"Get Up and Boogie" is a song by German disco act

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from their 1976 second album of the same name. The song was written and composed by

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and

Stephan Prager Michael Rolf Kunze (born 9 November 1943, in Prague) is a foremost German musical theater lyricist and librettist. He is best known for the hit musicals '' Elisabeth'' (1992), '' Dance of the Vampires'' (1996), '' Mozart!'' (1999), ''Marie Antoin ...

, and produced by Prager. The song was released as the

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from the album ''Get Up and Boogie'' (also titled ''Silver Convention'' in some countries) in 1976.

Composition

Similar to their previous 1975 hit single "

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", 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

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". ''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

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the "That's right!" vocal line from "Get Up and Boogie" in their 1998 song "

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". * 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

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References

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Lyrics of this song
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