Get It Up
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| "Get It Up" | ||
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| 7" single cover | ||
| Single by The Time | ||
| from the album The Time | ||
| B-side(s) | "After Hi School" | |
| Released | 1981 | |
| Format | 7" single | |
| Recorded | Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 1981 | |
| Genre | Funk, Pop | |
| Length | 7" edit: 3:01 Album: 9:08 |
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| Label | Warner Bros. | |
| Writer(s) | Jamie Starr | |
| Producer(s) | The Starr ★ Company | |
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| The Time singles chronology | ||
| — | "Get It Up" (1981) |
"Cool" (1981) |
"Get It Up" opens The Time's debut album and is also their debut single. Like most of the album, the song was recorded in Prince's home studio in April 1981, and was produced, arranged, composed and performed by Prince with Morris Day later adding his lead vocals. Revolution keyboardist Doctor Fink provided synth solos on the track, uncredited.
The funk-pop number relies on sythesizers and contains numerous solos throughout the song. The song's propelled by a strong bassline and contains both live drums as well as drum machines. A raunchy guitar solo provides a rock element to the funky track. "Get It Up" is basically an ode to sex and Day's attempts to get some. Prince's vocals are very apparent in the song, both in the background and the lead at times.
"Get It Up" was only released as a 7" single with the poppy "After Hi School" as its B-side. "After Hi School", while not an outstanding effort was composed by Dez Dickerson and is perhaps the strongest pop effort on the album. The full version of "Get It Up" was later a B-side for the 12" single of "Ice Cream Castles" in 1984. "Get It Up" is one of The Time's more popluar numbers, and a live version of the song recorded at the House of Blues in 1998 was included on Morris Day's 2004 album, It's About Time where it segues into "777-9311".
[edit] Miscellanea
- "Get It Up" was covered by girl group TLC, who also recorded a cover of Prince's own "If I Was Your Girlfriend" on their album CrazySexyCool
