"Get Your Gun" is a song written by Lynsey de Paul and Terry Cox. It was released as a single by Zakatek (aka

Lenny Zakatek Lenny Zakatek (born Lenny du Platel, 1947) is a British singer and musician who has lived in London since the age of thirteen. Zakatek was born just prior to Karachi becoming part of Pakistan and is best known for his work with the British band ...

) on

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on 12 October 1973. The

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was another de Paul and Cox penned song "Gotta Runaway". Both sides were produced by de Paul and the strings were arranged by

Christopher Gunning Christopher Gunning (born 5 August 1944) is an English composer of concert works and music for films and television. Gunning was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where his tutors includ ...

and de Paul. The single was reviewed by the British DJ

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for the music magazine ''

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''. It has been described as "Freaky, bizarre and ultimately interesting and a definite one-off". In an interview some years later Lenny Zakatek said "I was singing at a night club called Gulivers In London five nights a week when Lynsey De Paul and Dudley Moore came in, they both thought I had the X-Factor, Lynsey introduced me to the legendary Dick Leahy (Billy Ocean, David Cassidy, Donna Summer, Wham, George Michael) and he signed me to his U.S.A. label Bell Records". A

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version with the title "Roter Mann" with German lyrics written by Gunter Gabriel was released in 1974, also on Bell Records and sung by Zakatek. This version was released on the German

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, ''1000 Nadelstiche - Amerikaner Und Briten Singen Deutsch'' (''1000 pin pricks - Americans and Brits sing in German'') on

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in 2002. The recording of the song was re-released, for the first time on CD as a track on the album ''Pop Cycles Vol. 12''. The song still receives radio play, notably on

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's "Evan "Funk" Davies Show" on 21 June 2023.

References

{{authority control 1973 songs Songs written by Lynsey de Paul 1973 singles