Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over) explained

Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)
Cover:Get_up_!_(before_the_night_is_over).jpg
Type:single
Artist:Technotronic
Released:[1]
Genre:
Length:
  • 5:37 (album version cold end)
  • 4:51 (album version fade)
  • 3:30 (single version)
Producer:Thomas de Quincey
Prev Title:Pump Up the Jam
Prev Year:1989
Next Title:This Beat Is Technotronic
Next Year:1990

"Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" is a song by Belgian musical group Technotronic featuring Ya Kid K. It was released in January 1990 as the second single from the band's debut album, (1989), on which it features as the second track. The single was successful in many countries, becoming a top 10 hit in Australia, Canada, and the US and topping the chart in Belgium, Finland, Spain and Switzerland. When the song entered the UK chart at number three, 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.

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".[2] In 2007, the song was covered by Global Deejays (featuring Technotronic) who achieved a minor success in France.[3]

Chart performance

"Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" was a sizeable hit on the charts on several continents. It peaked at number-one in Belgium, Finland, Spain and Switzerland, as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100. In addition, it reached number two in Austria, France, West Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. In the latter, it peaked in its second week at the UK Singles Chart, on 4 February 1990.[4] It was held off reaching the top spot by Sinéad O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U". Outside Europe, the single reached number-one on the Canadian RPM Dance/Urban chart as well as in Zimbabwe. On the US Billboard Hot 100, "Get Up!" managed to reach number seven while on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, it peaked at number two. In both Australia and New Zealand, it went to number seven.

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.

Critical reception

Upon the release, Bill Coleman from Billboard felt the song is "not as catchy" as the group's breakthrough smash.[5] Greg Kot from Chicago Tribune complimented rapper Ya Kid K's phrasing as "exotically enthusiastic and seductive", noting that catch phrases such as "Get up, get busy" "have become as ubiquitous as black leather miniskirts at dance clubs from Los Angeles to Berlin."[6] A reviewer from Daily Mirror declared it as a "pounding" dance-floor track.[7] Everett True from Melody Maker said, "This goes "git down/Mmm, get up-per" so many times you begin to wonder if the participants are involved in a particularly strenuous brand of press-up's."[8] Pan-European magazine 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."[9] John Leland from Newsday wrote that it "brings to the mainstream both cult sounds and cult ideology: It is more than anything a remix of the smash hit "Pump Up the Jam", with a new rap by the enticingly vulgar-sounding Zairean rapper Ya Kid K. This is Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" for the '90s: sinister, avant-garde, irresistible: a private fetish made public."[10] Parry Gettelman from The Sentinel named it a "standout" dance track of the album.[11] James Hamilton of Record Mirror deemed the song "another powerfully-produced jam-pumping Euro-bounder, faultless of its type".[12] By contrast, Iestyn George of the same magazine considered the song as being "very much a variation on a theme" copying "the winning formula of "Pump up the Jam"; he also noted the "fake Brooklyn accent" and Ya Kid K's "characterless", although predicting the song's success on the charts.[13]

Retrospective response

In an retrospective review, AllMusic editor Alex Henderson described the song as "highly infectious".[14] Nicole Leedham from The Canberra Times remarked that "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)", along with "Pump Up the Jam", were pushing the envelope of dance music in the late '80s.[15] In an 2015 review, Pop Rescue stated that the song "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."[16]

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single, directed by Liam Kan.[17] It features model Felly lipsynching the chorus with blue lipstick and De Quincey playing the keyboards in the background.[18] As of December 2022, the video had generated more than 56 million views on YouTube.

Track listings

Original version

  1. "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (dance action mix) — 6:00
  2. "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (single mix) — 3:51
  3. "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (muted mix) — 5:52
  4. "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (CD version) — 5:54
  1. "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (single mix) — 3:51
  2. "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (instrumental) — 3:12
  1. "Get Up! (Before The Night Is Over)" (dance action mix) — 6:00
  2. "Get Up! (Before The Night Is Over)" (muted mix) — 5:52
  3. "Get Up! (Before The Night Is Over)" (def mix) — 8:12
  4. "Get Up! (Before The Night Is Over)" (a cappella) — 2:47
  5. "Get Up! (Before The Night Is Over)" (instrumental) — 5:51
  1. "Get Up! (Before The Night Is Over)" (def mix) — 8:12
  2. "Get Up! (Before The Night Is Over)" (album mix) — 4:47
  3. "Get Up! (Before The Night Is Over)" (7" edit) — 3:30
  4. "Get Up! (Before The Night Is Over)" (far east mix) — 5:58
  5. "Pump Up The Jam" (techno mix) — 4:48
  1. "Get Up! (Before The Night Is Over)" (7" edit) — 3:30
  2. "Raw" — 4:47
  1. "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)"
  2. "Raw"

The '98 Sequel version

  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

  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
  5. "Get Up (Before The Night Is Over)" (Global Deejays Remix)

Versions

Charts

Weekly charts

Technotronic version

Chart (1990)Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[21] 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[22] 1
Italy (Musica e dischi)[23] 4
Portugal (AFP)[24] 3
Spain (AFYVE)[25] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[26] 7
US Dance Music/Club Play Singles (Billboard)2
US Hot Black Singles (Billboard)27
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)1
Zimbabwe (ZIMA)[27] 1

Global Deejays version

Chart (2007)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Russia Airplay (TopHit)[28] 59

Year-end charts

Technotronic version

Chart (1990)Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[29] 18
Belgium (Ultratop)[30] 30
Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)[31] 9
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[32] 4
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[33] 56
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[34] 21
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[35] 24
UK Singles (OCC)[36] 17
US Billboard Hot 100[37] 73

Global Deejays version

Chart (2007)! scope="col"
Position
CIS (TopHit)[38] 107
Russia Airplay (TopHit)[39] 121

Notes and References

  1. New Singles. Music Week. 57. 20 January 1990.
  2. Web site: Technotronic's 'Get Up (Before the Night Is Over)' - Discover the Sample Source. WhoSampled. en. 22 December 2019.
  3. "Get Up ! (Before the Night Is Over)" (by Global Deejays), Lescharts.com (Retrieved 11 January 2009)
  4. Web site: Official Singles Chart Top 100 04 February 1990 - 10 February 1990. Official Charts Company. 15 September 2020.
  5. Bill . Coleman . Single Reviews . . 27 January 1990 . 85 . 28 October 2020 .
  6. [Greg Kot|Kot, Greg]
  7. "Ya! More Magic From The Kid K". Daily Mirror. 3 January 1991. p. 11.
  8. Everett. True. Melody Maker. Singles. 27 January 1990. 24 February 2023.
  9. Previews: Singles. Music & Media. 27 January 1990. 26. 22 February 2018.
  10. Leland, John (11 March 1990). "Singles Show the True Legacy of Disco". Newsday.
  11. Gettelman, Parry (5 January 1990). "Technotronic". The Sentinel.
  12. Hamilton . James . James Hamilton (DJ and journalist) . James Hamilton's DJ directory . . 20 January 1990 . 38 . London . Spotlight Publications Ltd.. World Radio History . 0144-5804 . 30 October 2023.
  13. George . Iestyn . Singles reviewed by Iestyn George . . 27 January 1990 . 14 . London . Spotlight Publications Ltd.. World Radio History . 0144-5804 . 30 October 2023.
  14. Web site: Alex . Henderson . Technotronic – Pump Up the Jam: The Album . . 10 November 2020 .
  15. Nicole . Leedham . The working class angst . . 14 May 1994 . 6 . 26 April 2020 .
  16. Web site: Review: "Pump Up The Jam" by Technotronic (CD, 1989). Pop Rescue. 30 November 2015. 14 April 2020.
  17. Web site: Technotronic - Get up VIVA TV VHS. YouTube. 25 December 2022.
  18. Web site: Technotronic - Get Up (Before The Night Is Over) . . 18 June 2010 . 28 September 2021.
  19. Get Up (Before The Night Is Over). Technotronic. 1990. US 7" Single liner notes. SBK Records. B-07315.
  20. Get Up (Before The Night Is Over). Technotronic. 1990. Canadian 7" Single liner notes. SBK Records. B-07315.
  21. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 7. 7. IV. 17 February 1990. 26 March 2018.
  22. Book: Nyman, Jake. 2005. Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja. 1st. Tammi. Helsinki. 951-31-2503-3. fi.
  23. Web site: Classifiche. Musica e dischi. it. 30 May 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Technotronic".
  24. Top 3 Singles in Europe. Music & Media. 7. 20. VII. 19 May 1990. 22 March 2018.
  25. Book: Salaverri, Fernando. Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. 1st. September 2005. Fundación Autor-SGAE. Spain. 84-8048-639-2.
  26. Web site: Technotronic Awards. AllMusic. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304123815/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/technotronic-mn0000025899/awards. 4 March 2016. 11 January 2008.
    • Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
  28. Web site: Top Radio Hits Russia Weekly Chart: Sep 20, 2007. TopHit. 26 April 2024.
  29. Web site: Jahreshitparade Singles 1990. de. 10 February 2021.
  30. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 1990. Ultratop. nl. 10 February 2021.
  31. Top 50 Dance Tracks of 1990. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 9 February 2021.
  32. Eurochart Hot 100 of 1990. Music & Media. 7. 51. 60. 22 December 1990. 29800226. 15 January 2020. World Radio History.
  33. Web site: Single top 100 over 1990. Top40. nl. 12 April 2010.
  34. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Single 1990. MegaCharts. nl. 10 February 2021.
  35. Web site: Swiss Year-End Charts 1990. de. 10 February 2021.
  36. 1990 Top 100 Singles. Music Week. Spotlight Publications. London, England. 41. 2 March 1991.
  37. Web site: Billboard Top 100 – 1990. 15 September 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173634/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1990. 3 March 2016.
  38. Web site: Лучшие песни и музыка за 2007 год. TopHit. ru. 31 October 2021.
  39. Web site: Top Radio Hits Russia Annual Chart: 2007. TopHit. 26 April 2024. 26 April 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240426131857/https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/annual/2007. live.

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