Get Up, Stand Up (Phunky Phantom song)

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"Get Up, Stand Up"
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Single by Phunky Phantom
Released1997
Recorded1997
Genre Electronica/House
Length6:48
Label Distinct'ive Records (UK)
Groovilicious (US)
Central Station (Australia)
Songwriter(s) Laurence Nelson, Jack Robinson, Vivienne Robinson, James Bolden
Producer(s) Laurence Nelson

"Get Up, Stand Up" is a song by house music DJ/producer Laurence Nelson, who recorded the track under the project Phunky Phantom. The track features the repeated use of the only lyrics on the song, "Get up, stand up, strut your funky stuff sure enough", which was sampled from a 1979 disco song called "Strut Your Funky Stuff" by the American group Frantique. [1] This was Nelson's only song to make the Hot Dance Club Play chart, reaching number one on October 11, 1997. [2] The same track reached number 27 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1998. [3]

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12 in. vinyl (US) [4]
CD Maxi (UK) [5]
CD Maxi (Australia) [6]

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References

  1. Frantique, "Strut Your Funky Stuff" release information at Discogs
  2. Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date October 11, 1997
  3. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 426. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  4. Single release information at Discogs
  5. Single release information at Discogs
  6. Single release information at Discogs