Get Up Offa That Thing

"Get Up Offa That Thing", sometimes subtitled "(Release the Pressure)", is a song performed by James Brown, released as a two-part single in 1976 (the B-side, titled "Release the Pressure", is actually a continuation of the same song, and also appears on the album of the same name). It was one of Brown's biggest hits in the second half of the 1970s, reaching #4 on the R&B chart, and became a staple of his later live performances. The song's lyrics urge the listener to "Get up offa that thing / and dance 'til you feel better." Brown's declamatory vocals include a dismissive passing reference to Barry White ("Barry who?" responds one of the band members). Brown's vocal also makes reference to the Ohio Players, possibly because the song sounds similar to recordings made in the mid-1970s by that band.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!!! OH! Say it now! I'm back! I'm back! I'm back! I'm back! Get up offa that thing And dance 'till you feel better Get up offa that thing And dance 'till you, sing it now! Get up offa that thing And dance 'till you feel better Get up offa that thing And try to release that pressure! Get up offa that thing And shake 'till you feel better Get up offa that thing And shake it, say it now! Get up offa that thing And shake 'till you feel better Get up offa that thing And try to release that pressure! Get up off! Ha! Good God! So good! Ha! Everybody ready?! Follow me! Get up offa that thing And shake 'till you feel better (yeeeah) Get up offa that thing And shake it, sing it now! Get up offa that thing And shake 'till you feel better Get up offa that thing And try to release that pressure! Get up offa that thing (ha!) And twist 'till you feel better Get up offa that thing And shake 'till you, sing it now! Get up offa that thing And shake 'till you feel better Get up offa that thing And try to release that pressure! Hah! So funky! So good, uh! Bus stop, hah! Funk around, uh, ha! Ohio player! Can you hit it one time, from the top? I want ya to get up offa that thing And dance till you feel better! Get up offa that thing Follow me... Help me! Get up offa that thing And dance 'till you feel better! Get up offa that thing And try to release that pressure! Wait a minute! Huh-ha, so funky (Whoo, sho-nuff!) I need it That's the wise old brother at the side start good! C'mon Clive do it! Do it, Jimmy! Uh, ha! (Watch it, watch it, look at that) Good God! You feel good? Let me hear you say somethin'! (Now watch it, watch it) You feel good? (Watch it, watch it) You feel good? Do it to me! Huh, good God! (Get up offa that thing And dance 'till you feel better!) I want the horns again! Can I get the horns again? (Get up offa that thing And try to release that pressure!) Play a little for me! Show 'em how funky you are! Play it, JBs! Play it now! Hey! Get up offa that thing And dance 'till you feel better! Get up offa that thing (I like it, I like it, I like it) And dance 'till you... help me out! Get up offa that thing (I does too...) And dance 'till you feel better! Get up offa that thing And try to release that pressure! Get up offa that thing And shake 'till you feel better! Get up offa that thing And try to release, say it now! Get up offa that thing And shake 'till you feel better Get up offa that thing And try to release that pressure! Wait a minute... hold it! I feel good! (I like it, I like it, I like it, i like it!) [?] the other night Oh Lord, we got 'em now! Here I come, we got 'em now!