Get Down
Studio album by
Joe Simon
Released1975
Studio
  • Media Sound (New York City)
  • Bell Sound (New York City)
GenreSoul, R&B
LabelSpring
ProducerRaeford Gerald, Joe Simon, Ed Townsend
Joe Simon chronology
Mood, Heart and Soul
(1974)		 Get Down
(1975)		 Today
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Get Down is a studio album by the American singer Joe Simon, released in 1975 on Spring Records.[2]

Chart performance

The album peaked at No. 10 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 129 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)", which peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Music in My Bones", which charted at No. 7 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 92 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)"Raeford Gerald, Joe Simon3:51
2."Fire Burning"Raeford Gerald, Joe Simon3:27
3."It's Be's That Way Sometime"Phillip Mitchell6:11
4."Music in My Bones"Raeford Gerald, Joe Simon5:10
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."You Don't Want to Believe It (My Man)"Ed Townsend3:15
6."In My Baby's Arms"Harlan Howard, Raeford Gerald, Joe Simon3:30
7."Still at the Mercy of Your Love"Rose Marie McCoy, Helen Miller3:33
8."It's Crying Time in Memphis"Raeford Gerald, Roger Terry, Joe Simon4:03

Charts

Chart (1975) Peak
[4]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 129
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 10
Singles
Year Single Peaks
US
[4]		 US
R&B
[4]
1975 Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)" 8 1
"Music in My Bones" 92 7

References

  1. ↑ Get Down review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
  2. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 467.
  3. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 636.
  4. 1 2 3 "US Charts > Joe Simon". Billboard. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
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