Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)

"Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)"
Single by Technotronic
from the album Pump Up the Jam: The Album
B-side Remix
Released 8 January 1990
Format CD single, CD maxi,
7" single, 12" maxi
Recorded 1989
Genre Hip house, electronica, eurodance
Length 5:37
Label BCM
Writer(s) Manuella Kamosi
Thomas de Quincey
Producer(s) Thomas de Quincey
Technotronic singles chronology
"Pump Up the Jam"
(1989)		 "Get up ! (Before the Night Is Over)"
(1990)		 "This Beat Is Technotronic"
(1990)

"Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" is a 1989 song recorded by Belgian dance-pop and electronica act Technotronic, featuring Ya Kid K. It was the second single from band's debut album Pump Up the Jam: The Album on which it features as second track, and was released in 1990. It was very successful in many countries, becoming a top ten hit in Australia, Canada, U.S and across many countries in Europe, topping the chart in Belgium, Finland, Spain and Switzerland. The song was re-released in 1998 and in 1999 respectively under the title "Get Up (the '98 Sequel)" and "Get Up (the 1999 Sequel)". The song appears in Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4 and Dance Dance Revolution 3rd Mix.

In 2007, the song was covered by Global Deejays (featuring Technotronic) who achieved a minor success in France.[1]

Track listings

Original version

CD maxi
  1. "Get Up ! (Before the Night Is Over)" (dance action mix) — 6:00
  2. "Get Up ! (Before the Night Is Over)" (single mix) — 3:51
  3. "Get Up ! (Before the Night Is Over)" (muted mix) — 5:52
  4. "Get Up ! (Before the Night Is Over)" (CD version) — 5:54
7" single
  1. "Get Up ! (Before the Night Is Over)" (single mix) — 3:51
  2. "Get Up ! (Before the Night Is Over)" (instrumental) — 3:12
12" maxi
  1. "Get Up ! (Before The Night Is Over)" (dance action mix) — 6:00
  2. "Get Up ! (Before The Night Is Over)" (muted mix) — 5:52
  3. "Get Up ! (Before The Night Is Over)" (def mix) — 8:12
  4. "Get Up ! (Before The Night Is Over)" (accapella) — 2:47
  5. "Get Up ! (Before The Night Is Over)" (instrumental) — 5:51
U.S. 12" maxi (SBK V-19704)
  1. "Get Up ! (Before The Night Is Over)" (def mix) — 8:12
  2. "Get Up ! (Before The Night Is Over)" (album mix) — 4:47
  3. "Get Up ! (Before The Night Is Over)" (7" edit) — 3:30
  4. "Get Up ! (Before The Night Is Over)" (far east mix) — 5:58
  5. "Get Up ! (Before The Night Is Over)" (techno mix) — 4:48
Cassette
  1. "Get Up ! (Before the Night Is Over)"
  2. "Raw"

The '98 Sequel version

CD maxi
  1. "Get Up" (radio version) — 3:38
  2. "Get Up" (radio sequel) — 3:42
  3. "Get Up" (clubbing mix) — 5:49
  4. "Get Up" (pulsar mix) — 5:15
  5. "Pump up the Jam" (the sequel - dancing divaz master mix) — 5:35

2007 version

CD maxi
  1. "Get Up (Before the Night Is Over)" (general electric version) — 6:22
  2. "Get Up (Before the Night Is Over)" (flash brothers remix) — 7:39
  3. "Get Up (Before the Night Is Over)" (tribalectric rap mix) — 6:05
  4. "Get Up (Before The Night Is Over) (Maurizio Gubellini Remix) 7:24

Versions

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 7
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 1
Canada Dance (RPM)[5] 1
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[5] 10
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[6] 1
French SNEP Singles Chart[7] 2
Germany (Media Control Charts)[8] 2
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 2
Italy (FIMI)[10] 6
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[11] 2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[12] 7
Norway (VG-lista)[13] 6
Spain (AFYVE)[14] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 4
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 1
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[17] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[18] 7
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[18] 2
US Billboard Hot Black Singles[18] 27
Chart (1998) 1 Peak
position
Germany (Media Control Charts)[8] 91
Chart (1999) 2 Peak
position
France (SNEP)[19] 42
Chart (2007) 3 Peak
position
France (SNEP)[20] 32

1 "Get Up (the '98 Sequel)" by Technotronic
2 "Get Up (the 1999 Sequel)" by Technotronic
3 "Get Up ! (Before the Night Is Over)" by Global Deejay featuring Technotronic

Year-end charts

Chart (1990) Position
Austrian Singles Chart[21] 18
Dutch Top 40[22] 56
Swiss Singles Chart[23] 24
US Billboard Hot 100[24] 73

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
France[25] Silver 1990 205,000
UK[26] Silver February 1, 1990 200,000
U.S.[27] Gold April 27, 1990 500,000

Chart successions

Preceded by
"Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" by Milli Vanilli		 Swiss number-one single
February 18, 1990 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
"Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinéad O'Connor

References

  1. ↑ "Get Up ! (Before the Night Is Over)" (by Global Deejays), Lescharts.com (Retrieved January 11, 2009)
  2. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Technotronic – Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  3. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Technotronic – Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  4. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Technotronic – Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "RPM Magazine, April 14,1990"
  6. ↑ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  7. ↑ "Get Up ! (Before the Night Is Over)", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved January 11, 2008)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Chartverfulgong > Technotronic > Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over) – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  9. ↑ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved January 11, 2008)
  10. ↑ "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: T". Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Technotronic search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
  12. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Technotronic – Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)". Top 40 Singles.
  13. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Technotronic – Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)". VG-lista.
  14. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  15. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Technotronic – Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)". Singles Top 60.
  16. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Technotronic – Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)". Swiss Singles Chart.
  17. ↑ "Get Up ! (Before the Night Is Over)", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved January 11, 2008)
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved January 11, 2008)
  19. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Technotronic – Get Up (The 1999 Sequel)" (in French). Les classement single.
  20. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Global Deejays & Technotronic – Get Up (Before The Night Is Over)" (in French). Les classement single.
  21. ↑ 1990 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved January 11, 2009)
  22. ↑ "Single top 100 over 1990" (PDF) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  23. ↑ 1990 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved January 11, 2009)
  24. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1990". Retrieved 2009-09-15.
  25. ↑ French certifications Infodisc.fr See: "Les ventes" => "Toutes les certifications depuis 1973" => "Technotronic" (Retrieved January 11, 2009)
  26. ↑ UK certifications Bpi.co.uk (Retrieved January 11, 2009)
  27. ↑ U.S. certifications riaa.com (Retrieved January 11, 2009)