Get a Job (song)

This article is about the song by the Silhouettes. For the song by Gossip, see A Joyful Noise (Gossip album). For the song by The Offspring, see Why Don't You Get a Job?
"Get a Job"
Single by The Silhouettes
A-side"I Am Lonely"
ReleasedNovember 1957 (1957-11)
RecordedOctober 1957. Robinson Recording Laboratories, Philadelphia
GenreDoo-wop, rhythm and blues
Length2:45
LabelJunior
Songwriter(s)
  • Earl Beal
  • Raymond Edwards
  • Richard Lewis
  • William Horton

"Get a Job" is a song by The Silhouettes released in November 1957. It reached the number one spot on the Billboard pop and R&B singles charts in February 1958,[1] and was later included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981).[2] The song celebrates the virtues of securing gainful employment.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Whitburn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0899190251. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.