Southern rock specialists 38 Special had been making the US album chart for five years when they landed the single that would take them into the Top 10 of the Hot 100 for the first time.
The band entered the first Hot 100 chart of May 1982 with “Caught Up In You,” the first single from their fifth album Special Forces, which followed later that month. As early summer approached, 38 Special got ever hotter on both charts.
“Caught Up In You” was written by the band’s guitarists Don Barnes (also their frequent vocalist) and Jeff Carlisi with Jim Peterik, who was on a hot streak of his own as the founder of Chicago rockers Survivor. Their best-known song “Eye Of The Tiger,” from the film Rocky III, was about to make its own Hot 100 debut on its way to No.1.
The 38 Special single climbed all the way to No.10, which remained their best showing on the Hot 100 until “Second Chance” reached No.6 in 1989.
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