"Gotta Tell You" is the debut single of Irish singer

Samantha Mumba Samantha Tamania Anne Cecilia Mumba (born 18 January 1983) is an Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, actress, fashion model and TV presenter. In 2000, at the age of 17, she shot to fame with the release of her debut single " Gotta Tell You", which ...

and the title track from her first studio album. The song was written and produced by the Swedish team Bag & Arnthor ( Anders Bagge and

Arnthor Birgisson Arnthor Birgisson (Icelandic: Arnþór Birgisson, born 12 February 1976 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic-Swedish songwriter and producer. Arnþór moved to Sweden in 1978 at age two and lives in Stockholm. Information As young Arn� ...

), with Mumba co-writing. "Gotta Tell You" was released on 2 June 2000 and became an international hit, peaking at number one in Ireland and New Zealand, number two in the United Kingdom, and number three in Australia. In the United States, it reached number four on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, spending 22 weeks on that chart.

Composition

Having a moderate

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with 110 beats per minute, the song is written in the key of

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and follows the

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of A–B–Cm in the verses and A₇–B–Cm–C–B–G in the song's chorus, with the C major chord being a

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(or a borrowed chord), as it is a parallel key. Mumba's vocals span from E₃ to B₄.

Music video

The

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shows Mumba walking, running and dancing around a city and running to catch a plane. It also includes Mumba doing minor stunts which include flipping off a building onto the street and jumping onto and off a moving firetruck. The video was shot in city of Fuengirola, Málaga,

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Track listings

UK and Australian CD single # "Gotta Tell You" – 3:20 # "Can It Be Love?" – 3:16 # "Where Does It End Now?" – 3:40 # "Gotta Tell You" (CD-ROM video) – 3:20 European CD single # "Gotta Tell You" – 3:20 # "Gotta Tell You" (Sleaze Sisters mix edit) – 3:59 Australian limited-edition CD single # "Gotta Tell You" – 3:20 # "Gotta Tell You" (

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remix) – 3:47 # "Gotta Tell You" (Basstoy mix) – 9:10 US CD single # "Gotta Tell You" – 3:20 # "Gotta Tell You" (Mindchime dub) – 5:07

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

Micky Modelle vs. Samantha Mumba version

Irish DJ

Micky Modelle Micky Modelle (born Michael Modine in 1972) is a Northern Irish disc jockey and record producer from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Career He came into the media spotlight in 2006, when he had a hit with Belgian singer Jessy, " Dancing in the Dark ...

remixed the song and released it as a single in 2008 through

All Around the World Productions Xploded Music is a British record label set up by Cris Nuttall and Matt Cadman. The label is a joint venture with Universal, and has developed from their previous partnership with the All Around the World dance music label. All Around the Wo ...

. After Mumba heard the remix, she liked the song and re-recorded some of the vocals. She promoted the song on the Clubland Live Tour in 2008. This was the final single to be released from Mumba following her announcement of retiring from music in 2011.

Music video

A video for the song was filmed throughout London and Belfast in May 2008 and was premiered on 13 June 2008. The video features Micky and Mumba in a conference room with various clones of Mumba as various maps of cities in the UK moving around her, with the maps indicating that "Club energy levels are low". Mumba and the clones of herself go out to the cities clubs where the people in the club start dancing and the club energy levels are restored.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gotta Tell You (Song) 2000 debut singles 2000 songs Dance-pop songs Interscope Records singles Irish Singles Chart number-one singles Micky Modelle songs Number-one singles in New Zealand Polydor Records singles Samantha Mumba songs Songs written by Anders Bagge Songs written by Arnthor Birgisson