You've Got the Gun

"You've Got the Gun" is a song by Australian band Sherbet. It was released in October 1972 as the fourth and final single from Sherbet's debut studio album Time Change... A Natural Progression. The song was written by Sherbet band members Garth Porter, Clive Shakespeare, Daryl Braithwaite.^[1] The song reached at number 29 on Go-Set and number 27 on the Kent Music Report.^[2]

"You've Got the Gun"
Single by Sherbet
from the album Time Change... A Natural Progression
B-side	"Do It"
Released	October 1972
Genre	Rock
Length	3:10 (single edit) 3:56 (1976 version) 5:03 (album version)
Label	Infinity Records, Festival Records
Songwriter(s)	Garth Porter, Clive Shakespeare, Daryl Braithwaite
Producer(s)	Howard Gable
Sherbet singles chronology
"You're All Woman" (1972) "You've Got the Gun" (1972) "Hound Dog" (1973)

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You're Got the Gun"	Garth Porter, Clive Shakespeare, Daryl Braithwaite	3:10
2.	"Do It"	Porter, Shakespeare	2:14

Charts

Chart (1972)	Peak position
Australia (Go-Set) Chart[3]	29
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4]	27

Personnel

• Alan Sandow – drums, percussion, bongoes, chimes
• Daryl Braithwaite – lead vocals, tambourine, tabla
• Clive Shakespeare – guitar, vocals
• Garth Porter – keyboards, clavinet, piano, lead vocals, backing vocals, Hammond organ, electric piano, synthesiser