Get It (Stevie Wonder song)
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| Single by Stevie Wonder featuring Michael Jackson | ||||
| from the album Characters | ||||
| B-side | "12 inch instrumental" | |||
| Released | December 15, 1987 (airplay, U.S.) May 5, 1988 (physical release) | |||
| Recorded | September 1987 | |||
| Studio | CBS/Sony Studio, Tokyo (Michael Jackson's voice), Wonderland Studios, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Synth-pop, R&B | |||
| Length | 4:32 (album version) 4:22 (single version) 6:44 (extended version) | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Stevie Wonder | |||
| Producer(s) | Stevie Wonder, Gary Olazabal, Quincy Jones (Michael Jackson's voice) | |||
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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. Taken from his 21st studio album Characters in 1987, the song was the third single released from Wonder's album.
Jackson and Wonder had a history of collaborating with each other over the years. The first dating back to 1974, where 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, Jackson and his brothers provided backing vocals to Wonder's hit "You Haven't Done Nothin'" from his parent album Fullfillingness' First Finale. Coincidentally, both Wonder and Jackson were both part of an all-star choir including 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.
At the time of the single's release, and their respective albums released in the same year, Wonder worked with Jackson on his top-selling Bad album for their first duet Just Good Friends.
The single was a top five R&B hit (#4), and a top twenty Adult Contemporary hit (#11). It didn't fare well on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number eighty, its peak position. Overseas, the single became a moderate hit. In the UK, the single reached number thirty-seven on the official UK Singles Chart, where it became Jackson's 22nd top 40 hit in that territory, and Wonder's 35th top 40 hit in that country as well.
Personnel
- Michael Jackson - lead vocals
- Stevie Wonder - lead and backing vocals, synthesizers, bass guitar, drums, and synthesized percussion
- Mary Lee Evans - backing vocals
- Ben Bridges - guitar
Chart positions
| Chart (1988) | Peak Position |
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| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[2] | 15 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[3] | 80 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[4] | 4 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[5] | 11 |
References
- ^ http://www.steviewonder.org.uk/bio/life-stories/michael-jackson.html
- ^ "Stevie Wonder & Michael Jackson – Get It" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
- ^ "Stevie Wonder Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Stevie Wonder Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "Stevie Wonder Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
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