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1975 studio album by Joe Simon
Get Down
Studio album by Joe Simon
Released1975
Studio
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
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

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

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
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 129
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 10
Singles
Year Single Peaks
US
 US
R&B
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. ^ 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. ^ "US Charts > Joe Simon". Billboard. Retrieved 11 October 2017.

External links

Joe Simon
Studio albums
Singles
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