"Get on Your Feet" is a song by Cuban-American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released on September 30, 1989 by Epic Records in the US, Japan, and the UK, and in 1990 in Europe as the second single from her debut solo album, Cuts Both Ways (1989). The song was written by John DeFaria, Jorge Casas and Clay Ostwald, and produced by Emilio Estefan, Jr., Casas and Ostwald. A rerecorded version was included on her 2020 album Brazil305.^[1]

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"Get on Your Feet"
Single by Gloria Estefan
from the album Cuts Both Ways
B-side	"Words Get in the Way" (Live from the Homecoming Concert)
Released	September 30, 1989 (1989-09-30)
Genre	Pop synth-funk dance-pop
Length	3:39
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	John DeFaria Jorge Casas Clay Ostwald
Producer(s)	Emilio Estefan, Jr. Jorge Casas Clay Ostwald
Gloria Estefan singles chronology
"Don't Wanna Lose You" (1989) "Get on Your Feet" (1989) "Here We Are" (1990)
Music video
"Get on Your Feet" on YouTube

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AllMusic editor Jason Birchmeier said the song is "club-ready" with its "big late-'80s synth-drum patterns", declaring it as a "super" song.^[2] Maryann Scheufele from AXS wrote, "The words, "get up and make it happen...stand up and take some action ..." is a song for the ages, ...and the song inspires the spirit that lives on when you do something about your life. Gloria Estefan convinces you that the weight of inaction is lifted off your shoulders when you "get on your feet". Gloria Estefan sings and Miami Sound Machine plays we all can dance our way through life to this one."^[3] Bill Coleman from Billboard called it "an unassuming up-tempo pop/dance track harking back to the singer's "Conga" days."^[4] A reviewer from Entertainment Weekly noted that the song has "surge and hustle".^[5] Pan-European magazine Music & Media called it "another lightweight up-tempo tune. As Latin as ever and a guaranteed hit."^[6] Pop Rescue opined that the track "ups the tempo somewhat, as the title suggests, with a plodding bass and beat, with acoustic guitars strumming. Gloria bursts in with her confident pop vocals. The song is up-lifting, telling you to ‘Get on your feet. get up and make it happen‘ and ‘Stand up and take some action‘."^[7]

Original Versions

1. Album Version — (3:38)
2. 2020 version (on Brazil305) – 3:25

John Haag Remixes

1. Special Mix — (5:38)

Justin Strauss & Daniel Abraham Remixes

1. Pop Vocal — (6:07)
2. House Vocal — (6:50)
3. House Techno Dub — (5:30)
4. Deep Bass Vocal — (5:29)

The song was covered in Dora the Explorer Live!: Search for the City of Lost Toys and Dora the Explorer Live!: Dora's Pirate Adventure. This cover would be reused in the Dance Fiesta album.

In a widely circulated viral video "Steve Ballmer Going Crazy", former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer danced and screamed wildly to this song at the company's 25th anniversary event in 2000.

The song was covered by Fantasia Barrino on the third season of American Idol, during a Gloria Estefan-themed episode.

The song was included in several episodes in the fourth season of the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation.