Get Down (album)

This article is about the Joe Simon album. For other albums with the same title, see Get Down.

Get Down
Studio album by Joe Simon
Released	1975
Studio	Mediasound (New York City) Bell Sound (New York City)
Genre	Soul, R&B
Label	Spring
Producer	Raeford Gerald, Joe Simon, Ed Townsend
Joe Simon chronology
Mood, Heart and Soul (1974) Get Down (1975) Today (1976)

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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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)"	Raeford Gerald, Joe Simon	3:51
2.	"Fire Burning"	Raeford Gerald, Joe Simon	3:27
3.	"It's Be's That Way Sometime"	Phillip Mitchell	6:11
4.	"Music in My Bones"	Raeford Gerald, Joe Simon	5:10

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"You Don't Want to Believe It (My Man)"	Ed Townsend	3:15
6.	"In My Baby's Arms"	Harlan Howard, Raeford Gerald, Joe Simon	3:30
7.	"Still at the Mercy of Your Love"	Rose Marie McCoy, Helen Miller	3:33
8.	"It's Crying Time in Memphis"	Raeford Gerald, Roger Terry, Joe Simon	4:03

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

External links

• Get Down at Discogs (list of releases)