"I'm Gonna Get You" is a song written by

Dennis Linde Dennis Linde (pronounced LIN-dy, March 18, 1943December 22, 2006) was an American music songwriter based in Nashville who has had over 250 of his songs recorded. He is best known for writing the 1972 Elvis Presley hit, "Burning Love". Rarely wo ...

. It was first recorded by

Billy Swan William Lance Swan (born May 12, 1942) is an American country singer-songwriter, best known for his 1974 single, "I Can Help". Biography Swan was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States. As a child, he learned drums, piano and guitar ...

, whose version was released as a single in 1987 and went to number 63 on the U.S. country singles charts. It became a hit the following year for

Eddy Raven Edward Garvin Futch (born August 19, 1944), known professionally as Eddy Raven, is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since 1962, Raven has recorded for several record labels, including ABC, Dimension, Elektra, RCA, Univers ...

. It was released in January 1988 as the first single from his compilation album ''

The Best of Eddy Raven ''The Best of Eddy Raven'' is the first compilation album by American country music artist Eddy Raven. It was released in February 1988 via RCA Records. The album includes the singles " I'm Gonna Get You", "Joe Knows How to Live" and " 'Til You C ...

'' The song was Raven's third number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks in the Top 40.

Chart performance

Billy Swan

Eddy Raven

Year-end charts

Covers

Irish singer

Derek Ryan Derek Ryan may refer to: *Derek Ryan (ice hockey) (born 1986), American ice hockey player *Derek Ryan (squash player) (born 1969), Republic of Ireland squash player *Derek Ryan (singer) Derek Ryan (born 24 August 1983 in Garryhill, County Car ...

covered the song on his 2012 album ''Dreamers and Believers''.

References

1987 singles 1988 singles 1987 songs Eddy Raven songs Billy Swan songs Songs written by Dennis Linde Song recordings produced by Barry Beckett RCA Records singles {{1987-country-song-stub