Get It Up (Aerosmith song)

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"Get It Up"
Single by Aerosmith
from the album Draw the Line
B-side"Milk Cow Blues"
ReleasedApril 6, 1978
Recorded1978
GenreFunk, rock
Length4:02
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jack Douglas
Aerosmith singles chronology
"Kings and Queens"
(1978) 		"Get It Up"
(1978) 		"Come Together"
(1978)

"Get It Up" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. Written by lead singer Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry, the song features Karen Lawrence, singer of the band L.A. Jets, on the chorus. It was released in 1978 as the third and final single from their album Draw the Line. The single also included "Milk Cow Blues" as a B-side. The single failed to break into the singles chart. The guitar is noted for its usage of slide guitar. The single had a reference to the next track on the album, "Bright Light Fright". The song was played occasionally by the band during the Aerosmith Express Tour from 1977 to 1978 in support of the Draw the Line album.

Critical reception

In a 1979 issue of

Ultimate Classic Rock, Sterling Whitaker cited the song as an example of a Draw the Line track that "should-have-been-great-but-not-quite", saying that it "featured important elements of the classic Aerosmith sound, but somehow didn't catch fire."[4] Biographer Richard Bienstock called it a "limp funk workout".[5]

References

  1. ^ "Rolling Stone's 500 Worst Reviews of All Time (work in progress)". Retrieved May 8, 2015.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard. April 15, 1978. p. 95. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  3. ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. April 22, 1978. p. 52. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  4. ^ Sterling Whitaker (December 2, 2013). "36 Years Ago – Aerosmith Release 'Draw the Line'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  5. ISBN 978-0760341063
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