"Get Up, Stand Up" is a song by
house music
House is a music genre characterized by a repetitive Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute. It was created by Disc jockey, DJs and music producers from Chicago metropolitan area, Chicago' ...
DJ/producer Laurence Nelson, who recorded the track under the project
Phunky Phantom Phunky Phantom is electronic and dance music producer Laurence Nelson-Boudville, who was born in Brooklyn, New York.
Biography
His one U.S. chart entry came in 1997, when he hit #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart with the song "Get Up, Stand Up ...
. The track features the repeated use of the only lyrics on the song, "Get up, stand up, strut your funky stuff sure enough", which was sampled from a 1979 disco song called "Strut Your Funky Stuff" by the American group
Frantique
Frantique was an American disco group signed to Philadelphia International Records. They released their self-titled album in 1979. A track from the album, "Strut Your Funky Stuff" charted on the UK Singles Chart in 1979, peaking at No. 10 in S ...
. This was Nelson's only song to make the
Hot Dance Club Play chart, reaching number one on October 11, 1997. The same track reached number 27 in the
UK Singles Chart in May 1998.
Track listings
; 12 in. vinyl (US)
*A1 Get Up Stand Up (Original Mix) 6:56
*A2 Get Up Stand Up (KLM Vocal Mix) 9:27
*B1 Get Up Stand Up (
Tin Tin Out Dub) 7:49
*B2 Get Up Stand Up (KLM Dub Mix) 9:28
; CD Maxi (UK)
* Get Up Stand Up (KLM Vocal Edit) 3:51
* Get Up Stand Up (Original Mix) 6:58
* Get Up Stand Up (Tin Tin Out Dub) 7:52
* Get Up Stand Up (KLM Vocal Mix) 9:35
* Get Up Stand Up (KLM Dub Mix) 9:28
; CD Maxi (Australia)
Single release information
at Discogs
* Get Up Stand Up (Radio Edit) 3:10
* Get Up Stand Up (KLM Vocal Mix) 9:28
* Get Up Stand Up (Tin Tin Out Dub) 7:49
* Get Up Stand Up (Tony De Vit Mix) 8:57
* Get Up Stand Up (Super Ego Mix) 6:14
See also
* List of number-one dance singles of 1997 (U.S.)
These are the '' Billboard'' Hot Dance/Disco Club Play and Maxi-Singles Sales number-one hits of 1997.
See also
* 1997 in music
*List of number-one dance hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
Re ...
References
External links
KLM Vocal Mix of "Get Up, Stand Up"
at YouTube
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1997 songs
1997 singles
Electronica songs
American house music songs