"Get Up, Stand Up" is a song by house music DJ/producer Laurence Nelson, who recorded the track under the project Phunky Phantom. The track features the repeated use of the only lyrics on the song, "Get up, stand up, strut your funky stuff sure enough", which was sampled from a 1979 disco song called "Strut Your Funky Stuff" by the American group Frantique.Frantique, "Strut Your Funky Stuff" release information at Discogs This was Nelson's only song to make the Hot Dance Club Play chart, reaching number one on October 11, 1997.Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date October 11, 1997 The same track reached number 27 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1998.
Track listings 12 in. vinyl (US)Single release information at Discogs A1 Get Up Stand Up (Original Mix) 6:56 A2 Get Up Stand Up (KLM Vocal Mix) 9:27 B1 Get Up Stand Up (Tin Tin Out Dub) 7:49 B2 Get Up Stand Up (KLM Dub Mix) 9:28
CD Maxi (UK)Single release information at Discogs Get Up Stand Up (KLM Vocal Edit) 3:51 Get Up Stand Up (Original Mix) 6:58 Get Up Stand Up (Tin Tin Out Dub) 7:52 Get Up Stand Up (KLM Vocal Mix) 9:35 Get Up Stand Up (KLM Dub Mix) 9:28
CD Maxi (Australia)Single release information at Discogs Get Up Stand Up (Radio Edit) 3:10 Get Up Stand Up (KLM Vocal Mix) 9:28 Get Up Stand Up (Tin Tin Out Dub) 7:49 Get Up Stand Up (Tony De Vit Mix) 8:57 Get Up Stand Up (Super Ego Mix) 6:14
See also List of number-one dance singles of 1997 (U.S.)
References
External links KLM Vocal Mix of "Get Up, Stand Up" at YouTube