Get Up And Dance/Hot Up And Heated
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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 British 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]
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!’[2]
Track listings
[edit]7"
- "Get Up And Dance" – 4:22
- "Hot Up And Heated" – 4:41
12"
- "Get Up And Dance" – 6:28
- "Hot Up And Heated" – 6:47
Personnel
[edit]- Junior Giscombe – lead vocals, songwriter
- Junior Douglas – songwriter, producer
- Hope Richardson - songwriter
- Pascal - songwriter
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1980) | Peak position |
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| French Singles Chart (SNEP) | 1 |
| US Billboard Breakout Chart | 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Junior Giscombe - A Global British Hit Maker..." FutureTopic. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
- ^ "Junior Giscombe Interview Part 1". UK Vibe. 2016. Retrieved 2025-01-28.