"Get Up and Boogie" is a song by German disco act
Silver Convention
Silver Convention were a German Euro disco recording act of the 1970s. The group was originally named Silver Bird Convention or Silver Bird.
History
The group was initiated in Munich, then West Germany, by producers and songwriters Michael Kun ...
from their 1976 second
album of the same name. The song was written and composed by
Sylvester Levay
Sylvester Levay (originally Lévay Szilveszter, Serbian language, Serbian: Силвестер Леваи, ''Silvester Levai'') is a Hungarian people, Hungarian recording artist and composer, born in Yugoslavia (now Serbia).
Life and career
Levay ...
and
Stephan Prager, and produced by Prager. The song was released as the
lead single
A lead single (or first single) is the first single to be released from a studio album by an artist or a band, usually before the album itself is released and also occasionally on the same day of the album's release date.
A similar term, "debut ...
from the album ''Get Up and Boogie'' (also titled ''Silver Convention'' in some countries) in 1976.
Composition
Similar to their previous 1975 hit single "
Fly, Robin, Fly", the lyrics of "Get Up and Boogie" consists only of two phrases, "Get up and boogie!" and "That's right!" repeated throughout the song.
Reception
"Get Up and Boogie" hit number one on June 15, 1976 in Canada, and reached No. 2 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100, being kept off the No. 1 spot by
Wings' "
Silly Love Songs". ''Billboard'' ranked it as the #24 song for 1976. "Get Up and Boogie" also became a hit during the late-1970s
disco scene.
Covers and samples
* Australian rock band
Regurgitator
Regurgitator are an Australian alternative rock band from Brisbane, Queensland, formed in late 1993 by Quan Yeomans on lead vocals, guitar and keyboards; Ben Ely on bass guitar, keyboards and vocals; and Martin Lee on drums. Their debut stud ...
sampled the "That's right!" vocal line from "Get Up and Boogie" in their 1998 song "
! (The Song Formerly Known As)".
* In the late 2000s, the song was retooled as "Get Up and Snuggie" for use in commercials advertising the "Snuggie" (
sleeved blanket).
* A cover of the song appeared on one edition of
Static-X
Static-X is an American industrial metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1994. The line-up has fluctuated over the years, but was long-held constant with band founder, frontman, vocalist and rhythm guitarist Wayne Static until his d ...
's 2007 album
''Cannibal''.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
All-time charts
References
External links
Lyrics of this song*
1976 songs
1976 singles
Cashbox number-one singles
RPM Top Singles number-one singles
Silver Convention songs
Songs with lyrics by Michael Kunze
Songs with music by Sylvester Levay
Songs about dancing
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