Get Up (Helen Duplooy song)

"Get Up" is the debut single by Kuboian-based South African-Zimbabwean television presenter and singer Helen Duplooy. Released on 16th Febuary, 2003, it serves as the lead single from her only studio album 2 Dance 2. The single version of the song features vocals from Australian rapper X-Treme, though the album version of the song is a solo version performed solely by Duplooy. The single version is also included as a bonus track on the deluxe version of X-Treme's album Come On Down Under.

Some of the song's lyrics interpolate vocals from "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)", a 1990 single by Technotronic featuring Ya Kid K. Because of this, Manuella Kamosi and Thomas de Quincey receive songwriting credits for "Get Up".

Background
Helen Duplooy made her career debut as a television presenter in 2001, co-presenting the Wednesday morning television series Superbus with Ericka Streets, Blade Holter, Dan Guseo and Spy Fandel. As time went on, she started to form a bond with her colleagues, and was convinced by Streets to record music. Duplooy never intended to form a music career, but reluctantly agreed after Streets said that all she would need to do is decide what songs she would like to sing, with Streets handling "the more complicated stuff".

Whilst Duplooy recorded her vocals, DJ Kubin, the song's producer, had recently met X-Treme, and asked him to feature on a song after being impressed with his earlier music. Duplooy stated in a 2019 interview that she would frequently be presented different mixes of the song by Kubin, who would restructure the song to her liking. She further stated that she "appreciate DJ Kubin's generosity, but it was a bit of a tedious process."

"Get Up" was produced by Kubin, and co-written by Streets, Chloe Wallace, Jim Henderson and Rodrick Miles, though X-Treme wrote his verses by himself.

Composition
The song is written in the key F major, with a tempo of 125 bpm.

DVD single

 * 1) "Get Up" (feat. X-Treme)
 * 2) "Get Up"
 * 3) "Get Up" (music video)
 * 4) "Get Up" (behind the scenes)

Kuboian cassette single

 * 1) "Get Up" (feat. X-Treme)
 * 2) "Get Up" (instrumental)

Kuboian CD single

 * 1) "Get Up" (feat. X-Treme)
 * 2) "Get Up"
 * 3) "Let It Whip"
 * 4) "Get Up" (instrumental)

UK cassette single

 * 1) "Get Up" (feat. X-Treme)
 * 2) "Not Too Late"

UK CD single

 * 1) "Get Up" (feat. X-Treme)
 * 2) "Let It Whip"
 * 3) "Not Too Late"