So Get Up was a 1993 track by the Portuguese house music production duo Underground Sound of Lisbon. Music is credited to DJ Vibe & Doctor J, with lyrics by Korvorwong (aka Darin Pappas, or Ithaka (musician), as he is now known internationally).
Original 12" mix is 9 minutes and 22 secs long, and was originally released as the B side of the "Chapter One E.P". The A Side being "Dance With Me" (a track sampling Age Of Love). In Portugal this was released by KAOS Records, and worldwide by Tribal UK and Twisted Records (U.S.).
In 1994, the UK edition of the single (now as A side), had a few remixes by Danny Tenaglia and Junior Vasquez as well as an original mix and acapella version.
"So Get Up" It is a underground progressive house music, with words spoken by Ithaka, about "End of The World". It became somewhat of a Portuguese dance music "national anthem", since it was the tune that took many clubbers (better club users) to get interested in house music. Famous for its shouting "So Get Up, forget the past, the end of the world is upon us! Pretty soon it will all turn to dust!"
In 2003, Miss Kittin used the intro of "So Get Up" on her album Radio Caroline Vol.1.
SO GET UP under varying titles (Get Up, Get Up-Go Insane !, etc.) has been used in records of Fatboy Slim, Stretch & Verne, and others.
In 2005, Kaos Records released a 10th Anniversary Edition of the single. The CD release included 8 different tracks:
Rob Di Stefano, owner of Twisted Records (U.S.) said on the Cd inlay:
In 1994, the world changed. Portugal, long known for its legacy of discovers, had produced two more. Calling themselves Underground Sound Of Lisbon, producers/musicians Doctor J & DJ Vibe set sail across the house music sea to claim new ground for their homeland. Their ship was the now-classic single So Get Up..." 1998[1]