Get Up Offa That Thing

"Get Up Offa That Thing"
Single by James Brown
from the album Get Up Offa That Thing
B-side"Release the Pressure"
ReleasedMay 1976 (1976-05)
RecordedApril 1976
StudioCriteria Studios, Miami, Florida
Genre
Length
  • 4:11 (Get Up Offa That Thing)
  • 5:27 (Release the Pressure)
LabelPolydor
14326
Songwriter(s)
  • Deanna Brown
  • Deidre Brown
  • Yamma Brown
Producer(s)James Brown
James Brown charting singles chronology
"(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons"
(1976) 		"Get Up Offa That Thing"
(1976) 		"I Refuse to Lose"
(1976)
Audio video
"Get Up Offa That Thing (Release The Pressure)" on YouTube

"Get Up Offa That Thing" is a song written and performed by James Brown. It was released in 1976 as a two-part single (the B-side, titled "Release the Pressure", is a continuation of the same song). It reached #4 on the R&B chart, briefly returning Brown to the Top Ten after a year's absence, and #45 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2][3] Thanks to its chart success, the song became Brown's biggest hit of the late 1970s. The song's lyrics urge listeners to "Get up offa that thing / and dance 'til you feel better." Due to his troubles with the IRS for failure to pay back taxes, Brown credited authorship of the song to his wife Deidre and their daughters, Deanna and Yamma Brown.

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