Rhythm Is Gonna Get You

"Rhythm Is Gonna Get You"
Single by Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
from the album Let It Loose
B-side	"Give It Up"
Released	February 1987 (see release history)
Format	CD single Cassette single 12" vinyl single 7" vinyl single 3" CD single
Recorded	1987
Genre	Dance-pop
Length	3:56
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Enrique Garcia Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine singles chronology
"Falling in Love (Uh-Oh)" (1986) "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" (1987) "Betcha Say That" (1987)

"Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" is a song written by Enrique "Kiki" Garcia and Gloria Estefan, and released by Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine in 1987 as the lead single from the album Let It Loose (and the European version of the album Anything for You).

It was their fourth Top 10 (and second Top 5) single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number five. In the UK it took a year and a half for the single to become a chart hit. First released in June 1987 as the first single from Let It Loose, the song failed to chart; a reissue came in February 1988 after the song featured in Stakeout, once again the song failed to chart. However, after the success of the follow up singles Anything For You and 1-2-3, the song was re-released in December 1988 just before Christmas and became a UK top 20 hit, peaking at #16 in January 1989. The song was also featured in promos for Wheel of Fortune, with lyrics changed to "Wheel's Gonna Get You".

An extended remix was released on a 12" single in the US.

It was sampled in a 1989 Bollywood film, Tridev, in the song "Oye Oye". It was later sampled by Estefan's own 1998 single "Oye".

Weekly charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[1]	18
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[2]	39
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[3]	15
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[4]	16
US Billboard Hot 100[5]	5

Release dates

Region	Date
Japan	May 2, 1987
Worldwide	May 30, 1987
Australia	December 1988
United Kingdom (Re-issue)	February 1988

References

1. "Ultratop.be – Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine – Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
2. "Dutchcharts.nl – Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine – Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
3. "Charts.org.nz – Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine – Rhythm Is Gonna Get You". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
4. "Archive Chart: 1989-01-14" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
5. "Gloria Estefan – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Gloria Estefan. Retrieved 13 September 2016.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics