Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)

"Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" is a 1990 song recorded by Belgian group Technotronic featuring Ya Kid K. It was released as the second single from the band's debut album, Pump Up the Jam: The Album on which it features as the second track. The single was very successful in many countries, becoming a top 10 hit in Australia, Canada, and U.S. and topping the chart in Belgium, Finland, Spain and Switzerland. In 1998 and 1999, it was re-released 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. It contains a vocal sample of James Brown's "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved".[1] In 2007, the song was covered by Global Deejays (featuring Technotronic) who achieved a minor success in France.[2]

"Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)"
Single by Technotronic
from the album Pump Up the Jam: The Album
B-side"Remix"
Released8 January 1990
Genre
Length
  • 5:37 (album version)
  • 3:30 (single version)
Label
  • BCM
  • ARS
  • SBK
  • Swanyard (UK)
  • EMI (US)
Songwriter(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)
Music video
"Get up! (Before the Night Is Over)" on YouTube

When the song entered the UK chart at number 3, it completed the first ever UK Top 3 composed entirely of acts from outside the UK or US, alongside the Australian Kylie Minogue and the Irish Sinéad O'Connor.

Critical reception

AllMusic editor Alex Henderson described the song as "highly infectious".[3] Bill Coleman from Billboard said it is "not as catchy" as the group's breakthrough smash.[4] Nicole Leedham from The Canberra Times stated that the song, with "Pump Up the Jam", were "pushing the envelope of dance music in the late '80s."[5] Daily Mirror noted it as a "pounding" dance-floor track.[6] Music & Media commented, "Can they do it again? It certainly seems that way. This is less rap and more of an orthodox pop song. A strong chorus and one of the biggest bass sounds around. Excellent."[7] Pop Rescue stated that "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over" "isn’t so dissimilar" to "Pump Up the Jam", "although plays more on the bass line, and gives Ya Kid K the vocalist credit that she works hard to earn – rapping, singing and writing the song."[8]

Chart performance

"Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over" was very successful on the charts on several continents. It went to number-one in Belgium, Finland, Spain and Switzerland, as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100. In addition, it reached number 2 in Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. In the latter, it peaked in its second week at the UK Singles Chart, on February 4, 1990.[9] It was held off reaching the top spot by Sinead O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U". Outside Europe, the single reached number-one on the Canadian RPM Dance Chart and in Zimbabwe. On the US Billboard Hot 100, "Get Up!" managed to reach number 7 and on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play, it peaked at number 2. In Australia and New Zealand, it went to number 7. The song was awarded with a gold record in the US, after 500,000 singles were sold, and a silver record in France and the UK, with a sale of 205,000 and 200,000 units.

Music video

A music video was made to accompany the song. It features model Felly lipsynching the chorus with blue lipstick. The video was uploaded to YouTube in June 2010. As of September 2020, it has got more than 42,7 million views.[10]

Track listings

Original version

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
  • "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (7" edit) — 3:30
  • "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (accapella) — 2:47
  • "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (album mix) — 4:47
  • "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (CD version) — 5:54
  • "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (dance action mix) — 6:00
  • "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (def mix) — 8:12
  • "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (Dm's live mix) — 9:15
  • "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (far east mix) — 5:58
  • "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (instrumental) — 5:51
  • "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (lost mix) — 5:54
  • "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (mental mix) — 5:42
  • "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (muted mix) — 5:52
  • "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (single mix) — 3:51
  • "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (techno mix) — 4:48
  • "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (the Wind command mix) — 6:50

Charts and certifications

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