Get on the Dance Floor | |
Cover: | Get on the Dance Floor.jpeg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock |
Album: | It Takes Two |
Released: | 1988 |
Length: | 6:50 (The "Sky" King Remix) 4:24 (Album version) |
Prev Title: | It Takes Two |
Prev Year: | 1988 |
Next Title: | Joy and Pain |
Next Year: | 1988 |
"Get on the Dance Floor" is a 1988 hip-hop single by Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock. The single was their follow up to their highly successful recording, "It Takes Two". On the dance chart, "Get on the Dance Floor" was more successful than its predecessor, hitting number one for two weeks in January 1989.[1] It also peaked at number eleven on the R&B singles chart.[2]
"Get on the Dance Floor" samples The Jacksons 1979 song "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" as well as the 1988 track "A Day in the Life" performed by Black Riot.