Get Up And Dance/Hot Up And Heated

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"Get Up and Dance / Hot Up and Heated"
Single by Junior Giscombe
B-side "Hot Up and Heated"
Released1980 Q2
Recorded1978/79
Genre
Label Fire Sign Ltd.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Junior Douglas
Music video
"Get Up And Dance" on YouTube

"Get Up and Dance / Hot Up and Heated" is a single by English singer and songwriter Junior Giscombe, released in the second quarter of 1980.

Contents

Background

The single features "Get Up and Dance" on the A-side and "Hot Up and Heated" on the B-side. Both tracks were written by Junior Giscombe and Junior Douglas as well as produced by Junior Douglas. The single reached number 1 on the French Singles Chart and number 1 on the Billboard Breakout Chart in the United States. [1] [2]

In a reflection on the track’s unexpected success, Giscombe recalled,

I did a track called ‘Get Up And Dance’ / ‘Hot Up And Heated’ around 1978/79, and I had no idea how big that 12-inch was in Europe. When I went to France to do a show in front of about four thousand people in Paris, and I went on stage to do ‘Mama Used To Say’, when they started the track, everybody started booing! (Laughs) I thought, ‘Hold on a minute, you guys called me over here!’ [3]

Junior Giscombe started his musical career working with the popular British black music band Linx between 1980-82. A one-off 1980 single called Get Up And Dance/Hot Up And Heated enjoyed some popularity in clubs in the UK and France, prompting then Phonogram A&R executive Roger Ames to track him down. This resulted in a contract with the company in the UK and releases on Mercury Records. [4]

Track listings

7"

  1. "Get Up And Dance" – 4:22
  2. "Hot Up And Heated" – 4:41

12"

  1. "Get Up And Dance" – 6:28
  2. "Hot Up And Heated" – 6:47

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak position
French Singles Chart (SNEP)1
US Billboard Breakout Chart1

References

  1. ↑ "Junior Giscombe - A Global British Hit Maker..." FutureTopic. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
  2. ↑ Lenny Fontana (May 23, 2025). "Junior interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana #145". True House Stories (Podcast). Spotify. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Junior Giscombe Interview Part 1". UK Vibe. 2016. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
  4. ↑ "Junior – Ji". Dubman Home Entertainment. Retrieved 2025-05-25.
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