Get It (Stevie Wonder song)
"Get It" | ||||
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Single by Stevie Wonder featuring Michael Jackson | ||||
from the album Characters | ||||
B-side | "Get It" (instrumental) | |||
Released | May 5, 1988 (1988-05-05) | |||
Recorded | September 1987 | |||
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Genre | R&B | |||
Length |
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Label | Tamla | |||
Songwriter(s) | Stevie Wonder | |||
Producer(s) |
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Stevie Wonder singles chronology | ||||
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Michael Jackson singles chronology | ||||
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"Get It" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder with a guest vocal by American pop recording artist Michael Jackson. It was released by Tamla as the third single from Wonder's twenty-first studio album, Characters (1987). At the time of the single's release, and their albums released in the same year, Wonder worked with Jackson on his top-selling Bad album for their first duet "Just Good Friends". "Get It" was a R&B chart hit, peaking at number four. On the US Billboard Hot 100 it peaked at number 80. Overseas, the single became a moderate hit. In the UK, the single reached number 37 on the official UK Singles Chart.
Background
Jackson and Wonder had a history of collaborating with each other over the years. The first dating back to 1974, in which Wonder crafted and produced a Jackson 5 album, which was eventually shelved.[1] (One of those songs recorded, "Buttercup" appears on the 2009 compilation album I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters, released after Jackson's death.)
That same year, Michael and his brothers provided backing vocals to Wonder's hit "You Haven't Done Nothin'" from his parent album Fullfillingness' First Finale. Both Wonder and Jackson were part of an all-star choir included on Donna Summer's 1982 single "State of Independence" and 1985's "We Are the World", which Jackson co-wrote and both singles produced by Quincy Jones.
Jackson worked with Wonder again for the song "I Can't Help It" for Jackson's 1979 breakthrough album Off the Wall, which was written by Wonder and former Supremes member Susaye Greene. Within a year, Jackson also did background vocal work on "All I Do" from Wonder's platinum-selling Hotter than July album.
Critical reception
Cash Box called it a "light dance tune, heavy on groove, low on fat" that is "exciting and accessible" and praised Wonder's "patented skipping base feel and percussive sound" and Jackson's singing.[2] John Tague from NME viewed it as "a half-decent ditty that's more Jacko than Wonder."[3]
Personnel
- Stevie Wonder – lead vocals, backing vocals, synthesizers, bass guitar, drums, and synthesized percussion
- Michael Jackson – lead vocals
- Mary Lee Evans – backing vocals
- Ben Bridges – guitar
Charts
Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] | 15 |
Finland (Suomen virallinen singlelista)[5] | 22 |
UK Singles (OCC)[6] | 37 |
US Billboard Hot 100[7] | 80 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[8] | 4 |
References
- ^ "Stevie Wonder - the Michael Jackson Wonder Connection".
- ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. April 23, 1988. p. 8. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
- ^ Tague, John (May 28, 1988). "Singles". NME. p. 16. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
- ^ "Stevie Wonder & Michael Jackson – Get It" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
- ^ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Michael Jackson". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 113. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
- ^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
- ^ "Stevie Wonder Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Stevie Wonder Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
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