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"Get Down"
Song

"Get Down" is the debut single by Canadian boy band b4-4. It was released in May 2000 as the first single from their debut self-titled album, B4-4. The song was very successful in Canada, peaking at number 4 on Canada's Singles Chart.[1] The song was featured on MuchDance 2001. The song's producers, Jason Levine and James McCollum, were nominated for "Best Producer" for the song at the 2001 Juno Awards.[2]

Content

Since its release, the song has become infamous for its suggestive lyrics, which are thinly veiled references to oral sex. Ed the Sock, a MuchMusic denizen, castigated the song as a "sugar-coated fellatio fest".[3]

Ryan and Dan Kowarsky later admitted the song was about oral sex.[4]

Music video

The music video begins with a young boy walking and seeing a homeless man on the street, who asks for money. The boy has no money and continues walking until he stumbles upon a View-Master stereoscope left in the garbage. After looking through the lens of the stereoscope, he gains popularity and wealth as b4-4 dance and sing. At the end, he gives the stereoscope to the homeless man.

Ethan Klein of the YouTube channel h3h3Productions lampooned the song and its music video in a video titled "Ethan Joins a 90s Boy Band," uploaded on 16 April 2016. In the video, he also imitated b4-4's image and created a parody of the song with Schmoyoho. As of 1 July 2017, the video has over 5 million views.[5]

Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[6] 58
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[1] 4

References

  1. ^ a b "Top Singles - Volume 71, No. 12, July 24, 2000". RPM. Retrieved 2010-10-11. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "Awards". junoawards.ca. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  3. ^ Fromage. December 2000. MuchMusic.
  4. ^ Casey, Brad (April 16, 2013). "We Spoke to B4-4 about Bullies and Blowjobs". Vice. Retrieved May 18, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ h3h3Productions (August 22, 2016). Ethan Joins a 90s Boy Band. YouTube. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  6. ^ Canada AC peak
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