Get Up and Boogie (song)

"Get Up and Boogie" is a song by German disco act Silver Convention from their 1976 second album of the same name. The song was written and composed by Sylvester Levay and Stephan Prager, and produced by Prager.^[2] The song was released as the lead single from the album Get Up and Boogie (also titled Silver Convention in some countries) in 1976.

"Get Up and Boogie"
Artwork for German vinyl single
Single by Silver Convention
from the album Get Up and Boogie
B-side	"Son of a Gun"
Released	March 1976
Genre	Disco[1]
Length	2:49 (single version) 4:00 (album version)
Label	Midland International
Songwriter(s)	Sylvester Levay Stephan Prager
Producer(s)	Stephan Prager
Silver Convention singles chronology
"Fly, Robin, Fly" (1975) "Get Up and Boogie" (1976) "Tiger Baby" (1976)
Music video
Video on YouTube

Composition

Similar to their previous 1975 hit single "Fly, Robin, Fly", the lyrics of "Get Up and Boogie" consists only of two phrases, "Get up and boogie!" and "That's right!" repeated throughout the song.

Reception

"Get Up and Boogie" hit number one on June 15, 1976 in Canada,^[3] and reached No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100,^[4] being kept off the No. 1 spot by Wings' "Silly Love Songs".^[5] Billboard ranked it as the #24 song for 1976.^[6] "Get Up and Boogie" also became a hit during the late-1970s disco scene.

Covers and samples

• Australian rock band Regurgitator sampled the "That's right!" vocal line from "Get Up and Boogie" in their 1998 song "! (The Song Formerly Known As)".
• In the late 2000s, the song was retooled as "Get Up and Snuggie" for use in commercials advertising the "Snuggie" (sleeved blanket).^[7]
• A cover of the song appeared on one edition of Static-X's 2007 album Cannibal.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1976) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 19 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[9] 12 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[10] 10 Canada Top Singles (RPM) 1 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[11] 28 France (IFOP)[12] 33 Ireland (IRMA)[13] 15 Israel (IBA)[14] 3 Italy (Musica e dischi)[15] 7 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[16] 6 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[17] 6 New Zealand (RIANZ)[18] 33 Norway (VG-lista)[19] 6 Spain (PROMUSICAE)[20] 22 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 14 UK Singles Chart 7 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[22] 2 U.S. Billboard Hot Disco Singles 2 U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[23] 25 U.S. Cash Box Top 100[24] 1 West Germany (GfK)[25] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1976) Rank Australia (Kent Music Report)[26] 98 Canada Top Singles (RPM) 18 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[27] 24 U.S. Cash Box Top 100[28] 37 All-time charts Chart (1958-2018) Position US Billboard Hot 100[29] 432