Earth, Wind & Fire Version
| "Got to Get You into My Life" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Earth, Wind & Fire | ||||
| from the album The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1 | ||||
| B-side | "I'll Write a Song for You" | |||
| Released | 14 July 1978 | |||
| Format | 7", 12" | |||
| Recorded | 1977 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 4:03 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Writer(s) | Lennon–McCartney | |||
| Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology | ||||
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Earth, Wind & Fire covered the song for the 1978 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band soundtrack. They released it as a single and included it on their album The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1. Their version reached number 1 on the Soul singles chart and number nine on the Hot 100 singles chart.
The song won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) and also garnered a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
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