Let's Get Down (Tony! Toni! Toné! song)
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| Single by Tony! Toni! Toné! featuring DJ Quik | |||||||||||||||||
| from the album House of Music | |||||||||||||||||
| Released | October 28, 1996 | ||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD single, cassette | ||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 1996 | ||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Funk | ||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:57 | ||||||||||||||||
| Label | Mercury | ||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | George Archie, David Blake, Raphael Saadiq | ||||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Raphael Saadiq, DJ Quik, G-One | ||||||||||||||||
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"Let's Get Down" is a song recorded by American R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné! for their fourth studio album House of Music (1996). It was written by Raphael Saadiq, DJ Quik, and George Archie. The song was produced by Saadiq with DJ Quik and G-One. "Let's Get Down" was released as the lead single from House of Music and was sent to R&B and crossover radio on October 28, 1996.
"Let's Get Down" features a gentle funk groove with a repeating acoustic guitar figure. Its chorus samples the bridge from Nirvana's 1991 song "Smells Like Teen Spirit". The song has a party theme and silky vocals by Tony! Toni! Toné!, alternated by DJ Quik's streetwise rapping.
The group performed the song on the Late Show with David Letterman in 1996.
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