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)