Get Up (Ciara song)

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"Get Up"

Single by Ciara featuring Chamillionaire
from the album Step Up: Original Soundtrack and Ciara: The Evolution
Released	July 25, 2006 September 16, 2006
Format	Digital download, CD single
Genre	Pop/R&B/Hip Hop
Length	4:21
Label	LaFace/Jive
Writer(s)	Ciara Harris Hakeem Seriki
Producer(s)	Jazze Pha
Chart positions
#2 (Piczo Top 40 Songs) #5 (New Zealand) #7 (U.S.) #17 (Switzerland) #29 (Germany)
Ciara singles chronology
"So What" (2006)	"'Get Up" (2006)	"Promise" (2006)
Chamillionaire singles chronology
"Ridin'" (2006)	"Get Up" (2006)	"Grown and Sexy" (2006)

"Get Up" is a song written and recorded by R&B singer Ciara and rapper Chamillionaire for the soundtrack of the dance/romance film Step Up. Released as a single in 2006 (see 2006 in music), it includes a subtly-incorporated portion of Rockwell's 1984 single "Somebody's Watching Me". It appears on her second album Ciara: The Evolution. The up-tempo song is about Ciara seeing a male in a club, and while they dance together they start to have intimate feelings for each other. They have never spoken but feel they have some chemistry. Chamillionaire's rap verse is lyrically a sequel to his previous single "Ridin'." The Jazze Pha-produced song was leaked onto the internet on June 15, 2006.

1 Music video and remixes
2 Chart performance
3 Formats and track listings
4 Charts
5 References

[edit] Music video and remixes

The music video takes place in a futuristic setting.

Joseph Kahn, director of the single's video, described its look as "black-on-black futuristic". In the video, Ciara's story line follows the singer as she goes out street dancing. When she is on the roof, the stars of Step Up dance together and a rain downpour begins. During this scene, the camera sweeps in and slides over Ciara's body in single-shot takes and creates an effect using macro lenses on real bodies, intermediate CGI bodies and 2-D wipes and morphs. At the end, Ciara is in her bed in the apartment. The video premiered on AOL Music on July 17, then on both TRL and 106 & Park the following day.

On Ciara's official myspace page, a official remix was released. It features new verses from Ciara and a new instrumental, also produced by Polow Da Don. The remix contains a sample of Silk's 1993 number one hit "Freak Me". R&B group ATL also contribute vocals.^{[citation needed]} The video version contains a dance break with partial chorus from the Ciara: The Evolution track "Get In, Fit In".

[edit] Chart performance

With its strong airplay in the U.S., "Get Up" debuted at number ninety-three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. In its fourth week the single had moved up to number seven, becoming Ciara's seventh top ten single, before dropping because of declining digital download sales and airplay. As the song began receiving mainstream radio airplay, it began to ascend up the Billboard charts again. The single became another top five hit in New Zealand for Ciara. It debuted at number nine and in the second week move four spots up to number five. The song debuted in the top twenty in Switzerland and the top thirty in Germany.

[edit] Formats and track listings

Sides A and B on the vinyl single contain the same tracks.

U.S. 12-inch vinyl single

"Get Up" featuring Chamillionaire (main version) (clean) – 4:25
"Get Up" (main no rap) – 3:58
"Get Up" (instrumental) – 3:58
"Get Up" (acappella) – 3:59

U.S. CD single

"Get Up" featuring Chamillionaire (main version) (clean) – 4:25
"Get Up" (instrumental) – 4:25
"Get Up" (main no rap) – 3:58
"Get Up" (Instrumental no rap) – 3:52

Import CD single

"Get Up" featuring Chamillionaire (main version) (clean)
"Get Up" (Moto Blanco radio edit)
"Get Up" (Moto Blanco vocal mix)
"Get Up" video – 5:01

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	7
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Tracks	3
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	7
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	10
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	13
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	15
U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40	13
New Zealand RIANZ Top 40	5
Switzerland Singles Chart	17
Germany Singles Chart	29
Romanian Top 100 Singles	52
UK Official Download Chart	89
Piczo Top 40 Songs	2