Got Myself Together
{{Infobox song
| name = Got Myself Together
| cover =
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| type = single
| artist = The Bucketheads
| album = All in the Mind
| released = *05 December 1995 (US)
- 08 January 1996 (UK & Europe)
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| genre = House
| length = *5:35 (LP version)
- 3:35 (Hustlers Convention radio edit)
| label = *Positiva
- Henry Street Music
- Big Beat
| writer = Gonzalez, Miller, Williamston
| producer = Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez
| prev_title = Come and Be Gone
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Time and Space
| next_year = 1996
}}
"Got Myself Together" is a song by the Bucketheads, released in late 1995. It was the commercial follow-up to global hit "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)", and was the third single taken from the project's sole album All in the Mind.
While unable to reach the worldwide chart highs of its predecessor, the single was a club hit, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in January 1996, and a moderate commercial hit, reaching the top 10 in Finland and Sweden, and the top 20 in the UK. The track is considered a 1990s house classic.{{cite web |title=Positiva records round off 25th anniversary with EJECA Rework of The Bucketheads hit 'Got Myself Together.' |url=http://www.radioandmusic.com/entertainment/editorial/press-releases/190412-positiva-records-round-25th |website=Radio and Music Biz |accessdate=29 June 2020}}
Background
"Got Myself Together" is a disco-inspired house track based around a prominent sample of Brass Construction's 1976 hit, "Movin'".{{cite book |last1=Masterson |first1=James |title=Chart Watch UK: Hits of 1988 |date=20 April 2019 |publisher=James Masterson |location=Google Books |isbn=978-0463270998 |pages=77–78 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H9eTDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT78 |accessdate=29 June 2020}} In Europe, the lead single version was a remix by British house group Hustlers Convention, an early alias of DJs Michael Gray and Jon Pearn, now known as Full Intention.
In April 2019, Positiva released a new remix by EJECA as part of its 25th anniversary series.{{Cite web|url=https://www.deejay.de/The_Bucketheads_Got_Myself_Together_Ejeca_Rework_12PTV25-9_Vinyl__355101|first=Dieter|last=Teinert|website=deejay.de}} The remix gained heavy rotation from the likes of Annie Mac and Danny Howard on BBC Radio 1, and The Black Madonna.{{cite news |title=The Bucketheads - "Got Myself Together" |url=https://www.1001tracklists.com/track/1w1zkcxx/kenny-dope-the-bucketheads-got-myself-together-ejeca-rework/index.html |newspaper=1001Tracklists |accessdate=29 June 2020 |author1=1001Tracklists }}
Critical reception
Charles Aaron from Spin said that, in comparison to "The Bomb!", the single "gets knee-deeper in jazzy acid-funk."{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XBPGqtlp_kUC&pg=PA116|title=Singles Review|last=Aaron|first=Charles|date=March 1996|accessdate=June 29, 2020|journal=Spin|page=116}}
Music video
Like its predecessor, the music video for "Got Myself Together" was directed by Guy Ritchie and Alex de Rakoff.{{cite web |title="Got Myself Together" (1996) by The Bucketheads |url=https://imvdb.com/video/the-bucketheads-1/got-myself-together |website=IMVDB |accessdate=29 June 2020}} The video features a Londoner en route to Heathrow Airport, stopping at sights including Buckingham Palace and Piccadilly Circus, before arriving in New York in search of a disco club.
Track listings
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- "Got Myself Together" (Kenlou mix) - 5:12
- "Got Myself Together" (Todd Terry club mix) - 5:04
- "Got Myself Together" (LP version) - 5:35
- "Got Myself Together" (Nord Solo mix) - 5:14
- "Time and Space" - 5:20
- "Sunset" - 5:37
;UK{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Kenny-Dope-Presents-The-Bucketheads-Got-Myself-Together/release/19028|title=Kenny "Dope"* Presents The Bucketheads - Got Myself Together|website=Discogs|date=8 January 1996 }} & EU{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Kenny-Dope-Presents-The-Bucketheads-Got-Myself-Together/release/14416950|title=Kenny "Dope"* Presents The Bucketheads - Got Myself Together|website=Discogs|date=1996 }} CD maxi single
- "Got Myself Together" (Hustlers Convention radio edit) - 3:35
- "Got Myself Together" (Masters at Work edit) - 3:34
- "Got Myself Together" (Todd Terry mix) - 6:22
- "Got Myself Together" (Hustlers Convention bass dub) - 4:43
- "Got Myself Together" (Hustlers Convention club mix) - 6:29
- "Got Myself Together" (Kenlou mix) - 8:23
- "Got Myself Together" (Bucket Beats) - 4:34
- "Got Myself Together" (Hustlers Convention radio edit) - 3:35
- "Got Myself Together" (Masters at Work edit) - 3:34
- "Got Myself Together" (Todd Terry mix) - 6:22
- "Got Myself Together" (Bucket Beats) - 4:34
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- "Got Myself Together" (Kenlou mix) - 8:23
- "Got Myself Together" (Nord mix) - 8:20
- "Got Myself Together" (Todd Terry mix) - 6:22
- "Got Myself Together" (Bucket Beats) - 4:34
- "Sunset" - 5:37
- "Got Myself Together" (Kenlou mix) - 8:23
- "Got Myself Together" (Hustlers Convention bass dub) - 4:43
- "Got Myself Together" (Hustlers Convention club mix) - 6:29
- "Got Myself Together" (Todd Terry mix) - 6:22
- "Got Myself Together" (Kenlou mix) - 8:23
- "Got Myself Together" (Ejeca rework) - 5:50
- "Got Myself Together" (Hustlers Convention bass dub) - 4:43
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Charts
=Weekly charts=
=Year-end charts=
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!Chart (1996) !Position |
| US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play{{cite book |title=Billboard |date=28 December 1996 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |page=YE-44 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA19 |accessdate=29 June 2020}}
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