"Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" is a song written by Enrique "Kiki" Garcia and Gloria Estefan, and released by Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine in 1987 as the lead single from their tenth studio album, Let It Loose (1987), (and the European version of the album Anything for You). The song was their fourth top 10 (and second top five) single on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number five. In the UK, it took a year and a half for the single to become a chart hit.
First released in May 1987 as the first single from Let It Loose, the song failed to chart; a reissue came in February 1988 after the song featured in Stakeout, once again the song failed to chart. However, after the success of the follow-up singles "Anything for You" and "1-2-3", the song was re-released in December 1988 just before Christmas and became a UK top 20 hit, peaking at number 16 in January 1989. The song was also featured in promos for Wheel of Fortune, with lyrics changed to "Wheel's Gonna Get You".
Lyrics:
O eh, o eh
O eh, oo, aah
O eh, o, eh
O eh, oo, aah
Yah, yeah, goh
[Verse 1]
At night
When you turn off all the lights
There's no place that you can hide
Oh no
The rhythm is gonna get'cha
In bed
Throw the covers on your head
You pretend like you are dead
But I know it
The rhythm is gonna get'cha
[Chorus]
Rhythm is gonna get'cha
Rhythm is gonna get'cha
Rhythm is gonna get you
The rhythm is gonna get you tonight
[Verse 2]
No way
You can fight it every day
But no matter what you say
You know it
The rhythm is gonna get'cha
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No clue
Of what's happening to you
And before this night is through
Ooh, baby
The rhythm is gonna get'cha
O eh, o eh
O eh, oo aah
O eh, o eh
O eh, oo aah
Yah, yeah, goh
[Chorus]
Rhythm is gonna get'cha
Rhythm is gonna get'cha
Rhythm is gonna get you
The rhythm is gonna get you tonight
Rhythm is gonna get'cha
Rhythm is gonna get'cha
Rhythm is gonna get you
The rhythm is gonna get you
Rhythm is gonna get'cha
Rhythm is gonna get'cha
(Na na na na na na na na)
The rhythm is gonna get you
(Na na na na na na na na)
Rhythm is gonna get'cha (na na na na na na na na)
Rhythm is gonna get'cha (na na na na na na na na)
(Na na na na na na na na)
The rhythm is gonna get you tonight!
