"You Gotta Get a Gimmick", also known as "You Gotta Have a Gimmick", is a song from the 1959 musical Gypsy, with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
TheaterMania describes the song plot as a "threesome of hilariously costumed veteran burlesque dancers...who teach Louise the ropes of stripping." [1]
New City Stage describes it as "endearingly bawdy." [2] Time Out Chicago said the song is "this production’s hands-down highlight...in which three burlesque vets pull out all the stops." [3] Stage and Cinema wrote the song was performed by the "show-stopping, scene-stealing...Tessie Tura, Mazeppa and Electra, the stripper specialists in 'You Gotta Get a Gimmick,'" adding, "It's the ultimate tribute to Darwinian adaptation, the secret of showbiz survival and even success." [4] CurtainUp said the song is "show-stopping" and "outrageously funny." [5] TheaterMania called the song " scene-stealing." [1] NipperTown described it as a " novelty song." [6] The Spokesman-Review named it a "showstopper." [7]