"Get Your Gun" is a song written by Lynsey de Paul and Terry Cox. ^[1] It was released as a single by Zakatek (aka Lenny Zakatek) on Bell Records on 12 October 1973. ^[2] The b-side was another de Paul and Cox penned song "Gotta Runaway". Both sides were produced by de Paul and the strings were arranged by Christopher Gunning and de Paul. ^[2] The single was reviewed by the British DJ John Peel for the music magazine Sounds. It has been described as "Freaky, bizarre and ultimately interesting and a definite one-off". ^[3] In an interview some years later Lenny Zakatek said "I was singing at a night club called Gulivers In London five nights a week when Lynsey De Paul and Dudley Moore came in, they both thought I had the X-Factor, Lynsey introduced me to the legendary Dick Leahy (Billy Ocean, David Cassidy, Donna Summer, Wham, George Michael) and he signed me to his U.S.A. label Bell Records". ^[4]

A German language version with the title "Roter Mann" with German lyrics written by Gunter Gabriel was released in 1974, also on Bell Records and sung by Zakatek. ^[5] This version was released on the German compilation album, 1000 Nadelstiche - Amerikaner Und Briten Singen Deutsch (1000 pin pricks - Americans and Brits sing in German) on Bear Family Records in 2002.

The recording of the song was re-released, for the first time on CD as a track on the album Pop Cycles Vol. 12. ^[6] The song still receives radio play, notably on WFMU's "Evan "Funk" Davies Show" on 21 June 2023. ^[7]

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