"Get Down" is a song by Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan, from his 1973 album I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter. Released as a single, it spent two weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart in April 1973,[2] was also a number-one hit in Ireland for three weeks and was a top-ten hit in the United States and Canada. The song was originally used by O'Sullivan as a piano warm-up tune,[3] but was eventually extended into a full song and released as a single; O'Sullivan recorded and released the song as a change from his more melancholy pieces.
Believed to be an order from O'Sullivan to his dog ("Get Down!"), the singer is actually referring to a girl in the song behaving as a dog jumping on him, hence the request to "get down".[4]
In 2006 British dance group Malibu Sneakers recorded a dance version of the song entitled "Get Down Again".[5] In 2008 it was released as a vinyl 12", including a vocal remix by Raul Rincon.[6]
This song, along with another one of O'Sullivan's songs, "Alone Again (Naturally)", were featured as the opening and ending for episode 24 of the Japanese anime hit Maison Ikkoku. At the time, O'Sullivan was signed to production company Kitty Film's associated record label, Kitty Records, which wanted to use the anime's popularity as a way to promote the singer's career in Japan. According to series director Kazuo Yamazaki, the reason the songs were dropped after only one episode was that they were unpopular with viewers; due to copyright issues, they were not included on the English-language American release of the anime, replaced by the previously used Japanese theme songs. The anime was based upon the popular manga of the same name by Rumiko Takahashi.
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Get Down is a song by Irish singer songwriter Gilbert O Sullivan from his 1973 album I m a Writer Not a Fighter Released as a single it spent two weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart in April 1973 2 was also a number one hit in Ireland for three weeks and was a top ten hit in the United States and Canada The song was originally used by O Sullivan as a piano warm up tune 3 but was eventually extended into a full song and released as a single O Sullivan recorded and released the song as a change from his more melancholy pieces Get Down Single by Gilbert O Sullivanfrom the album I m a Writer Not a FighterB side A Very Extraordinary Sort of Girl Released9 March 1973 1 Recorded1973Length2 39LabelMAMSongwriter s Gilbert O SullivanProducer s Gordon MillsGilbert O Sullivan singles chronology Out of the Question 1973 Get Down 1973 Ooh Baby 1973 Audio Get Down on YouTube Believed to be an order from O Sullivan to his dog Get Down the singer is actually referring to a girl in the song behaving as a dog jumping on him hence the request to get down 4 In 2006 British dance group Malibu Sneakers recorded a dance version of the song entitled Get Down Again 5 In 2008 it was released as a vinyl 12 including a vocal remix by Raul Rincon 6 The song was used in the 2013 film The Harry Hill Movie 7 According to Rick Finch of KC and the Sunshine Band the song was the inspiration for the 1975 disco hit Get Down Tonight 8 Contents 1 Chart performance 1 1 Weekly singles charts 1 2 Year end charts 2 Maison Ikkoku 3 ReferencesChart performance editWeekly singles charts edit Chart 1973 Peakposition Argentina 9 6 Australia KMR 10 6 Austria O3 Austria Top 40 11 3 Belgium VRT Top 30 Flanders 12 2 Canada RPM Top Singles 13 3 Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 14 1 Denmark Tracklisten 4 France SNEP 15 8 Ireland IRMA 16 1 Italy FIMI 17 10 Netherlands Dutch Top 40 18 3 New Zealand Listener 19 7 Norway VG lista 20 4 South Africa Springbok 21 3 Spain AFYVE 22 3 Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 23 2 UK Singles Official Charts Company 24 1 U S Billboard Hot 100 25 7 U S Billboard Easy Listening 26 3 U S Cash Box Top 100 27 4 West Germany Official German Charts 28 1 Year end charts edit Chart 1973 Rank Australia 10 34 Canada 29 67 Netherlands Dutch Top 40 30 38 Switzerland 31 5 UK 32 14 U S Billboard Hot 100 33 66 U S Cash Box 34 40Maison Ikkoku editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Get Down Gilbert O Sullivan song news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2023 Learn how and when to remove this message This song along with another one of O Sullivan s songs Alone Again Naturally were featured as the opening and ending for episode 24 of the Japanese anime hit Maison Ikkoku At the time O Sullivan was signed to production company Kitty Film s associated record label Kitty Records which wanted to use the anime s popularity as a way to promote the singer s career in Japan According to series director Kazuo Yamazaki the reason the songs were dropped after only one episode was that they were unpopular with viewers due to copyright issues they were not included on the English language American release of the anime replaced by the previously used Japanese theme songs The anime was based upon the popular manga of the same name by Rumiko Takahashi References edit Gilbert O Sullivan Get Down 45cat com GILBERT O SULLIVAN full Official Chart History Official Charts Company Officialcharts com Retrieved 8 October 2016 Gilbert O Sullivan In Print Gilbertosullivan net 2 August 1973 Retrieved 8 October 2016 Gilbert O He Knows He s A Mechanical Man Gilbertosullivan net 2 August 1973 Retrieved 28 September 2014 Malibu Sneakers Get Down Again Discogs 2008 Malibu Sneakers Get Down Again Discogs Retrieved 1 April 2018 The Harry Hill Movie 2013 IMDb com Retrieved 1 August 2018 Rick Finch Songwriter Interviews Songfacts com Retrieved 1 April 2018 Latin American Hit Parade Argentina PDF worldradiohistory com Record World 23 June 1973 p 49 a b Steffen Hung Forum 1970 ARIA Charts Special Occasion Charts Australian charts com Archived from the original on 2 June 2016 Retrieved 8 October 2016 Gilbert O Sullivan Get Down in German O3 Austria Top 40 get down gilbert o sullivan VRT in Dutch Top30 2 radio2 be Archived from the original on 9 April 2012 Retrieved 25 July 2013 Hoogste notering in de top 30 1 Item Display RPM Library and Archives Canada Collectionscanada gc ca Retrieved 8 October 2016 Item Display RPM Library and Archives Canada Collectionscanada gc ca 17 July 2013 Retrieved 5 December 2016 Gilbert O Sullivan Get Down in French Les classement single Retrieved 21 July 2013 Chart Track Week 9 1973 Irish Singles Chart I singoli piu venduti del 1973 HitParadeItalia in Italian Creative Commons Retrieved 1 June 2013 10 Get Down Gilbert O Sullivan 10 Nederlandse Top 40 Gilbert O Sullivan in Dutch Dutch Top 40 flavour of new 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May 2015 Top 100 Jaaroverzicht van 1973 Top40 nl Stichting Nederlandse Top 40 Retrieved 1 April 2018 Hung Steffen Swiss Year End Charts 1973 swisscharts com Swisscharts com Retrieved 1 April 2018 Top 100 1973 UK Music Charts Uk charts top source info Retrieved 8 October 2016 Top 100 Hits of 1973 Top 100 Songs of 1973 Musicoutfitters com Retrieved 8 October 2016 Top 100 Year End Charts 1973 Cashbox Magazine Archived from the original on 16 December 2019 Retrieved 25 June 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Get Down Gilbert O 27Sullivan song amp oldid 1178252363, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
