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| Get Down | ||||
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| Released | 1975 | |||
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| Genre | Soul, R&B | |||
| Label | Spring | |||
| Producer | Raeford Gerald, Joe Simon, Ed Townsend | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [3] |
Get Down is a studio album by the American singer Joe Simon, released in 1975 on Spring Records. [2]
The album peaked at No. 10 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 129 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)", which peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Music in My Bones", which charted at No. 7 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 92 on the Billboard Hot 100.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)" | Raeford Gerald, Joe Simon | 3:51 |
| 2. | "Fire Burning" | Raeford Gerald, Joe Simon | 3:27 |
| 3. | "It's Be's That Way Sometime" | Phillip Mitchell | 6:11 |
| 4. | "Music in My Bones" | Raeford Gerald, Joe Simon | 5:10 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5. | "You Don't Want to Believe It (My Man)" | Ed Townsend | 3:15 |
| 6. | "In My Baby's Arms" | Harlan Howard, Raeford Gerald, Joe Simon | 3:30 |
| 7. | "Still at the Mercy of Your Love" | Rose Marie McCoy, Helen Miller | 3:33 |
| 8. | "It's Crying Time in Memphis" | Raeford Gerald, Roger Terry, Joe Simon | 4:03 |
| Chart (1975) | Peak [4] |
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| U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 129 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs | 10 |
| Year | Single | Peaks | |
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| US [4] | US R&B [4] | ||
| 1975 | Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)" | 8 | 1 |
| "Music in My Bones" | 92 | 7 | |
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