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"Betcha by Golly Wow!" is a song written by Linda Creed and Thom Bell in 1970.

The Stylistics version

It was one of the biggest hits by The Stylistics and released one year after. It made number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and on the UK Singles Chart in 1972 and number thirteen that same year.

At first, the song was recorded in 1970 by the trumpeter Freddie Hubbard's album The Best of Freddie Hubbard. But the composition scored a hit when it was released by The Stylistics in 1971, in their first album (The Stylistics) of this Philadelphia soul group.

Charts

Prince version

Another version was released from Prince's (his stage name at that time being a symbol with no known pronunciation, see cover art) 1996 album Emancipation. Prince had stated that he always wanted to release a cover version but his record company, Warner Bros. had not permitted it. The CD single was released in two formats in the UK, one with a picture sleeve and one with an orange cardboard sleeve that included a picture disc and a mini-poster. The song was also issued on cassette. All versions of the single had "Right Back Here In My Arms" as the B-side. Both tracks were the album version. The track was released as a promotional single in the U.S. a music video was also produced. It charted fairly well in the U.S., based on airplay figures (in the US promotional singles were not allowed to chart until late 1998)and almost made the top ten in the UK.

Charts

Other Cover versions

Norman Connors, Errol Dunkley, Dionne Warwick, Phyllis Hyman, Aaron Neville and the Sugababes have also covered the song.

The song was also sampled on the Mariah Carey track "Stay The Night" from her 2005 The Emancipation of Mimi album.

See also

• Thom Bell
• Linda Creed
• The Stylistics
• Prince
• Sugababes

External links

• Stylistics

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