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Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)

"Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)"
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Single by Technotronic
from the album Pump Up the Jam: The Album
B-side "Remix"
Released 8 January 1990
Format CD single, CD maxi,
7" single, 12" maxi
Recorded 1989
Genre Hip house, electronica
Length 5:37
Label BCM
Songwriter(s) Manuella Kamosi
Thomas de Quincey
Producer(s) Thomas de Quincey
Technotronic singles chronology
"Pump Up the Jam"
(1989)
"Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)"
(1990)
"This Beat Is Technotronic"
(1990)
"Pump Up the Jam"
(1989)
"Get up ! (Before the Night Is Over)"
(1990)
"This Beat Is Technotronic"
(1990)

"Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" is a 1989 song recorded by Belgian group Technotronic featuring Ya Kid K. It was the second single from the band's debut album Pump Up the Jam: The Album on which it features as the second track, and was released in 1990. It was very successful in many countries, becoming a top ten hit in Australia, Canada, and U.S. and across many countries in Europe, topping the chart in Belgium, Finland, Spain and Switzerland. The song was re-released in 1998 and in 1999 respectively under the title "Get Up (the '98 Sequel)" and "Get Up (the 1999 Sequel)". The song appears in Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4 and Dance Dance Revolution 3rd Mix.

In 2007, the song was covered by Global Deejays (featuring Technotronic) who achieved a minor success in France.

1 "Get Up (the '98 Sequel)" by Technotronic
2 "Get Up (the 1999 Sequel)" by Technotronic
3 "Get Up ! (Before the Night Is Over)" by Global Deejay featuring Technotronic


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