Get Up Offa That Thing
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| “Get Up Offa That Thing” | ||
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| Single by James Brown from the album Get Up Offa That Thing |
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| B-side | "Release the Pressure" | |
| Released | May 1976 | |
| Format | 7" | |
| Recorded | April 1976, Criteria Studios, Miami, FL | |
| Genre | Funk | |
| Length | 4:11 (Side A) | |
| Label | Polydor PD14326 |
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| Writer(s) | Deanna Brown Diedra Brown Yamma Brown |
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| Producer | James Brown | |
"Get Up Offa That Thing" (sometimes subtitled "(Release the Pressure)") is a song performed by James Brown. It was released as a two-part single in 1976 (the B-side, titled "Release the Pressure", is actually a continuation of the same song) and also appeared on an album of the same name. It was one of Brown's biggest hits in the second half of the 1970s, reaching #4 on the R&B chart, and became a staple of his later live performances.
The song's lyrics urge the listener to "Get up offa that thing / and dance 'til you feel better." Brown's declamatory vocals include a dismissive passing reference to Barry White ("Barry who?" responds one of the band members).
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[edit] Personnel
- James Brown - lead vocal
with The J.B.'s:
- Russell Crimes - trumpet
- Holly Ferris - trombone
- St. Clair Pinckney - tenor saxophone
- Peyton Johnson - tenor saxophone
- Jimmy Nolen - guitar
- Robert Coleman - guitar
- Charles Sherrell - clavinet
- Melvin Parker - drums
- Other players unknown
[edit] Appearances in other media
- Sung by Oliver James' character Ian Wallace in the 2003 movie What a Girl Wants.
- The song is used in the closing sequence of the 2005 computer animated film Robots.
- Towards the end of the film version of Harriet the Spy, Harriet and classmates dance in tune to the song during a school show.
- Sung by Whoopi Goldberg's character as part of a medley of songs in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit.
- Sung by the cast of NBC's Another World in the soap opera's final episode in 1999. A female gorilla named Carolyn kidnapped Cass Winthrop and that was Carolyn's favorite song.
[edit] References
- Leeds, Alan M., and Harry Weinger (1991). Star Time: Song by Song. In Star Time (pp. 46-53) [CD liner notes]. London: Polydor Records.
- White, Cliff (1991). Discography. In Star Time (pp. 54-59) [CD liner notes]. London: Polydor Records.
