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

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

. 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". Background Swan was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri southeast of St. Louis on the Mississippi River. As a child, ...

, 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 from 1962 to 2018, Raven has recorded for several record labels, including ABC, Dimension, Elektra, RCA, ...

. It was released in January 1988 as the first single from his compilation album '' The Best of Eddy Raven'' 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 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