Get It Up#TLC version
{{Short description|1981 song by The Time}}
{{For|the Aerosmith song|Get It Up (Aerosmith song)}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Get It Up
| cover = The Time - Get It Up.jpg
| alt =
| caption = 7" single cover
| type = single
| artist = the Time
| album = The Time
| B-side = After Hi School
| released = June 26, 1981
| recorded = April 1981
| studio = Minneapolis, Minnesota
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|Minneapolis sound|post-disco • funk • rock}}
| length =
- 3:01 (7" edit)
- 9:08 (album version)
| label = Warner Bros.
| writer = Prince
| producer = {{hlist|Morris Day|Prince (as "Jamie Starr")}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Cool
| next_year = 1981
}}
"Get It Up" is the debut single by American funk rock band the Time, from their 1981 self-titled debut album.
History
Like most of the album, the song was recorded in Prince's home studio in April 1981, and was produced, arranged, composed and performed by Prince with Morris Day later adding his lead vocals.{{cite book |last1=Hill |first1=Dave |title=Prince A Pop Life |date=1989 |publisher=Harmony Books |location=New York |isbn=0517572826 |page=102 |edition=First American}} Revolution keyboardist Doctor Fink provided synth solos on the track, uncredited.
The funk-pop number relies on synthesizers and contains numerous solos throughout the song. The song is propelled by a strong bass line and contains live drums and handclaps. A raunchy guitar solo provides a rock element to the funky track. "Get It Up" is basically an ode to sex and Day's attempts to get some. Prince's vocals are very apparent in the song, both in the background and the lead at times.
"Get It Up" was only released as a 7" single with the poppy "After Hi School" as its B-side. "After Hi School", while not an outstanding effort was composed by Dez Dickerson and is perhaps the strongest pop effort on the album. Along with the track "Cool", "Get It Up" peaked at number six on the US Billboard Hot R&B singles chart, and at number 16 on the Disco Top 80 chart.{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=260}} The full version of "Get It Up" was later a B-side for the 12" single of "Ice Cream Castles" in 1984. "Get It Up" is one of The Time's more popular numbers, and a live version of the song recorded at the House of Blues in 1998 was included on Morris Day's 2004 album, It's About Time where it segues into "777-9311".
Personnel
Credits sourced from Prince Vault and Guitarcloud{{Cite web|url=https://princevault.com/index.php?title=Album:_The_Time|title=Album: The Time - Prince Vault|website=www.princevault.com|language=en|access-date=2023-05-05}}{{cite web|title=Dirty Mind|url=http://guitarcloud.org/era/dirty-mind|access-date=2023-05-10|website=guitarcloud.org}}{{refn|group=nb|Due to the similar recording times, most of the equipment can be identified by looking at the most recent album Prince made, which in this case is Dirty Mind.}}
- Morris Day - lead and backing vocals
- Prince - backing vocals, Oberheim OB-X, ARP Omni, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, handclaps
- Dr. Fink - Oberheim OB-X (solo)
- Sue Ann Carwell - backing vocals
TLC version
{{Infobox song
| name = Get It Up
| cover = TLC - Get It Up.jpg
| type = single
| artist = TLC
| album = Poetic Justice: Music from the Motion Picture
| released = {{start date|1993|6|6}}
| recorded = 1993
| genre = {{hlist|R&B||dance-pop|new jack swing|funk}}
| length = 4:25 (album version)
4:02 (radio edit)
| label = Arista
| writer = Prince
| producer = {{hlist|Tim & Bob|Dallas Austin}}
| prev_title = Hat 2 da Back
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = Creep
| next_year = 1994
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|SV5IL7clQGE|"Get It Up"}}}}
}}
"Get It Up" was covered by American girl group TLC for the sountrack to the 1993 film Poetic Justice, becoming a major hit for the group and was later included in TLC's first greatest hits album, Now and Forever: The Hits (2003). The music video for "Get It Up" was shot in June 1993.
=Charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1993)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1993/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1993|work=Billboard|access-date=November 5, 2021|archive-date=August 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803035303/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1993/hot-r-b-hip-hop-songs|url-status=live}}
| 76 |
| scope="row"| US Cash Box Top 100{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1993/CB-1993-12-31.pdf#page=14|title=Awards: Top 50 Pop Singles|magazine=Cash Box|volume=LVII|issue=19|date=December 31, 1993|page=14|access-date=June 4, 2025}}
| 41 |
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Notes
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References
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Category:The Time (band) songs
Category:Songs written by Prince (musician)
Category:Song recordings produced by Tim & Bob
Category:Song recordings produced by Dallas Austin