Get Back (Zebrahead song)

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"Get Back"
Getbackcover.jpg
Single by Zebrahead
from the album Waste of Mind
Released1998
Recorded1998
Genre Nu metal, rap metal
Length3:32
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Zebrahead
Producer(s) Howard Benson
Zebrahead singles chronology
"Get Back"
(1998)
"The Real Me"
(1999)
Music video
"Get Back" on YouTube

Get Back is a song by American punk rock band Zebrahead from their second and major label debut album Waste of Mind which was released on 1998. When the song was released it became a minor hit on the radio and charted #32 on the US Modern Rock Tracks. It's the first and only song so far to be charted on a US Billboard chart from Zebrahead and also is the best known.

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Music video

The music video features the band on the final floor of a building (presumably a hotel or apartment building) and then while performing the song they fall through the other floors of the building.

Track listing

US version
  1. "Get Back" – 3:32
  2. "Swing" – 2:50
  3. "Check" – 2:26
Canadian version
  1. "Get Back" – 3:32
  2. "The Real Me" – 3:57
  3. "Check" – 2:26
Australian version
  1. "Get Back" – 3:32
  2. "Hate" – 1:58
  3. "Song 10" – 2:11

Chart positions

Chart (1998)Peak
position
US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)32

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