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"Get on Up" is a song written by Johnny Taylor, Gilbert Moorer, and Bill Sheppard and performed by The Esquires. It was featured on their 1967 album, Get on Up and Get Away[1] and was produced by Bill Sheppard.[2]

"Get on Up"
Single by The Esquires
from the album Get on Up and Get Away
B-side	"Listen to Me"
Released	August 1967
Genre	R&B
Length	2:25
Label	Bunky
Songwriter(s)	Johnny Taylor, Gilbert Moorer, Bill Sheppard
Producer(s)	Bill Sheppard
The Esquires singles chronology
"Get on Up" (1967) "And Get Away" (1967)

Chart performance

"Get on Up" reached #3 on the US R&B chart and #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967.[3] The single ranked 34th on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1967.[4] The band released an updated version in 1976 entitled "Get on Up '76" which reached #62 on the US R&B chart.[5]

Song sampling

• "Get on Up" was sampled in Carmen Electra's "Everybody Get on Up" on her 1993 album, Carmen Electra. The song reached #33 on the US Dance chart.[6]

References

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