Get Dancin'
{{Infobox song
| name = Get Dancin'
| cover = Get_Dancin'_-_Disco-Tex_and_the_Sex-O-Lettes.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes
| album = Disco Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes Review
| B-side = Get Dancin', Part II
| released = November 1974
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| genre = Disco{{cite book|first=Alice|last=Echols|title=Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture|chapter= The Homo Superiors: Disco and the Rise of Gay Macho|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Hot_Stuff_Disco_and_the_Remaking_of_Amer.html?id=DzrvOAA2tvAC|date=March 29, 2010|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|isbn=978-0-393-06675-3|page=135}}
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=56}}
| label = Chelsea
| writer = Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan
| producer = Bob Crewe
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| next_title = I Wanna Dance Wit' Choo (Doo Dat Dance)
| next_year = 1975
| misc = {{External music video|header=Official audio|{{YouTube|JVnkDZEX85Q|"Get Dancin'"}}}}
}}
"Get Dancin'" is a song written by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan and performed by Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes, led by Monti Rock III. The song was produced by Bob Crewe and arranged by Bruce Miller.[http://www.45cat.com/record/ch3004 Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes, "Get Dancin'" single release] Retrieved August 18, 2016. The song was featured on their 1975 album, Disco Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes Review.[https://www.discogs.com/Disco-Tex-His-Sex-O-Lettes-Disco-Tex-The-Sex-O-Lettes-Review/release/508284 Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes, Disco Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes Review] Retrieved August 18, 2016.
It reached #1 on the US Disco chart, #3 on the US Dance chart, #8 on the UK Singles Chart, #8 in Canada,[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/rpm.aspx Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes, "Get Dancin'" Canadian chart position] Retrieved August 18, 2016. #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, #19 in Australia,[http://www.austchartbook.com.au/pages/book1970-1992.htm Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes, "Get Dancin'" Australian chart position] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227024015/http://www.austchartbook.com.au/pages/book1970-1992.htm |date=February 27, 2016 }} Retrieved August 18, 2016. and #32 on the US R&B chart in 1974.[http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Get+Dancin%27+by+Disco-Tex+and+the+Sex-O-Lettes&id=12285 Disco-Tex and His Sex-O-Lettes, "Get Dancin'" US and UK chart positions] Retrieved August 18, 2016. The single ranked #100 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1975.{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1975.php |title=Billboard Top 100 - 1975 |accessdate=August 18, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102154416/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1975.php |archivedate=January 2, 2014 }}
Monti Rock III, calling himself Disco Tex, tells the audience that despite the troubles in the world, they should dance and enjoy themselves. As the song ends, he thanks the audience for their applause. It appears they want him to do an encore of the song. At first, he protests. "I am tired, I can't, I'm exhausted" he tells the audience, adding that his wig is wet from perspiration. But they continue to chant and he begins the song again.
The single (which is essentially Part 1) lasts 3.20 and fades after the words "My chiffon is wet, darling". The complete version (Parts 1 and 2) lasts 7.15.
Chart history
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Chart (1975)
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Canada {{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5173a&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=enic7sdhqrbeuu9iiip880d0j4|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada|work=collectionscanada.gc.ca}}
| style="text-align:center;"|82 |
US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1975.php |title=Billboard Top 100 - 1975 |accessdate=August 18, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102154416/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1975.php |archivedate=January 2, 2014 }}
| style="text-align:center;"|100 |
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In popular culture
The song is featured on two episodes of The Simpsons, season 2's “Bart vs. Thanksgiving” where Homer listens to a Super Bowl halftime show on the radio where the song is covered by Hooray for Everything (a parody of Up with People) and season 12's "I'm Going to Praiseland", where it plays in Disco Stu's fantasy Heaven.
Other versions
- Van McCoy and The Soul City Symphony released a version of the song in 1975 as the B-side to the UK release of "The Hustle".[http://www.45cat.com/record/6105037 Van McCoy and The Soul City Symphony, "The Hustle" single release] Retrieved August 18, 2016. It was featured on their 1975 album, Disco Baby.
- Sandy Nelson released a version of the song as the B-side to the 1975 Australian single "Blue Eyed Soul".[http://www.45cat.com/record/6105037 Sandy Nelson, "Blue Eyed Soul" single release] Retrieved August 18, 2016.
References
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External links
- [https://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/disco-tex_and_the_sex-o-lettes/get_dancin.html Lyrics of this song]
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Category:Songs written by Bob Crewe
Category:Songs written by Kenny Nolan
Category:Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Bob Crewe
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