Get Down Tonight
"Get Down Tonight" | ||||
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Single by KC and the Sunshine Band | ||||
from the album KC and the Sunshine Band | ||||
B-side | "You Don't Know" | |||
Released | February 11, 1975 | |||
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Label | TK | |||
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KC and the Sunshine Band singles chronology | ||||
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"Get Down Tonight" on YouTube |
"Get Down Tonight" is a song released in 1975 on the self-titled album by the disco group KC and the Sunshine Band. The song became widely successful, becoming the first of their five No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. It also reached the top of the Hot Soul Singles chart[5] and was an international chart hit, reaching No. 1 in Canada and charting in Australia (No. 44), Belgium (No. 11), the Netherlands (No. 5), and the UK (No. 21).
Composition
[edit]The song displays some of the signature characteristics of the disco era such as a fast tempo and repeating lyrics. The song also features a distinctive introduction, employing a guitar solo rendered at double-speed.[6][7]
The song was originally titled "What You Want Is What You Get" before KC changed the title to "Get Down Tonight".[8]
Sampling
[edit]In 1998, the song was sampled by the house production act Bamboo for the hit single "Bamboogie". The song reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1998.[9]
Chart performance
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Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Certifications
[edit]Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada)[25] | Gold | 75,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[26] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
See also
[edit]- List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1975
- List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1975
- List of number-one R&B singles of 1975 (U.S.)
- List of number-one singles of 1975 (Canada)
References
[edit]- ^ Yorke, Ritchie (1976). The History of Rock'n'roll. Methuen. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-8467-0186-6.
And that's the way fans like it, as KC and the Sunshine Band came through with the top disco hit of the year, Get Down Tonight.
- ^ Echols, Alice (March 29, 2010). "I Hear a Symphony: Black Masculinity and the Disco Turn". Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-393-06675-3.
- ^ Henderson, Alex. "KC & the Sunshine Band – KC and the Sunshine Band". AllMusic. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ^ Weeks, Marcus (2015). "KC & The Sunshine Band – "That's the Way (I Like It)". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die. New York: Universe. p. 350.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 315.
- ^ "KC and the Sunshine Band's Sped Up Guitar on 'Get Down Tonight'". KOOL-FM. April 7, 2011. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
- ^ "K.C. & The Sunshine Band History". WODC. April 8, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
- ^ Joe Bosso (July 15, 2014). "Classic tracks: Harry Wayne Casey on KC And The Sunshine Band's Get Down Tonight". MusicRadar.
- ^ Roberts, David (2004). British Hit Singles & Albums (17th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 0-85112-199-3.
- ^ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – CHART POSITIONS PRE 1989". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
- ^ "KC & The Sunshine Band – Get Down Tonight" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
- ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 4035a." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 39, 1975" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
- ^ "KC & The Sunshine Band – Get Down Tonight" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
- ^ a b c "KC & the Sunshine Band – Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending AUGUST 23, 1975". Cash Box. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012.
- ^ "The Singles Chart" (PDF). Record World. September 6, 1975. p. 25. ISSN 0034-1622. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
- ^ "Top 200 singles of 1975 as compiled from RPM charts by Brendan Lyttle". RPM. Vol. 24, no. 14. December 27, 1975. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1975" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1975" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
- ^ "Top 100 Hits for 1975". The Longbored Surfer. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
- ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – 1975". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 11, 2007.
- ^ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1975". Cash Box. Archived from the original on September 20, 2012.
- ^ "Canadian single certifications – K.C. and the Sunshine Band – Get Down Tonight". Music Canada. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
- ^ "American single certifications – KC & The Sunshine Band – Get Down Tonight". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Get Down Tonight on YouTube at TopPop