SPLIT ENZ - 'I GOT YOU' (Ian Stone's 2024 Remixed & Extended 'Ultimate '80' Version)

AWESOME CLASSIC NEW WAVE TRACK HERE FROM 1980 CALLED 'I GOT YOU' WHICH WAS RECORDED AND RELEASED BY THE LEGENDARY NEW ZEALAND GROUP CALLED 'SPLIT ENZ'.THIS EPIC ALL-TIME FAVOURITE SONG FEATURED ON THEIR HIGHLY WORLDWIDE SUCCESSFUL SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM CALLED 'TRUE COLOURS' THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PUT OUT ON THE 'A&M RECORDS' LABEL GLOBALLY.HAVING FORMED BACK IN 1972 THEY RECORDED SEVERAL DEMO TRACKS AND NEARLY GOT SIGNED ON MANY OCCASIONS WITH INDEPENDENT RECORD LABELS LOCALLY.THE SOUND OF THE BAND AROUND THIS TIME HAD A SORT OF PROG ROCK QUIRKY EDGE TO IT AND VARIOUS RADIO STATIONS PLAYED SOME 'SPLIT ENZ' SONGS BUT AIRPLAY OUTSIDE OF NEW ZEALAND JUST NEVER REALLY HAPPENED.IT TOOK ANOTHER THREE YEARS BEFORE THEY DID GET SIGNED AND FINALLY PUT OUT SOME FANTASTIC ORIGINAL MATERIAL IN 1975 WITH THE DEBUT L.P. ENTITLED 'MENTAL NOTES'.THERE THEN FOLLOWED THE DEBUT SINGLE CALLED 'STRANGER THAN FICTION' THAT BECAME A MINOR HIT IN NEW ZEALAND AT THE TIME.SO IN 1976 THEIR SOUND BECAME MORE OF A POPULAR NEW WAVE AND AT TIMES PUNK SOUND THAT WAS SHOWCASED ON THE GREAT SINGLE CALLED 'LATE LAST NIGHT'.ALTOGETHER SINCE 1975 RIGHT UP UNTIL THEY SPLIT UP IN 1984 TEN CLASS ALBUMS WERE RELEASED AND AROUND ELEVEN TOP QUALITY SINGLES HIT THE POP CHARTS AROUND EUROPE.ALONG WITH THIS CLASSIC TRACK CALLED 'I GOT YOU' THERE WERE OTHER GREAT TRACKS INCLUDING FROM 1977 THE WONDERFUL 'MY MISTAKE' AND THEN THERE WAS THE ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT NEW WAVE SINGLE CALLED 'HISTORY NEVER REPEATS' THAT WAS LIFTED FROM THE L.P. CALLED 'WAIATA' BACK IN 1981.AFTER 'SPLIT ENZ' BROKE UP MEMBERS OF THE GROUP FORMED 'CROWDED HOUSE' TO MUCH MORE CHART SUCCESS THROUGHOUT THE LATE EIGHTIES AND BEYOND.THE 'SPLIT ENZ' GROUP MEMBERS AT THE TIME OF THE 'I GOT YOU' HIT WERE ON THE LEAD VOCALS 'TIM FINN' ALONG WITH LEAD GUITAR PLAYED BY HIS OLDER BROTHER 'NEIL FINN'.OTHER MEMBERS INCLUDED ON THE DRUMS 'MALCOLM GREEN' ALONG WITH THE BRILLIANT BASS GUITAR SUPPLIED BY 'NIGEL GRIGGS'.MAKING UP THE CLASSIC LINE-UP OF 'SPLIT ENZ' WAS THE ARTIST CALLED 'EDDIE RAYNER' WHO PLAYED ALONG ON THE SYNTH BASED KEYBOARDS.RIGHT WELL HERE WE FIND THAT 'IAN STONE' HAS ONCE AGAIN TAKEN HOLD OF A BRILLIANT SONG IN THIS CASE IT'S THE ALBUM VERSION OF 'I GOT YOU' AND ADDED A GREAT REMIXED SECTION TO THE TRACK WHILE ALSO EXTENDING IT AND UPGRADING THAT EXCELLENT ORIGINAL 1980 SOUND QUALITY UP TO TODAY'S 2024 STEREO STANDARD.THE SONG IS NOW READY TO BE DISCOVERED ALL OVER AGAIN TOTALLY REMASTERED FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE AT YOUR LEISURE.