Get It Together (Beastie Boys song)

"Get It Together" is a song by American hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, released as the second single from their fourth studio album Ill Communication. The album version of the song features rapper Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest, but not the single version.

"Get It Together"
Single by Beastie Boys
from the album Ill Communication
ReleasedMay 31, 1994
Recorded1993
GenreAlternative hip hop
Length4:05
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, Adam Yauch, Kamaal Fareed
Producer(s)Beastie Boys, Mario Caldato Jr.
Beastie Boys singles chronology
"Sabotage"
(1994)		 "Get It Together"
(1994)		 "Sure Shot"
(1994)

The song contains vocal samples from the song "Headless Heroes" by Eugene McDaniels, and heavily samples a loop from "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" by the Moog Machine, from the album Switched-On Rock.

The song also appears on two group's compilation albums The Sounds of Science and Beastie Boys Music.

Track listing

CD Single
  1. "Get It Together (LP version) - 4:07
  2. "Sabotage" (LP version) - 3:00
  3. "Dope Little Song" - 1:48

US 12" Single
  1. Side A - 01 - Get It Together (LP Version)
  2. Side A - 02 - Get It Together (Buck-Wild Remix)
  3. Side A - 03 - Resolution Time
  4. Side A - 04 - Get It Together (Buck-Wild Instrument)
  5. Side B - 01 - Get It Together (A.B.A. Remix)
  6. Side B - 02 - Sabotage (LP Version)
  7. Side B - 03 - Dope Little Song
  8. Side B - 04 - Get It Together (A.B.A. Instrumental)

UK CD Single
  1. Get It Together
  2. Sabotage
  3. Get It Together (Beastie Boys Remix)
  4. Resolution Time

Charts
Chart (1994) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[1] 94
Dutch Singles Chart 35
UK Singles Chart[2] 19
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 13
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[3] 5
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks[3] 43

References
  1. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  2. "Beastie Boys Album & Song Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
  3. "Beastie Boys - Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-05-10.



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