"Gotta Tell You" is a song by Irish singer Samantha Mumba 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), with Mumba co-writing. "Gotta Tell You" was released on 2 June 2000 as Mumba's debut single 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. In 2001, the song won a Meteor Music Award for Best Selling Irish Single – Female Artist.

Composition Having a moderate tempo with 110 beats per minute, the song "Gotta Tell You" is written in the key of C minor and follows the chord progression 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 picardy third (or a borrowed chord), as it is a parallel key. Samantha Mumba's vocals span from E3 to B4.

Music video The music video 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 the city of Fuengirola, Málaga, Spain. In the United States, the video for "Gotta Tell You" first premiered on BET the week ending on 17 July 2000. It later made its premiere on MTV weeks later on the week ending on 31 July 2000.

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 and Japanese CD single "Gotta Tell You" – 3:20 "Gotta Tell You" (Teddy Riley 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

Credits and personnel Credits are lifted from the UK CD single liner notes.

Studios Mixed at Shortlist Analogue (Stockholm, Sweden) Mastered at 777 Productions (London, England)

Personnel

Bag & Arnthor – production, arrangement Anders Bagge – writing Arnthor Birgisson – writing, background vocals Samantha Mumba – writing Anders von Hofsten – background vocals Jeanette Olsson – background vocals Mats Berntoft – guitar Stockholm Session Strings – strings Jansson & Jansson – string arrangement Alar Suurna – mixing Arun Chakraverty – mastering Rankin – photography

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2000–2001)PeakpositionCanada (Nielsen SoundScan)11Canada CHR (Nielsen BDS)6Denmark (IFPI)8Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)9Poland (Polish Airplay Chart)30US Billboard Hot 1004US Dance Club Play (Billboard)2US Hot R&B Singles (Billboard)49US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)5US Rhythmic Top 40 (Billboard)21

Year-end charts Chart (2000)PositionAustralia (ARIA)32France (SNEP)69Ireland (IRMA)2Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)51Netherlands (Single Top 100)49Sweden (Hitlistan)85UK Singles (OCC)50US Billboard Hot 10098US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)57 Chart (2001)PositionEurope (Eurochart Hot 100)98France (SNEP)89Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)95US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)44

Certifications

Release history RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ireland2 June 2000United Kingdom26 June 2000United States25 July 2000Interscope8 August 2000Japan19 January 2001CDUniversal Music Japan

Micky Modelle vs. Samantha Mumba version

Irish DJ Micky Modelle remixed the song and released it as a single in 2008 through All Around the World Productions. 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.

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 Modelle 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.

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