"Get It Right" is a soulful

boogie Boogie is a repetitive, swung note or shuffle rhythm,Burrows, Terry (1995). ''Play Country Guitar'', p.42. Dorling Kindersley Limited, London. . "groove" or pattern used in blues which was originally played on the piano in boogie-woogie mus ...

song written by Luther Vandross and Marcus Miller which was an R&B hit for Aretha Franklin in 1983. Released from the album of the same title, it reached number one on the

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chart in August 1983 and peaked at number 61 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The single reached number nine on the

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chart and number 74 on the

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Personnel

*Aretha Franklin - vocals *Doc Powell,

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- guitar * Marcus Miller - bass, synthesizer * Nat Adderley, Jr. - keyboards *

Yogi Horton A yogi is a practitioner of Yoga, including a sannyasin or practitioner of meditation in Indian religions.A. K. Banerjea (2014), ''Philosophy of Gorakhnath with Goraksha-Vacana-Sangraha'', Motilal Banarsidass, , pp. xxiii, 297-299, 331 T ...

- drums * Paulinho da Costa - percussion *Steve Kroon - congas, triangle * Dave Friedman - vibraphone *Luther Vandross, Brenda White King,

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, Michelle Cobbs, Phillip Ballou, Tawatha Agee, Yvonne Lewis - backing vocals

References

Aretha Franklin songs 1983 songs 1983 singles Songs written by Luther Vandross Songs written by Marcus Miller Arista Records singles Boogie songs Post-disco songs {{1980s-R&B-song-stub it:Get It Right