You Got What It Takes

Album: Greatest Hits (1960)
Charted: 7 10
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  • You don't drive a big fast car, no
    You don't look like a movie star
    And on your money we won't get far
    But baby, you got what it takes, to satisfy
    You got what it takes to set my soul on fire
    Whoa-oh, whoa-oh whoa-oh-oh yeah
    You got what it takes for me

    Now you don't live in a beautiful place
    You don't dress with the best of taste
    And nature didn't give you such a beautiful face
    But baby, you got what it takes, to satisfy
    You got what it takes to set my soul on fire
    Whoa-oh and whoa-oh whoa yeah
    You got what it takes for me

    Now when you're near me, ooh-wee
    My head goes around and around
    And when you kiss me, oh yeah
    My love comes tumblin' down, you send me

    You don't live in a beautiful place
    You don't dress with the best of taste
    And nature didn't give you such a beautiful face
    But baby, you got what it takes, to satisfy
    You got what it takes to set my soul on fire
    Whoa-oh, whoa-oh whoa-oh-oh yeah
    You got what it takes for me

    Now when you're near me, little girl
    My head goes around and around
    And when you kiss me, oh yeah
    My love comes tumblin' down, you send me

    You don't live in a beautiful place, no
    You don't dress with the best of taste
    And nature didn't give you such a beautiful face
    But baby, you got what it takes, to satisfy
    You got what it takes to set my soul on fire
    Whoa-oh, whoa-oh whoa-oh-oh yeah
    You got what it takes for me

    Oh yeah
    You got what it takes
    Don't need no money
    Baby, you don't need no car Writer/s: Berry Gordy Jr., Gwen Fuqua, Tyran Carlo
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Comments: 2

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 26th 1967, the Dave Clark Five performed "You Got What It Takes" on the CBS-TV program 'The Ed Sullivan Show'...
    And the very day of the quintet's appearance on the 'Sullivan' show it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #83; six weeks later on May 7th, 1967 it would peak at #7 {for 1 week} and spent 10 weeks on the Top 100....
    Seven years earlier on January 11th, 1960 Marv Johnson's covered version would peaked at #2 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's R&B Singles chart {See next post below}...
    Sadly, three members of the DC5 have passed away; Denis Payton {1943 - 2006}, Mike Smith {1943 - 2008}, and Rick Huxley {1940 - 2013}...
    May they all R.I.P.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn October 26th 1959, Marv Johnson performed "You Got What It Takes" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
    Seven days later on November 2nd, 1959 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #94; and fourteen weeks later on February 8th, 1960 it peaked at #10 {for 1 week} and spent 22 weeks on the Top 100...
    And on January 11th, 1960 it reached #2 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's R&B Singles chart, the two weeks it was at #2, the #1 record for both those weeks was "Smokie, Part II" by Bill Black's Combo...
    Between March 1959 and March 1961 he had nine Top 100 records; his next biggest hit was "(You've Got to) Move Two Mountains", it peaked at #20 in 1960...
    The week "You Got What It Takes" peaked at #10 on the Top 100; down at #37 was "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" by Dinah Washington & Brook Benton {it would peak at #5 for 1 week on March 21st, 1960.
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