I’ve Got to Use My Imagination (Gladys Knight & the Pips hit)

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"I’ve Got to Use My Imagination" is a soulful 1973 hit single by Gladys Knight & the Pips, written by Gerry Goffin and Barry Goldberg, known for its powerful vocals and themes of resilience after heartbreak.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
backingVocalsBy The Pips
surface form: the Pips
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
decade 1970s
genre R&B
soul
hasArtist Gladys Knight & the Pips
hasChorus repeating line "I've got to use my imagination"
hasCulturalContext 1970s American soul music
hasInstrumentation backing vocals
horns
rhythm section
strings
hasLeadVocalist Gladys Knight
hasMood determined
emotional
soulful
hasReleaseFormat 7-inch single
hasRhythmicFeel groove-oriented
hasStyle 1970s soul production
hasSubject emotional survival
inner strength
moving on after a breakup
hasTempo mid-tempo
hasTitle I’ve Got to Use My Imagination
surface form: I've Got to Use My Imagination
hasVocalDelivery expressive
intense
soulful
isAssociatedWith Gladys Knight
The Pips
surface form: the Pips
isHitFor Gladys Knight & the Pips
language English
lyricTheme coping with loss
resilience after heartbreak
musicalEra classic soul era
notableFor emotional portrayal of heartbreak
soulful vocal performance by Gladys Knight
originallyPerformedBy Gladys Knight & the Pips
performedIn soul style
performer Gladys Knight & the Pips
recordedBy Gladys Knight & the Pips
releaseYear 1973
vocalArrangement lead and call-and-response backing vocals
vocalGroup Gladys Knight & the Pips
vocalStyle powerful vocals
writer Barry Goldberg
Gerry Goffin

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Gerry Goffin notableWork I’ve Got to Use My Imagination (Gladys Knight & the Pips hit)
I’ve Got to Use My Imagination hasNotableRecording I’ve Got to Use My Imagination (Gladys Knight & the Pips hit)
this entity surface form: I’ve Got to Use My Imagination (Gladys Knight & the Pips recording)