Get You (Daniel Caesar song)


"Get You" is a song by Canadian singer and songwriter Daniel Caesar, featuring Colombian-American singer and songwriter Kali Uchis. It was written by Caesar and Uchis, with production handled by Jordan Evans and Matthew Burnett. The song premiered on Billboard magazine and Beats 1. It was released via Golden Child Recordings on October 20, 2016, as the lead single from Caesar's debut studio album, Freudian. He played an acoustic version of the song in a trailer of this documentary on Apple Music. A music video for the song was released on December 1, 2016. The song was nominated for Best R&B Performance at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.

Background

In an interview with Billboard, Caesar said: "I met a girl and got very involved. She brought things and feelings out of me that I didn't know I had. 'Get You' is a song of praise to a love I didn't even feel I deserved at the time. Being with someone you truly adore and being present enough in the moment that the world literally slows down and you ask yourself how did I stumble into this? I'm always shooting myself in the foot, but I'm in here." Talking about his collaborator on the song, Kali Uchis, he said: "Kali is great and very sweet. There's no ego between us so it makes for great chemistry. We have very different backgrounds and have different world views and I think we perceive music differently because of that, but it blends well. It's lots of fun to work with Kali. We've only just started." Reflecting on the song, he told Essence: "I'm absent minded and daydream a lot. It just felt like the song was already there and I was just lucky enough to find it."

Live performances

On August 16, 2017, Caesar made his late-night television debut by performing "Get You" live on The Late Late Show with James Corden, backed by a band and eight background vocalists. He also performed "We Find Love" alongside, as part of Apple Music's "Up Next" segment. Zane Lowe, who presented Caesar along with James Corden, said of the performance: "It's been amazing to witness Daniel Caesar's journey up to this point. He has one of the most exciting and tasteful voices in modern music."

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from YouTube.

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