"Get on Up" is a song by American

United States

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 R&B

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 group Jodeci

Jodeci

Jodeci is an American band, whose repertoire includes R&B, soul music, and new jack swing. The group consists of two pairs of brothers from Hampton, Virginia and Charlotte, North Carolina: Cedric & Joel Hailey and Donald & Dalvin DeGrate, all respectively known by their stage names: K-Ci & Jojo,...

 recorded for their third album The Show, the After Party, the Hotel

The Show, the After Party, the Hotel

-Album:-Singles:"—" denotes releases that did not chart.-Personnel:Information taken from Allmusic.*Arranging: Dalvin DeGrate, Missy Elliott*Art Direction: Robert Reives*Bass: Darryl Pearson...

(1995). The song was released as the third and final single

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 for the album in 1996. "Get on Up" contains the sample of the 1981 song from Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones

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 featuring Toots Thielemans

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' "Velas".

In popular culture

In 1996, Jodeci performed this song when they guest starred in a season one episode of the UPN

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 sitcom Moesha

Moesha

Moesha is an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May 14, 2001. The series stars R&B singer Brandy Norwood as Moesha Mitchell, a high school student living with her family in the Leimert Park neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles.-Overview:The show...

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Track listings

CD, Promo

1. "Get on Up" (Radio Edit) - 3:40
2. "Get on Up" (Dalvin Remix) - 4:17
3. "Get on Up" (The Instant Flava Mix) - 4:26
4. "Get on Up" (LP Instrumental) - 4:21

Vinyl, 12"

1. "Get on Up" (LP Version) - 3:43
2. "Get on Up" (Mr. Dalvin's Remix) - 4:17
3. "Freek'n You
   Freek'n You
   "Freek'n You" is a song by American R&B group Jodeci recorded for their third album The Show, the After Party, the Hotel . The song was released as the first single for the album in 1995.-Track listings:CD, Maxi-Single...
   
   " - 5:07
   (feat. Ghostface Killah
   Ghostface Killah
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    and Raekwon
   Raekwon
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   )

Personnel

Information taken from Discogs

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• arranging: Mr. Dalvin
• executive producers: DeVante Swing, Andre Harrell
• production: Mr. Dalvin
• remixing: Instant Flava, Mr. Dalvin
• scratching: DJ Double D
• writers: JoJo, K-Ci, Mr. Dalvin

Chart performance

Chart (1996)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	22
U.S. Dance Music/Club Play Singles	10
U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, established in 1985. It measures the sale of commercially released singles that deal with dance music and remixes...	6
U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart is the sales component chart of Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. It is not the R&B subset of The Hot 100 Singles Sales, but rather a separate panel of sales of commercial singles in the urban market...	4
U.S. Rhythmic Top 40 Rhythmic Airplay Chart The Rhythmic Airplay Chart is an airplay chart that is featured weekly in Billboard Magazine. The chart tracks and measures the airplay of songs played on Rhythmic stations, whose playlist includes mostly hit-driven R&B/Hip-Hop, Rhythmic pop, and some Dance tracks...	15