''Get Up Yourself'' is an EP by Australian rock band

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, released on 23 August 2008. It is both a follow-up to the band's previous release '' Root Supposed He Was Out of the Question...'' and a sample of the upcoming second album '' Surface Paradise'' (formerly ''Root is the Money of All Evil''). The EP contains three tracks of Root!'s style of

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and rock music and one track composed of a reworking of the title track featuring DC Root's signature ironic lyrics. It is an entirely

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track. The band toured outside of

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for the first time in support of the release. Frontman DC was also interviewed on

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's popular breakfast show to promote the tour and EP. Whilst on air, he continually denied any link to Melbourne band

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and also recited a poem about

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. Furthermore, a track titled "Introducing Get Up Yourself" appeared on the band's MySpace page and featured brief samples from "Get Up Yourself" and "Get Up Yourself Part 2" as well as DC Root explaining the release and the aims of the songs. Track 2, "DC Root's Failure", was retitled "If" in 2010, being released on Root's successor band

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's debut album, '' The Future Sound of Nostalgia'', with a new musical backing and slight changes to the lyrics.

Track listing

# "Get Up Yourself" – 3:52 # "DC Root's Failure" – 2:49 # "I Wear My Prescription Sunglasses at Night" – 2:17 # "Get Up Yourself Part 2" – 5:52

References

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