Get It Together (Beastie Boys song)

"Get It Together"
Single by Beastie Boys
from the album Ill Communication
Released	May 9, 1994 [1]
Genre	Hip-hop
Length	4:05
Label	Capitol
Songwriters	Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, Adam Yauch, Kamaal Fareed
Producers	Beastie Boys, Mario Caldato Jr.
Beastie Boys singles chronology
"Sabotage" (1994) "Get It Together" (1994) "Sure Shot" (1994)

"Get It Together" is a song by American hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, released as a single from their fourth studio album, Ill Communication . The album version of the song features rapper Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest, but not the single version.

"Get It Together" is a hip-hop song containing elements of funk, boom bap, soul-jazz. ^[2] The song contains vocal samples from the song "Headless Heroes" by Eugene McDaniels, and heavily samples a loop from "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" by the Moog Machine, from the album Switched-On Rock . "Get It Together" also appears on two group's compilation albums The Sounds of Science and Beastie Boys Music . ^[3]

Track listing

• CD single

1. "Get It Together" (LP version) – 4:07
2. "Sabotage" (LP version) – 3:00
3. "Dope Little Song" – 1:48

• US 12" single

1. Side A - 01 – "Get It Together" (LP Version)
2. Side A - 02 – "Get It Together" (Buck-Wild Remix)
3. Side A - 03 – "Resolution Time"
4. Side A - 04 – "Get It Together" (Buck-Wild Instrument)
5. Side B - 01 – "Get It Together" (A.B.A. Remix)
6. Side B - 02 – "Sabotage" (LP Version)
7. Side B - 03 – "Dope Little Song"
8. Side B - 04 – "Get It Together" (A.B.A. Instrumental)

• UK CD single

1. "Get It Together"
2. "Sabotage"
3. "Get It Together" (Beastie Boys Remix)
4. "Resolution Time"

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA) [4]	94
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade) [5]	2
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [6] With Sabotage	35
UK Singles (OCC) [7]	19
UK Dance (OCC) [8]	21
UK Dance ( Music Week ) [9]	21
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard )	1
US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard )	13
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales ( Billboard ) [10]	5
US Hot Rap Tracks ( Billboard ) [10]	43

References

1. Billboard May 7, 1994, page 12
2. Diamond, Michael; Horovitz, Adam (2018). Beastie Boys Book. Random House. p. 359. ISBN   978-0812995541. The finished track, 'Get It Together,' managed to mirror, in subtle ways, some of Tribe's stripped-down hip-hop, with plenty of low-end and touches of funk, boom-bap, and out-there something.
3. Shill, Gene (September 13, 2017). "My favourite album: The Beastie Boys' Ill Communication". The Conversation . Retrieved November 22, 2023. 'Get It Together' samples 'Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In' by the Moog Machine, 'Headless Heroes' by Eugene McDaniels, 'Escape-ism' by James Brown, 'Four Play' by Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns and 'A One Two' by Biz Markie to create a distinct, misty blend of soul-jazz and funk-infused hip-hop that can be now considered quintessentially Beastie Boys.
4. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
5. "Tipparade-lijst van week 35, 1994" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 . Retrieved March 20, 2023.
6. "Beastie Boys - Sabotage/Get It Together". Single Top 100 . Retrieved March 20, 2023.
7. "Beastie Boys Album & Song Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company . Retrieved May 10, 2011.
8. "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company . Retrieved April 17, 2022.
9. "Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week . July 9, 1994. p. 26. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
10. "Beastie Boys - Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved May 10, 2011.