Get Down on It

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Name = Get Down on It


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Artist = Kool & The Gang
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Album = Something Special
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Released = 19 December 1981 (UK)
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Recorded = 1981
Genre = Disco Funk
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Misc = "Get Down on It" is a song recorded by the jazz/funk/R&B/pop band Kool & The Gang on their album "Something Special" in 1981. The song reached number 10 on the Billboard charts, displaying some of the characteristics of a blend of disco and funk, with the title of the song repeating continuously.

The song was released in the UK on the British charts on 19 December 1981 on the record label De-Lite and reached number 3, their highest chart hit in the UK at that time. It spent a total of 12 weeks in the charts before drifting out of sight. Ten years later it was re-released in the UK charts on the record label Mercury but only reached number 69 and was on the chart for only one week.

Remixes and cover versions

*In late 1995, Peter Andre featuring Past To Present covered the song on Peter's "Natural" album.

*It was remixed in 1996 by the electronic/Eurodance group 24th Street.

*The 1997 single "We Just Wanna Party with You" by Jermaine Dupri and Snoop Doggy Dogg, featured in the "Men in Black" soundtrack, was inspired by the Kool & the Gang Single.

*98 Degrees sampled this song in "Do You Wanna Dance" on the album 98 degrees and rising. (2000)

*It was also remixed in 2000 by the Italian electronic/eurodance group Eiffel 65.

*The Timbaland song featuring Magoo, "Boardmeeting", contains a sample of the song.

*The song has been covered by Blue, Lil' Kim, Ernie Smith, and by Wayman Tisdale on his jazz album "Way Up!" (2006).

*At the 2008 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival the song was covered by American rock band My Morning Jacket.

ee also

*Get down