Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor) explained

Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)
Type:single
Artist:Joe Simon
Album:Get Down
B-Side:In My Baby's Arms
Released:March
Genre:Disco[1]
Label:Spring
Producer:Joe Simon, Raeford Gerald
Prev Title:The Best Time Of My Life
Prev Year:1974
Next Title:Music In My Bones
Next Year:1975

"Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)" is a song written by Joe Simon and Raeford Gerald. It was recorded and released as single by Simon in 1975 with both Simon and Gerald serving as producers. It was the last of Simon's three number ones on the soul chart and his highest entry on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number eight.[2] [3] In Canada, the song reached number 15.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. Don. Breithaupt. Jeff. Breithaupt. October 15, 1996. Boogie Down: The Dawn of Disco. 183. St. Martin's Griffin. 031214704X.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 528.
  3. Book: The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits. White . Adam . Bronson . Fred . Fred Bronson . 1993 . Billboard Books: Watson-Guptill Publications . New York . 163.
  4. Web site: RPM Magazine - July 5, 1975 (page 23).