I've Got a Thing About You Baby

"I've Got a Thing About You Baby"

Single by Tony Joe White

from the album The Train I'm On

B-side

"The Gospel Singer"

Released

1972

Recorded

1972

Genre

Blues rock

Length

2:39

Label

Warner Bros.

Songwriter(s)

Tony Joe White

Tony Joe White singles chronology

"Even Trolls Love Rock And Roll"
(1972)

"I've Got a Thing About You Baby" / "The Gospel Singer"
(1972)

"Backwoods Preacher Man"
(1973)

"I've Got a Thing About You Baby" is a song by Tony Joe White,^[1] released in 1972 as a single from his album The Train I'm On.^[2] It was notably covered by Elvis Presley.^[1]

Track listing

(Warner Bros. WB 7607, 1972)^[2]No.TitleWriter(s)Length1."I've Got a Thing About You Baby"Tony Joe White2:392."The Gospel Singer"Tony Joe White3:26

Elvis Presley version

"I've Got a Thing About You, Baby"

Single by Elvis Presley

from the album Good Times

A-side

"Take Good Care of Her"

B-side

"I've Got a Thing About You, Baby"

Released

January 11, 1974

Recorded

July 1973

Studio

Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee

Genre

Country rock

Length

2:20

Elvis Presley singles chronology

"Raised on Rock" / "For Ol' Times Sake"
(1973)

"Take Good Care of Her" / "I've Got a Thing About You, Baby"
(1974)

"If You Talk in Your Sleep" / "Help Me"
(1974)

Elvis Presley covered this song in 1974 and released it as the B-side to "Take Good Care of Her".

His version reached number 33 in the UK.^[3]

Track listing

7" single (RCA Victor APB0-0196, 1974)^[4]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Take Good Care of Her"	Arthur Kent, Ed Warren	2:52
2.	"I've Got a Thing About You Baby"	Tony Joe White	2:20

Charts

Chart (1974)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)^[3]	33
"I've Got a Thing About You, Baby" / "Take Good Care of Her"
US Billboard Hot 100^[5]	39
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	4
"Take Good Care of Her" / "I've Got a Thing About You, Baby"
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[7]	27

Elvis with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra version

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[8]	Tip

References

^ ^a ^b Hall, Kristin M. (October 25, 2018). "Country bluesman, hit songwriter Tony Joe White dies". Associated Press.
^ ^a ^b "ony Joe White - I've Got A Thing About You Baby / The Gospel Singer (1972, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1972. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
^ ^a ^b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
^ "Elvis* - Take Good Care Of Her / I've Got A Thing About You Baby (1974, Indianapolis Pressing, Vinyl)". Discogs. January 1974. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
^ "Elvis Presley Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
^ "Elvis Presley Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
^ "Elvis Presley Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
^ "Elvis with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – I've Got A Thing About You Baby" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2019-01-16.

External links

I've Got a Thing About You, Baby on the Elvis Presley official website

Tony Joe White

Studio albums

Black and White (1969)
...Continued (1969)
Tony Joe (1970)
Tony Joe White (1971)
The Train I'm On (1972)
Homemade Ice Cream (1973)
Closer to the Truth (1991)

Singles

"Polk Salad Annie"
"Rainy Night in Georgia"
"I've Got a Thing About You Baby"

Discography

Elvis Presley singles

1954	"That's All Right" / "Blue Moon of Kentucky" "Good Rockin' Tonight" / "I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine" "Milkcow Blues Boogie" / "You're a Heartbreaker"
1955	"I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" / "Baby Let's Play House" "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" / "Mystery Train"
1956	"Heartbreak Hotel" / "I Was the One" "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" / "My Baby Left Me" "Don't Be Cruel" / "Hound Dog" "Blue Suede Shoes" / "Tutti Frutti" "Money Honey" "I Got a Woman" "Tryin' to Get to You" "Blue Moon" "I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')" / "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (over You)" "Shake, Rattle and Roll" / "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" "Love Me Tender" / "Any Way You Want Me"
1957	"Too Much" / "Playing for Keeps" "All Shook Up" / "That's When Your Heartaches Begin" "Peace in the Valley" "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" / "Loving You" "Paralyzed" (UK) "Jailhouse Rock" / "Treat Me Nice" "Party" / "Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do!" (UK)
1958	"Don't" / "I Beg of You" "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" / "Doncha' Think It's Time" "Hard Headed Woman" / "Don't Ask Me Why" "King Creole" (UK) "One Night" / "I Got Stung"
1959	"I Need Your Love Tonight" / "A Fool Such as I" "A Big Hunk o' Love" / "My Wish Came True"

1960	"Stuck on You" / "Fame and Fortune" "It's Now or Never" / "A Mess of Blues" "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" / "I Gotta Know"
1961	"Surrender" / "Lonely Man" "I Feel So Bad" / "Wild in the Country" "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" / "Little Sister" "Can't Help Falling in Love" / "Rock-A-Hula Baby"
1962	"Good Luck Charm" / "Anything That's Part of You" "She's Not You" / "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello" "King of the Whole Wide World" "Return to Sender" / "Where Do You Come From"
1963	"One Broken Heart for Sale" / "They Remind Me Too Much of You" "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" "Bossa Nova Baby" / "Witchcraft"
1964	"Kissin' Cousins" / "It Hurts Me" "Kiss Me Quick" / "Suspicion" "Viva Las Vegas" / "What'd I Say" "Such a Night" / "Never Ending" "Ask Me" / "Ain't That Loving You Baby" "Blue Christmas"
1965	"Do the Clam" / "You'll Be Gone" "Crying in the Chapel "(Such an) Easy Question" / "It Feels So Right" "I'm Yours" / "(It's a) Long Lonely Highway" "Puppet on a String" / "Wooden Heart"
1966	"Tell Me Why" / "Blue River" "Frankie and Johnny" / "Please Don't Stop Loving Me" "Love Letters" "Spinout" / "All That I Am" "If Every Day Was Like Christmas"
1967	"Indescribably Blue" / "Fools Fall in Love" "You Gotta Stop" / "The Love Machine" (UK) "Long Legged Girl (with the Short Dress On)" / "That's Someone You Never Forget" "There's Always Me" / "Judy" "Big Boss Man" / "You Don't Know Me"
1968	"Guitar Man" "U.S. Male" / "Stay Away" "We Call on Him" / "You'll Never Walk Alone" "Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby" / "Let Yourself Go" "Almost in Love" / "A Little Less Conversation" "If I Can Dream" / "Edge of Reality"
1969	"Memories" / "Charro" "How Great Thou Art" "In the Ghetto" / "Any Day Now" "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" "Suspicious Minds" / "You'll Think of Me" "Don't Cry Daddy" "Rubberneckin'"

1970	"Kentucky Rain" "The Wonder of You" / "Mama Liked the Roses" "I've Lost You" / "The Next Step Is Love" "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" / "Patch It Up" "I Really Don't Want to Know" / "There Goes My Everything"
1971	"Rags to Riches" "Life" / "Only Believe" "I'm Leavin'" "It's Only Love" / "The Sound of Your Cry" "Merry Christmas Baby" / "O Come All Ye Faithful"
1972	"Until It's Time for You to Go" / "We Can Make the Morning" "He Touched Me" / "Bosom of Abraham" "An American Trilogy" / "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" "Burning Love" / "It's a Matter of Time" "Separate Ways" / "Always on My Mind"
1973	"Steamroller Blues" / "Fool" "Raised on Rock" / "For Ol' Times Sake"
1974	"Take Good Care of Her" / "I've Got a Thing About You, Baby" "If You Talk in Your Sleep" / "Help Me" "Promised Land" / "It's Midnight"
1975	"My Boy" / "Thinking About You" "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" "Bringing It Back" / "Pieces of My Life"
1976	"For the Heart" / "Hurt" "Moody Blue" / "She Thinks I Still Care"
1977	"Way Down" / "Pledging My Love" "My Way" / "America the Beautiful"
1978	"Unchained Melody" / "Softly as I Leave You"