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| "Get Up and Dance / Hot Up and Heated" | |
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| Single by Junior Giscombe | |
| B-side | "Hot Up and Heated" |
| Released | 1980 Q2 |
| Recorded | 1978/79 |
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| Label | Fire Sign Ltd. |
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| "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.
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]
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| Chart (1980) | Peak position |
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| French Singles Chart (SNEP) | 1 |
| US Billboard Breakout Chart | 1 |