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"Get Down (You're the One for Me)"
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Single by Backstreet Boys
from the album Backstreet Boys
ReleasedApril 30, 1996
Studio Matiz (Hamburg, Germany)
Genre
Length3:50
Label Jive
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Backstreet Boyssingles chronology
"I'll Never Break Your Heart"
(1995)
"Get Down (You're the One for Me)"
(1996)
"Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)"
(1996)
Music video
"Get Down (You're the One for Me)" on YouTube

"Get Down (You're the One for Me)" is a song by American boy band Backstreet Boys. It was released on April 30, 1996, as the third single from their international self-titled debut album (1996). It was later included on their US debut album.

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Background

In some countries, "Get Down" was released as their debut single. The song features a rap in the second verse by both Smooth T. of the group Fun Factory and band member AJ McLean. When performed live, other than a few isolated cases in which Smooth T. was able to join the band, McLean raps alternate lyrics during Smooth T.'s verse. The alternate first rap verse was recorded for the song and was used in the Markus Plastik Vocal Remix of the song: "So get ready - ready for the flavor we are bringin' / It's time I set it off and get your body swingin' / When we're alone, girl, I wanna push up / Can I get it? (yeah!) Everybody throw your hands up."[ citation needed ]

Critical reception

British magazine Music Week rated the song four out of five, adding, "The US boy band have had two massive hits throughout Europe but are yet to break into the UK Top 40. This infectious, upbeat number should do it." [1]

Music video

Background

The accompanying music video was directed by Alan Calzatti, and was filmed in Orlando, Florida on April 10, 1996. [2] It was released in May 1996.[ citation needed ] As of March 2023, the video has over 57 million views on YouTube. [3]

Synopsis

The band performs on the top half of a disco ball lit in a cold, bright, white light. They are also inside a second disco ball, with several females dancing inside individual cabins. Each member is seen wearing big black trousers and shoes, silver necklaces, and various oversized jackets; Nick wearing yellow and red, Brian wearing orange, Howie wearing black, AJ wearing dark yellow, and Kevin wearing bright yellow. [4] Smooth T. appears and hovers around the band during his rap verse.

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the single's liner notes. [8]

Awards

YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
1996 MTV Europe Video Music Awards MTV Select: Get Down (You're the One For Me)Won [9]

Charts

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