Jaimme's Got a Gal

"Jaimme's Got a Gal"
Single by You Am I
from the album Sound as Ever
ReleasedMay 1994
RecordedCannon Falls, Minnesota
GenreAlternative rock
Length3:29
LabelrooArt
Songwriter(s)Andy Kent, Tim Rogers, Mark Tunaley
Producer(s)Lee Ranaldo
You Am I singles chronology
"Berlin Chair"
(1994) 		"Jaimme's Got a Gal"
(1994) 		"When You Got Dry/How Much Is Enough"
(1994)

"Jaimme's Got a Gal" is the third single from the album Sound as Ever by Australian rock band You Am I. It was released in 1994 and peaked at number 93 on the Australian ARIA singles chart in June 1994.[1] The song also reached #77 in that year's Hottest 100.[2] The Jaimme of the title is Jaimme Rogers, the brother of You Am I's frontman and chief songwriter Tim Rogers, who had been a founding member of the band but left it within twelve months of its formation. "Jaimme's Got a Gal" thus partly explains the reason for his departure.

Track listing

  1. "Jaimme's Got a Gal" – 3:29
  2. "I'm So Tired" – 2:13
  3. "20,000" – 1:42

All songs by Tim Rogers, except 2 (Lennon–McCartney)

"I'm So Tired" is a cover of the Beatles song. "20,000" is a You Am I original, and the name of the single parodies Aerosmith's song "Janie's Got a Gun".

Alternative versions

"Jaimme (Makers Mark Version)" is an acoustic version of "Jaimme's Got a Gal" which was released as a B-side on the "Berlin Chair" single. On the US release of Sound as Ever "Jaimme's Got a Gal" was one of the four tracks remixed by David Bianco.

Charts

Chart performance for "Jaimme's Got a Gal"
Chart (1994) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[1][3] 93

References

  1. ^ a b "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 19 Jun 1994". ARIA. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  2. ^ JJJ's Hottest 100 1994
  3. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 307.