Get_Up_and_Boogie_(song)

Get Up and Boogie (song)

Get Up and Boogie (song)

1976 single by Silver Convention

"Get Up and Boogie" is a song by German disco act Silver Convention from their 1976 second album of the same name. The song was written and composed by Sylvester Levay and Stephan Prager, and produced by Prager.[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.

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Composition

Similar to their previous 1975 hit single "Fly, Robin, Fly", 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,[2] and reached No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100,[3] being kept off the No. 1 spot by Wings' "Silly Love Songs".[4] Billboard ranked it as the #24 song for 1976.[5] "Get Up and Boogie" also became a hit during the late-1970s disco scene.

Covers and samples

Charts

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References

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    Bruce Pollock (18 March 2014). Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era. Routledge. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-135-46296-3.
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    Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
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    "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
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    Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1976
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    Busby, Christy (23 January 2011). "Snuggies options range from hot to cold". Texarkana Gazette. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
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    Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 273. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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    "Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70" (in French). InfoDisc. 1976-04-01. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
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    "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Get Up and Boogie". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
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    Flavour of New Zealand, 16 July 1976
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    Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
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    Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 218.
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    "Top 100 1976-06-19". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
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    "National Top 100 Singles for 1976". Kent Music Report. 27 December 1976. Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via Imgur.
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    "Top 100 Hits of 1976/Top 100 Songs of 1976". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
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    "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1976". Cashbox Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-08-25. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
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    "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2018.



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