Get Up and Boogie (song)

"Get Up and Boogie"
Single by Silver Convention
from the album Get Up and Boogie
B-side "Son of a Gun"
Released March 1976
Format
Genre Disco
Length 6:22 (LP version)
Label Midland International
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Stephan Prager
Certification Gold (RIAA)
Silver Convention singles chronology
"Fly, Robin, Fly"
(1975)		 "Get Up and Boogie"
(1976)		 "Tiger Baby"
(1976)

"Get Up and Boogie" is a song by German disco act Silver Convention from their 1976 second album of the same name. The song was written and composed by Sylvester Levay and Stephan Prager, and produced by Prager.[1] The song was released as the lead single from the album Get Up and Boogie (also titled Silver Convention in some countries) in 1976.

Composition

Just like their previous 1975 hit single "Fly, Robin, Fly", "Get Up and Boogie" consists of six words repeated throughout the song: "Get up and boogie! That's right!".

Reception

"Get Up and Boogie" hit number one on June 15, 1976 in Canada,[2] and reached #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[3] Billboard ranked it as the #24 song for 1976.[4] "Get Up and Boogie" also became a hit during the late-1970s disco scene.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1976) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 19
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 2
U.S. Billboard Hot Disco Singles 2
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[7] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1976) Rank
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 18
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] 24
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[9] 37

References

  1. ↑ Bruce Pollock. Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era. Routledge. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-135-46296-3.
  2. ↑ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  3. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  4. ↑ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1976
  5. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Silver Convention – Get Up and Boogie". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1976/Top 100 Songs of 1976". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  9. ↑


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