| "Get Down on It" | ||||
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.png) One of side-A labels of US single | ||||
| Single by Kool & the Gang | ||||
| from the album Something Special | ||||
| B-side | "Steppin' Out", "Summer Madness" (UK), "No Show" (France) | |||
| Released | November 24, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
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| Label | De-Lite | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ronald Nathan Bell, Claydes Charles Smith, George Melvin Brown, James "J.T." Taylor, Robert Spike Mickens, Robert Earl Bell, Eumir Deodato | |||
| Producer(s) | Eumir Deodato in association with Kool & the Gang | |||
| Kool & the Gang singles chronology | ||||
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| "Get Down on It” on YouTube | ||||
"Get Down on It" is a 1981 song by American band Kool & the Gang. It was originally released on their Something Special album in 1981. The single was certified Gold by the RIAA.
Record World called it a "kinetic dancer" and said that the "chant-like chorus hook is contagious."[4]
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- ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. March 6, 1982. p. 1. Retrieved March 2, 2023.