Led by singer-songwriter Morris Day, the band members are known for having been close Prince associates, and are arguably the most successful artists who have worked with him, achieving particular popularity with R&B fans with tracks such as ' Jerk Out ' and ' Jungle Love '. Vocalist Morris Day infused his cocky, swaggering personality into dance hits that would make Rufus Thomas envious, and, unlike most of the competition, the band managed to do something unique with Prince's genre-busting innovations. The Time broke up in the late '80s, with Day going on to a somewhat disastrous solo career, Jesse Johnson. The legendary, pimpadelic funkmaster, Morris Day, best known as the break out star of rock movie sensation Purple Rain, is releasing his new album through Hollywood Records, It's About Time. Morris Day returns as the freakalicious frontman for one of the all-time greatest party bands and reunites with The Time's original bandmates, valet.

'Get It Up'

Single by the Time

from the album The Time

B-side

'After Hi School'

Released

June 26, 1981

Recorded

April 1981

Studio

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Genre

Length

3:01 (7' edit)
9:08 (album version)

Label

Warner Bros.

Songwriter(s)

Prince

Producer(s)

The Time singles chronology

'Get It Up'
(1981)

'Cool'
(1981)

'Get It Up' is the debut single by the Time, from their 1981 self-titled debut album. Like most of the album, the song was recorded in Prince's home studio in April 1981, and was produced, arranged, composed and performed by Prince with Morris Day later adding his lead vocals.^[1]Revolution keyboardist Doctor Fink provided synth solos on the track, uncredited.

The funk-pop number relies on synthesizers and contains numerous solos throughout the song. The song is propelled by a strong bass line and contains live drums and handclaps. A raunchy guitar solo provides a rock element to the funky track. Osana mod yandere simulator download. 'Get It Up' is basically an ode to sex and Day's attempts to get some. Prince's vocals are very apparent in the song, both in the background and the lead at times.

'Get It Up' was only released as a 7' single with the poppy 'After Hi School' as its B-side. 'After Hi School', while not an outstanding effort was composed by Dez Dickerson and is perhaps the strongest pop effort on the album. Along with the track 'Cool', 'Get It Up' peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Hot R&B singles chart, and at number 16 on the Disco Top 80 chart.^[2] The full version of 'Get It Up' was later a B-side for the 12' single of 'Ice Cream Castles' in 1984. 'Get It Up' is one of The Time's more popular numbers, and a live version of the song recorded at the House of Blues in 1998 was included on Morris Day's 2004 album, It's About Time where it segues into '777-9311'.

TLC version[edit]

Morris Day And The Time Greatest Hits Torrent

'Get It Up'

Single by TLC

from the album Poetic Justice: Music from the Motion Picture

Released

June 6, 1993

Recorded

1993

Genre

Length

4:25

Label

Arista

Songwriter(s)

Prince

Producer(s)

TLC singles chronology

'Hat 2 da Back'
(1992)

'Get It Up'
(1993)

'Creep'
(1994)

Music video

'Get It Up' on YouTube

'Get It Up' was covered by girl group TLC for the Poetic Justice soundtrack becoming a major hit for the group and was later included in TLC's greatest hits album, Now and Forever: The Hits. The video for TLC's 'Get It Up' was shot in June 1993.

Charts[edit]

Morris Day And The Time Greatest Hits Cd

Chart (1993)	Peak position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[3]	25
US Billboard Hot 100^[4]	42
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[5]	15
US Rhythmic (Billboard)^[6]	14

Morris Day And The Time Top Songs

External links[edit]

Morris Day And The Time Greatest Hits

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

References[edit]

^Hill, Dave (1989). Prince A Pop Life (First American ed.). New York: Harmony Books. p. 102. ISBN0517572826.
^Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 260.
^'Charts.nz – TLC – GET IT UP'. Top 40 Singles. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
^'TLC Chart History (Hot 100)'. Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
^'TLC Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)'. Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
^'TLC Chart History (Rhythmic)'. Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2017.

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