "Got to Get".

Critical reception

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A reviewer from Billboard described the song as "explosive"[1] and "an infectious club-inspired stomper".[2] The magazine's Bill Coleman stated that "as infectious, house-inflected pop/rap goes, this track wins on its own."[3] Ernest Hardy from Cashbox wrote, "The inevitable Neneh Cherry clone arrives with a swiftness that in itself is awe-inspiring. Vocally, this well could be Miss Cherry. There’s the oh-so-slight hint of a rasp, coupled with sass and lots of ’tude."[4] Mick Mercer from Melody Maker complimented it as a "little fun bundle".[5] Pan-European magazine Music & Media commented, "The world will soon wake up to this 17-year-old female rapper from Gothenburg who can easily compete with artists like Neneh Cherry or the Cookie Crew."[6] NME said, "God knows who Rob 'n' Raz are, but Leila K is a Swedish black woman who sounds like Neneh Cherry! Well, shipmates! Blow me down if that ain't a merry coincidence! This record is jaunty but unremarkable, like a pigeon."[7] Taylor Dayne, reviewing the song for Number One, remarked that "this girl sounds exactly like Neneh Cherry. So does the production." She also declared it as "a happening record and everything and you can dance to it".[8]

Chart performance

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"Got to Get" was a number-one hit in Iceland, peaked at number two in the Netherlands, and reached number three in Austria, Switzerland and West Germany. In the United Kingdom, it reached its peak of number eight on the UK Singles Chart in January 1990.[9] It was a top-10 hit in Belgium, Finland, Norway and in Leila K's native Sweden. Additionally, "Got to Get" entered the top 20 in both Denmark and Ireland, as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100, where it reached number 11 in March 1990. Outside Europe, the single peaked at number 48 on the US Billboard Hot 100[10] and number 57 in Australia, where it spent a total of 20 weeks within the top 100.[11] "Got to Get" also entered the top 10 on the Canadian RPM Dance chart.

Music video

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There were produced two different music videos to promote the single.[12][13] One of them was directed by Scottish director Paul Boyd.

Personnel

  • David Thomas – Stylist
  • Robert Dexter – Assistant stylist

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ "We've Got What Everyone Wants To Get" (PDF). Billboard. 3 February 1990. p. 1. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  2. ^ "New on the Charts" (PDF). Billboard. 3 February 1990. p. 36. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. ^ Coleman, Bill (20 January 1990). "Dance Trax: Stansfield's 'World' Hit Finally Breaks In U.S." (PDF). Billboard. p. 31. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  4. ^ Hardy, Ernest (20 January 1990). "Pop Reviews: Singles" (PDF). Cashbox. p. 18. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  5. ^ Mercer, Mick (17 March 1990). "Singles". Melody Maker. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Talent: Promising Acts" (PDF). Music & Media. 17 June 1989. p. 14. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Singles". NME. 4 November 1989. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  8. ^ Dayne, Taylor (22 November 1989). "Singles". Number One. p. 42. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. 31 March 1990. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  11. ^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 02 Sep 1990 (61–100) (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 34)". Retrieved 21 May 2016 – via Imgur.
  12. ^ "Rob 'N Raz feat Leila K – Got to Get from TV". YouTube. 20 April 2009. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Leila K- Got To Get (HQ- Lyrics )fr. homepage". YouTube. 20 April 2009. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  14. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 237.
  15. ^ "Rob'n'Raz featuring Leila K – Got to Get" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  16. ^ "Rob'n'Raz featuring Leila K – Got to Get" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  17. ^ "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Issue 9066." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  18. ^ Danish Singles Chart. 23 March 1990.
  19. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 7, no. 9. 3 March 1990. p. IV. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  20. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Leila K". Sisältää hitin – 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 122. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  21. ^ "Íslenski Listinn (1990)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 23 February 1990. p. 34. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  22. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Got to Get". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  23. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Rob'n'Raz featuring Leila K" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  24. ^ "Rob'n'Raz featuring Leila K – Got to Get" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  25. ^ "Rob'n'Raz featuring Leila K – Got to Get". VG-lista.
  26. ^ "Rob'n'Raz featuring Leila K – Got to Get". Singles Top 100.
  27. ^ "Trackslistan" (in Swedish). sr.se. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  28. ^ "Rob'n'Raz featuring Leila K – Got to Get". Swiss Singles Chart.
  29. ^ "Dance Singles Sales". Billboard. 7 April 1990. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  30. ^ "Dance Club Songs". Billboard. 17 March 1990. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  31. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Rob'n'Raz featuring Leila K – Got to Get" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  32. ^ "Jahreshitparade Singles 1990" (in German). Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  33. ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1990" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  34. ^ "Top 50 Dance Tracks of 1990". RPM. Retrieved 2 May 2025 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  35. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 1990". Music & Media. Vol. 7, no. 51. 22 December 1990. p. 36.
  36. ^ "Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1990" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  37. ^ "Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1990" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  38. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1990" (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  39. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1990" (in German). Retrieved 2 May 2025.
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