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Get Up and Boogie (song)

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"Get Up and Boogie"
Song
B-side"Son of a Gun"

"Get Up and Boogie" is a song by the German Euro disco group Silver Convention from their second studio album Get Up and Boogie (1976). The song was written and composed by Sylvester Levay and Stephan Prager, and produced by Michael Kunze.[1] The song was released as the lead single from the album Get Up and Boogie (also titled Silver Convention in some countries) in 1976. It peaked at number two in the US. Billboard ranked it as the number twenty-four song for 1976.[2]

Composition

Just like their previous 1975 hit single "Fly, Robin, Fly", "Get Up and Boogie" consists of six words repeated throughout the song: "Get up and boogie! That's right!".

Chart performance

"Get Up and Boogie" hit number one on June 15, 1976 in Canada[3] and reached number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[4] "Get Up and Boogie" became a disco hit during the late 1970s disco scene.

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1976) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 1
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] 2
US Billboard Hot Disco Songs 2
US Cash Box Top 100 [6] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1976) Rank
Canada 18
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [7] 24
U.S. Cash Box [8] 37

References

  1. ^ Bruce Pollock. Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era. Routledge. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-135-46296-3.
  2. ^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1976
  3. ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  4. ^ [Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002]
  5. ^ [Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002]
  6. ^ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/19760619.html
  7. ^ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1976.htm
  8. ^ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/1976YESP.html