Get Up! (Beverley Knight song)

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"Get Up!"
Beverley Knight - Get Up! (CD 1).jpg
Single by Beverley Knight
from the album Who I Am
Released15 October 2001
Recorded2001
Genre
Length3:47
Label Parlophone
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • BJ
  • Mike Soul
Beverley Knight singles chronology
"Sista Sista"
(1999)
"Get Up!"
(2001)
"Shoulda Woulda Coulda"
(2002)
Alternative cover
Beverley Knight - Get Up! (CD 2).JPG
CD 2 cover

Charts

Chart (2001)Peak
position
Scotland (OCC) [3] 42
UK Singles (OCC) [4] 17
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC) [5] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)Position
UK Urban ( Music Week ) [6] 13

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