Get Down and Get With It
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German cover of "Get Down and Get With It".
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| Single by Slade | ||||
| from the album Sladest | ||||
| B-side | "Gospel According To Rasputin, Do You Want Me?, Know Who You Are" | |||
| Released | 21 May 1971 | |||
| Format | 7" Single | |||
| Length | 4:12 | |||
| Label | Polydor Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bobby Marchan | |||
| Producer(s) | Chas Chandler | |||
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French cover of "Get Down and Get With It".
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Mexican cover of "Get Down and Get With It".
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"Get Down and Get With It" is a single from rock band Slade which appeared on the compilation album Sladest. It was written by Bobby Marchan, who first recorded the song as "Get Down With It" in 1965. The single was released in 1971 and peaked at #16 in the UK, spending 14 weeks on the chart. This was Slade's first chart entry in their career. Their next single "Coz I Luv You" would peak at #1.
Originally, both Slade manager/producer Chas Chandler and Slade had decided that in order to make a break into the charts they would need to capture their strong reputation as a live act onto record. They chose "Get Down and Get With It", a kind of hybrid of a Little Richard song and a Bobby Marchan song, as the band would frequently play the song live and it was always a popular live number. The song was successfully captured in the studio, complete with foot-stomping and hand-clapping as intended, eventually breaking Slade into the UK chart as well as Europe.
The single was released twice during 1971; firstly on 21 May with credits stating the song was written by Hill, Holder, Lea, Powell and Penniman (as Little Richard had recorded covers, first in 1965, as "Do The Jerk", then again in 1966, and 1967, as "Get Down With It"). When the apparent mistake was realised the song was hurriedly re-released on 8 June as "Get Down With It" written by Marchan, though the similarity ends within a few opening lines. The single reached the top 20 on 7 July.
Subsequent to its original release, "Get Down and Get With It" has appeared on several Slade compilation albums, including Sladest, Greatest Hits, Wall of Hits, Slade Smashes, Slade's Greats and The Very Best of Slade.
"Get Down and Get With It" was voted #2 of the top three Slade live tracks in the Slade Fan Club Poll of 1979. In the September–December 1986 Slade fan club magazine, the poll results were announced for the 1986 opinion poll based on Slade’s material. For the best live song, "Get Down and Get With It" placed at #1.
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