"Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" is a song written by

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and Roger Cook. Originally recorded by

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, and then

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in 1967, the latter's version of the song reached No. 5 on the

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in December 1967, but failed to chart in the United States. The song was subsequently covered by a number of other acts including

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(dubbed "Australia's Queen of Pop" in the 1960s) on her 1968 album ''I Have Loved Me a Man'',

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, and

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on their 1986 album of covers '' Kicking Against the Pricks''. It was sung in French by

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in 1968 with the title "Quelque chose tient mon cœur" and in Italian by Pitney himself with the title "Uomo, non sai" ("Man, you don't know"). It achieved its greatest success in 1988 when Some Bizzare UK Record label released it was covered by

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. Originally recorded by Almond alone for his 1988 album '' The Stars We Are'', the single version reunited it with its best-known singer, Gene Pitney. Their version became a number one single in the UK for four weeks in January 1989. The

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for this version was filmed on-location in

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Chart positions

Marc Almond featuring Gene Pitney (1989)

originally recorded the song as a solo track for his album '' The Stars We Are'' and was released as a follow up to his single "Bitter Sweet". By then,

had heard of Almond's version and offered to re-record it with him, as a duet. This version replaced the solo version which was put on the B-side of the single. The duet reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in January 1989.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Cover versions

The song was covered by

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in 1968, along with a

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version the same year titled "To Mistiko Sou" (Your secret) on her Greek album ''Vicky (To Mistiko Sou)'' which became a hit. The same year in French by Herbert Léonard "Quelque chose en moi tient mon cœur". In 1987 this song was covered, with alternative lyrics, by the band

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on the album Heartland. Following Marc Almond's success across Europe, in 1989 Leandros released a 12-inch remix of "To Mistiko Sou" in Greece which topped the Greek charts. Since its release, both the English and Greek versions of the song have appeared on various Leandros compilations worldwide. In 2010, Greek singer Maro Lytra covered Leandros' Greek version of the song produced by

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, and released it as the second single off her upcoming album. In 1986, the song was covered by

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on the album '' Kicking Against the Pricks''. In 1996,

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covered the song for their second studio album ''

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''. In 2012, the song was covered by

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and is featured on his fourth studio album, ''

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''. In 1990,

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recorded an instrumental cover of the song on their studio album ''

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''.

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recorded the Finnish version ''Sydän syrjällään'' as a duet with

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in 1995. Finnish lyrics were by

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. The song appeared on the B-side of the single ''Emmanuelle''. The song was covered by Dana Winner on her 2001 album 'Unforgettable' which is a compilation album of many popular songs, from 'Moonlight shadow' to 'Morning has broken'. Another Finnish version called ''Sydämeni osuman sai'' was recorded by

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in 2003, with Finnish lyrics by Pauli Hanhiniemi. The song was featured in the 2015 film ''

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'', where it was performed by

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and

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. The song was also adapted in the

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with the title of "Tak Sanggup" by the defunct Malay pop group, X-Factor, in 2004. The song was also covered by New Zealand singer

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in 2008 for her album '' Try to Remember Everything.''

References

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