Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved

{{Infobox song

| name = Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved Pt. 1

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = James Brown

| album =

| B-side = Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved Pt. 2

| released = {{Start date|1970|12}}

| recorded = November 3, 1970, King Studios, Cincinnati, OH

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Funk

| length = {{plainlist}}

{{Duration|m=3|s=32}} (Pt. 1)
{{Duration|m=3|s=34}} (Pt. 2)
{{Duration|m=7|s=09}} (full-length)

| label = King
6347

| writer = {{plainlist}}

James Brown
Bobby Byrd
Ron Lenhoff

| producer = James Brown

| chronology = James Brown charting

| prev_title = Santa Claus Is Definitely Here to Stay Vocal

| prev_year = 1970

| next_title = Spinning Wheel Pt. 1

| next_year = 1971

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|P-CpiRXRQUc|"Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved (Stereo Mix)"}}|header=Audio video}}

}}

"Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved" is a funk song recorded by James Brown. It was released as a two-part single in 1970 and charted #4 R&B and #34 Pop. It features backing vocals by Bobby Byrd, who shared writing credit for the song with Brown and Ron Lenhoff. This was one of several songs by Brown with an upfront social message.

The unedited version appears on the 1996 compilation Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang. Live performances of the song appear on the albums Revolution of the Mind (1971) and Love Power Peace (1992; recorded 1971).

Performers included drummer Clyde Stubblefield and guitarist Catfish Collins.

Sample used

Big Daddy Kane – Set It Off (1988)
BDP – "South Bronx" (1987)
Full Force – "Ain't My Type of Hype" (1990)
MC Shan – "Juice Crew Law"
Public Enemy – "Brothers Gonna Work It Out" and "Can't Truss It"
Technotronic – "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (1990)
Pras Michel – "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" (1998)

References

{{Reflist|refs=

White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.

{{cite web|url=http://medialoper.com/certain-songs-725-james-brown-get-up-get-into-it-get-involved/|title=Certain Songs #725: James Brown – Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved|author=Jim Connelly|publisher=medialoper.com|date=December 10, 2016 |access-date=March 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321021927/http://medialoper.com/certain-songs-725-james-brown-get-up-get-into-it-get-involved/|archive-date=March 21, 2019|url-status=live}}

{{cite web|url=http://charmicarmicat.blogspot.com/2011/03/questlove-on-clyde-stubblefield.html|title=Questlove on Clyde Stubblefield – footnotes|author=Ben Sisario|author-link=Ben Sisario|publisher=charmicarmicat.blogspot.com|date=March 29, 2011|access-date=March 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325192948/http://charmicarmicat.blogspot.com/2011/03/questlove-on-clyde-stubblefield.html|archive-date=March 25, 2018|url-status=live}}

{{cite book|author=David Toop|title=The Rap Attack: African Jive to New York Hip Hop|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fX6fAAAAMAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Pluto Press|isbn=9780861047772|pages=8–11|access-date=March 20, 2019}}

{{cite book|author=Brian Ward|title=Just My Soul Responding|url=https://archive.org/details/justmysoulrespo000ward|url-access=registration|year=1998|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520212985|pages=[https://archive.org/details/justmysoulrespo000ward/page/388 388]–390|access-date=March 20, 2019}}

}}

Category:James Brown songs

Category:Songs written by James Brown

Category:Songs written by Bobby Byrd

Category:1970 singles

Category:1970 songs