Got to Get You Off My Mind

"Got to Get You Off My Mind" is a 1965 soul single written and performed by Solomon Burke. The single was produced by Jerry Wexler,[1] and was the most successful of Burke's long career, becoming his highest-charting single on both the R&B and pop singles charts. "Got to Get You Off My Mind" was number one on Billboard's R&B Singles chart for three weeks and made the Top 40 on the pop singles chart.[2]

"Got to Get You Off My Mind"
Single by Solomon Burke
Released1965
RecordedJanuary 22, 1965
GenreSoul
Length2:39
LabelAtlantic
2276
Songwriter(s)Solomon Burke, Delores Burke, J.B. Moore
Producer(s)Jerry Wexler, Bert Berns

Background

Burke recorded the song, one of four, during a recording session on January 22, 1965.[3][4] The song was written by Burke, his second wife Delores (by then mother of 11 of his children) and his mother Josephine Burke Moore. It was started on 11 December 1964, just hours after Burke heard that his friend Sam Cooke had been murdered.[5] Burke explained the origin of "Got to Get You Off My Mind": “It was written in California the night of Sam Cooke’s death. I learned of Sam Cooke’s death after leaving him two hours prior to that. At the same time I learned about my wife wanting a divorce. A special delivery letter was at the desk waiting for me in the hotel... so all of these things came about very quickly and very drastically.” Burke completed the song on the train back to Chicago for Cooke's funeral.

Chart positions
Chart (1965) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 22
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles 1

Personnel

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See also
  • List of number-one R&B singles of 1965 (U.S.)

References
  1. White, Adam; Bronson, Fred (1993). The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits. Billboard Books:Watson-Guptill Publications, New York. p. 3.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 92.
  3. Atlantic Records Discography: 1965. Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved on 2011-04-07.
  4. Red Kelly, "Solomon Burke – What Am I Living For (Bell 783)" (May 1, 2006)
  5. David Cantwell, "Solomon Burke: Pennies from Heaven: Thirteen Ways of Looking at the King of Rock 'n' Soul" Archived 2012-10-01 at the Wayback Machine, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2012-11-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), The Long Way Around 66 (November – December 2006)
  6. "Got To Get You Off My Mind | Solomon Burke | Recording". Pfunkportal.com. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
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