Fired Up! (song)

"Fired Up!"
Single by Funky Green Dogs
from the album Get Fired Up
ReleasedSeptember 2, 1996 (1996-09-02)
StudioHN, Down Low (Miami, Florida)
GenreTribal house[1]
Length7:12
LabelTwisted America
Songwriter(s)
  • Ralph Falcon
  • Oscar Gaetan
Producer(s)
  • Ralph Falcon
  • Oscar Gaetan
Funky Green Dogs singles chronology
"High Up"
(1994)
"Fired Up!"
(1996)
"The Way"
(1997)
Audio
"Fired Up!" on YouTube

"Fired Up!" is a song by American house music duo Funky Green Dogs, also known as Murk. Written and produced by group members Ralph Falcon and Oscar Gaetan, the track's vocals are performed by Pamela Williams. "Fired Up!" was released on September 2, 1996, as the lead single from Funky Green Dogs' debut album, Get Fired Up (1996). Music critics responded positively to the song, praising its hook and tribal sound. The song became a number-one hit on the US Billboard Maxi-Singles Sales chart, the Canadian RPM Dance chart, and the Ultratop 50 chart of Belgium's Flanders region. It also reached the top 20 in the United Kingdom and in Belgium's Wallonia region.

  1. ^ Flick, Larry (September 14, 1996). "Funky Green Dogs Find Themselves 'All Fired Up!'". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 37. p. 36. ...'Fired Up,' a hot item on test pressing, thanks to its urgent tribal beat...