Words & Music:
Joy Byers
I've got to find my baby
I wonder where can she be
Has anybody seen her
Send her back to me
She left me here all alone
And I ain't had no lovin'
Since my baby's been gone
My baby's gone
I've gotta find my baby
I gotta hold her tight and tell her I love her
Tell her everything's all right
So I'll keep searching
All night long
'Cause I ain't had no lovin'
Since my baby's been gone
My baby's gone
I've gotta find my baby
I've gotta find my baby
Gotta find my baby
Recordingdate: 1964/06/11, first released on: Girl Happy (album)
Musicians
Musicians who contributed to the first recording of I've Got to Find My Baby:
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(guitar)
(guitar)
(bass)
(drums)
(drums)
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(piano)
(vocals)
(vocals)
(vocals)
(vocals)
(sax)
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Another nice rocker from "Girl Happy" that features Elvis and Jordinaires doing their imitation of Danny and The Juniors on "At The Hop" and "Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay". Elvis says "gone" and then a Jordinaire takes it up an octave. This song would have been good enough to be a single had Elvis re-recorded it. He sounds rushed on this one and after getting the FTD version of "Girl Happy", it is obvious that he put so much more into "Do Not Disturb" and some of the others, then he did this one. Still it works well in the movie and album.
A just ok song that tries to be a rocker. Very short and poorly produced, it probably could have been better. I dont like the Jords doing the octave raise on the word 'gone' Sort of sounded like they were trying to be The Beatles on Twist & Shout but not sounding as hip.
I agree with Steve in that this was an attempt at trying to sound like the Beatles. This failed miserably and the whole production is totally disjointed, and although I go on about adding echo to this ssoundtrack to improve the songs, it still does not rescue this one from the abyss.
I like this one. It contains another good sax solo by Boots. For those who don't dig it, it's over before you know it.
I've always liked this Elvis movie song, but I wish that there had been an extra verse or two written for it. The song ends before you know it because it's so very short. Elvis' rendition of it was excellent though. I've always enjoyed the saxophone solo by Boots Randolph and I've also always enjoyed the parts that have a Jordanaire doing the octave raise for the word "gone".
Decent rocker from "Girl Happy", but hardly great and way too short.
Before the Beatles come along How could the production go downhill so fast
I've always liked this Elvis uptempo movie song even though it's so very short in length.
The other fifteen songs that Elvis recorded that were written or co-written by Joy Byers were "Baby, If You'll Give Me All Of Your Love", "C'mon Everybody", "Goin' Home", "Hard Knocks", "Hey, Hey, Hey", "Hey Little Girl", "It Hurts Me", "Let Yourself Go", "Please Don't Stop Loving Me", "She's A Machine", "So Close, Yet So Far (From Paradise)", "Stop, Look And Listen", "The Meanest Girl In Town", "There Ain't Nothing Like A Song" and "There's A Brand New Day On The Horizon".
Oh Dear!Dated even then and made worse by Elvis trying to get into the Mersey sound which made it even more dreadful.A nothing song, a total embarrassment and waste of a massive talent.And it got worse before it got better.
A very "forced" soundtrack recording from the movie "Girl Happy"; I'm not impressed at all with this fluff. He would have been better off not recording this garbage. What a fall from grace aka the 1950's.
Girl Happy was a fun movie, and the songs fit the movie. We would not be talking about Elvis 39 years after his death if: 1) the '50s Elvis continued into the 1960s, 2) the '68 Comeback had never happened, 3) the American Sound Sessions had never happened and 4) the '69 return to live performances had never happened.
I've never cared for this song. Although I've always enjoyed the soundtrack as a whole. Song: 2 stars.
Soundtrack: 3 and a half stars.
The "Girl Happy" soundtrack is not great. The worst songs were those that Elvis overdubbed his vocals which is probably not a coincidence. It worked much better when he was recording live in the studio with the musicians. One of those songs is "I've Got To Find My Baby" and it shows. 2 1/2 stars.
There's something rushed over this song. I have never really got hold to it! Poorly recorded too. I can accept the other so called rocker on the album The Meanest Girl In Town. But, only slightly! I wish this soundtrack could be restored and remixed with corrected speed et al.
I've always liked this catchy movie tune. I hope someday FTD will find and release the original master with full intro and now missing second verse in at least as good quality as I'm a roustabout. The missing verse is as follows:
I’ve got to find my baby
There ain’t much time
She gonna drive me crazy
Run out of my mind
Gotta get her back
Where she belongs
'Cause I ain't had no lovin'
Since my baby's been gone
My baby's gone