Gett Off

"Gett Off" is the lead single by Prince and The New Power Generation from the 1991 album Diamonds and Pearls.^[2] The cover uses a face drawn in place of the first letter in the word Off, and Prince's name written in reverse. The song was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic, reaching number 4 in the United Kingdom. In the United States, "Gett Off" went to number 21 on the pop chart and number 6 on the R&B charts.^[3] In addition, "Gett Off" was Prince's seventh and final song to reach #1 on the US dance chart,^[4] putting him in a tie with Michael Jackson and Enrique Iglesias as the most successful male artist in its history.

Development

"Gett Off" evolved from several earlier compositions, starting with the song "Glam Slam" from 1988's Lovesexy. Prince created an unreleased remix in early 1991 called "Glam Slam '91", which used the chorus of "Glam Slam", but with new music and lyrics that borrowed partially from Graffiti Bridge's "Love Machine". Prince toyed with the song some more, adding a new chorus, and involving the newly formed New Power Generation. The song was renamed "Gett Off", which was very similar to a B-side/remix called "Get Off" from the maxi single release of "New Power Generation", also from Graffiti Bridge. "Gett Off" also uses a few musical segments from "Get Off". The new track features vocal contributions from Rosie Gaines and Tony M., and flute by long-time Prince associate Eric Leeds. Prince also contributes a guitar solo. Prince delivered the song exclusively to nightclubs on his 33rd birthday, on a now very valuable 12" single featuring the otherwise unavailable "Gett Off (Damn Near 10 Minutes Mix)" remix. It was so well-received that Prince decided to release the song commercially as a single with the rap song "Horny Pony" as its B-side, and also as a maxi single with several remixes, which varied from country to country. He also added it at the last minute to Diamonds and Pearls, replacing "Horny Pony" (on the packaging for Diamonds and Pearls, "Horny Pony" is written in red over "Gett Off", to fit in with the narrative track listing that was already finished.) It was number 97 in VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s.

"Mother Popcorn"

The lyrics "I like 'em fat, I like 'em proud, you've got to have a mother for me..." and the music that accompanies them in the fourth verse of "Gett Off" are paraphrased from the 1969 James Brown song "Mother Popcorn". Prince alludes to the borrowing in a vocal aside ("Reminds me of something James used to say..."). The musical quotation is preceded by a crackling noise mimicking the sound of an old vinyl record and a sample of Brown's song.

Releases

7" releases

US 7-19225

"Gett Off" (single remix) – 4:31
"Horny Pony" – 4:17

UK W0056
DEU 5439-19225-7

"Gett Off" (single remix) – 4:01
"Horny Pony" – 4:17

UK PROMO SAM 888

"Gett Off" (Urge Single Edit) – 4:24

12" releases

US 0-40138
US PROMO PRO-A-4920
AUS MX79029-30
UK 0-40138

"Gett Off" (extended remix) – 8:31
"Gett Off" (Houstyle) – 8:20
"Violet the Organ Grinder" – 4:59
"Gett Off" (Flutestramental) – 7:26
"Gangster Glam" – 6:04
"Clockin' the Jizz" (Instrumental) – 4:51

UK W0056T
DEU 9362-40187-0

"Gett Off" (Urge Mix) – 8:20
"Gett Off" (Thrust Mix) – 9:29

UK PROMO SAM 857

"Gett Off" (Urge Mix) – 8:20
"Gett Off" (Flute Instrumental) – 7:26
"Gett Off" (Purple Pump Mix) – 8:31
"Gett Off" (Thrust Edit) – 4:48
"Gett Off" (Thrust Dub) – 7:24

US PROMO JUN7

"Gett Off" (Damn Near 10 Minutes) – 9:22

PROMO PRO-A-4977

"Gett Off" (Urge Mix) – 8:20
"Gett Off" (Urge Dub) – 4:35
"Gett Off" (Flutestramental) – 4:12
"Gett Off" (Thrust Mix) – 9:29
"Gett Off" (Thrust Dub) – 7:24
"Gett Off" (Rosie's Dub) – 5:30

CD maxi single releases

US 9 40138-2

"Gett Off" (single remix) – 4:31
"Gett Off" (Houstyle) – 8:20
"Violet the Organ Grinder" – 4:59
"Gett Off" (Flutestramental) – 7:26
"Gangster Glam" – 6:04
"Clockin' the Jizz" (Instrumental) – 4:51
"Gett Off" (Extended Remix) – 8:31

PROMO PRO-CD-4977

"Gett Off" (single remix) – 4:01
"Gett Off" (Urge Single Edit) – 4:25
"Gett Off" (Thrust Single Edit) – 4:48
"Gett Off" (Purple Pump Mix) – 8:31
"Gett Off" (Urge Mix) – 8:20
"Gett Off" (Thrust Mix) – 9:29

UK W0056CD
DEU 9362-40188-2

"Gett Off" (single remix) – 4:01
"Gett Off" (Urge Single Edit) – 4:24
"Gett Off" (Purple Pump Mix) – 8:31

JAP WPCP-4630

"Gett Off" (extended remix) – 8:31
"Gett Off" (Houstyle) – 8:20
"Violet the Organ Grinder" – 4:59
"Gangster Glam" – 6:04
"Cream" (N.P.G Mix) – 5:47
"Things Have Gotta Change" (Tony M. Rap) – 3:57
"2 the Wire" (Creamy Instrumental) – 3:13
"Get Some Solo" – 1:31
"Do Your Dance" (KC's Remix) – 5:58
"Housebangers" – 4:23
"Q in Doubt" (instrumental) – 4:00
"Ethereal Mix" – 4:43

Notes

"Damn Near 10 Minutes Mix", "Single Remix", "Extended Remix" a.k.a. "Purple Pump Mix" and "Album Version" are edits of the original song.
"Urge Mix" (alternatively titled "Houstyle"), "Thrust Dub" (alternatively titled "Flutestramental"), "Thrust Single Edit", "Urge Single Edit", and "Thrust Mix" are house versions remixed by Steve "Silk" Hurley. Other titles are variations around the original song with added rap parts, chants or instrumental parts.

Appearances in other media

The edited 4:04 single mix backmasks the word "ass"; this version was included on the UK compilation Now That's What I Call Music! 20.
On the soundtrack of the 1992 film Innocent Blood.
The actress Hilary Swank sang this song in the film P.S. I Love You.
The song was played in the strip club scene in the 1991 film The Last Boy Scout.
An instrumental version is briefly heard during "Rich Hank, Poor Hank", an episode from the eighth season of the animated series King of the Hill.
The song features in episode 3 of series 1 of Fresh Meat in one of the scenes.
The song has been mentioned in the 2006 John Green novel Looking for Alaska.

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[5]	8
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[6]	9
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[7]	13
Germany (Official German Charts)^[8]	13
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[9]	3
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[10]	13
Norway (VG-lista)^[11]	7
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[12]	13
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[13]	3
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[14]	4
US Billboard Hot 100	21
US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	56
US Billboard Hot R&B Songs	6
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	1

References

↑ Uptown: The Vault – The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince: Nilsen Publishing 2004, ISBN 91-631-5482-X. P.124
↑ Prince And The New Power Generation* - Gett Off at Discogs
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 471.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 208.
↑ "Australian-charts.com – Prince & The New Power Generation – Gett Off". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
↑ "Austriancharts.at – Prince & The New Power Generation – Gett Off" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Prince & The New Power Generation – Gett Off" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Prince & The New Power Generation – Gett Off". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Prince & The New Power Generation – Gett Off" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
↑ "Charts.org.nz – Prince & The New Power Generation – Gett Off". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Prince & The New Power Generation – Gett Off". VG-lista. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Prince & The New Power Generation – Gett Off". Singles Top 100. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
↑ "Swisscharts.com – Prince & The New Power Generation – Gett Off". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
↑ "Prince: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 3, 2016.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "Makin' Happy" by Crystal Waters	Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single September 28, 1991	Succeeded by "Ride on the Rhythm" by Little Louie Vega featuring Marc Anthony

Prince singles

1970s	"Soft and Wet" "Just as Long as We're Together" "I Wanna Be Your Lover"

1980s	"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" "Still Waiting" "Sexy Dancer" "Bambi" "Uptown" "Dirty Mind" "Do It All Night" "Controversy" "Let's Work" "Do Me, Baby" "Sexuality" "1999" "Little Red Corvette" "D.M.S.R." "Delirious" "Automatic" "Let's Pretend We're Married" "When Doves Cry" "Let's Go Crazy" "Purple Rain" "I Would Die 4 U" "Take Me with U" "Paisley Park" "Raspberry Beret" "Pop Life" "America" "Kiss" "Mountains" "Anotherloverholenyohead" "Girls & Boys" "Sign "O" the Times" "If I Was Your Girlfriend" "U Got the Look" "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" "Alphabet St." "Glam Slam" "I Wish U Heaven" "Batdance" "Partyman" "The Arms of Orion" "Scandalous!"

1990s	"The Future" "Thieves in the Temple" "New Power Generation" "Gett Off" "Cream" "Diamonds and Pearls" "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" "Insatiable" "Thunder" "Sexy MF" "My Name Is Prince" "7" "Damn U" "The Morning Papers" "Pink Cashmere" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Peach" "Pope" (remix) "Come" "Letitgo" "Space" "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" "P Control" "Dolphin" "Endorphinmachine" "I Hate U" "Gold" "Dinner with Delores" "Betcha by Golly Wow!" "The Holy River" "Somebody's Somebody" "Face Down" "The Truth" "Extraordinary" "The Rest of My Life" "5 Women" "It's About That Walk" "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold"

2000s	"U Make My Sun Shine" (with Angie Stone) "When Will We Be Paid?" (with Audio Stepchild) "Supercute" "The Work, pt. 1" "Days of Wild" "Musicology" "Cinnamon Girl" "Controversy (Live in Hawaii)" "S.S.T." "Te Amo Corazón" "Black Sweat" "Fury" "Guitar" "F.U.N.K." "Dance 4 Me"

2010s	"Extraloveable" "Rock and Roll Love Affair" "Screwdriver" "Fixurlifeup" "Breakfast Can Wait" "Pretzelbodylogic" "Fallinlove2nite" "Breakdown" "Clouds" "Baltimore" "Hardrocklover" "This Could B Us" "Free Urself"

Promotional singles	"When You Were Mine" "D.M.S.R." "Another Lonely Christmas" "Erotic City" "Hot Thing" "Trust" "Willing and Able" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Pope" "Love Sign" (with Nona Gaye) "Come" "P. Control" "Dolphin" "Endorphinmachine" "Slave" "Somebody's Somebody" "Face Down" "Extraordinary" "The Rest of My Life" "5 Women" "It's About That Walk" "Baby Knows" "Man'O'War" "She Loves Me 4 Me" "Last December" "One Nite Alone... Live EP" "Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas" "Call My Name" "The Song of the Heart" "Beautiful, Loved & Blessed" (with Tamar Davis) "Chelsea Rodgers" "Future Baby Mama" "The One U Wanna C" "U're Gonna C Me"

Airplay-only songs	"International Lover" "Shhh" "Satisfied" "Better with Time"

Internet downloads	"One Song" "Cybersingle" "Bataclan" "Glass Cutter" "Live from Paisley Park" "Strange Relationship" (Live in Minneapolis) "Guitar" (original "demo" version) "Love" (acoustic version) "Rock and Roll Love Affair" (Remix 7) "Screwdriver" (Remix) "Boyfriend" (Demo) "That Girl Thang" "Live Out Loud" "Ain't Gonna Miss U When U're Gone" "Extraloveable Reloaded" "Menstrual Cycle" "Octopus Heart" "Groovy Potential" "The Sweeter She Is" "Something in the Water" (Paisley Park Rehearsal) "Da Bourgeoisie" "What If" "The X's Face"

Streams	"U're Still the One" "Xylophone" "In a Large Room with No Light" "Purple and Gold" "Cause and Effect" "Hot Summer" "Rich Friends" "Same Page Different Book" "Stare"

EP's	The Scandalous Sex Suite EP New Power Generation Remixes Gett Off Remix EP Cream Remixes' My Name Is Prince Remixes 7 Remixes The Beautiful Experience Letitgo Remixes Space Remixes I Hate U Remixes 1999: The New Master The Greatest Romance Ever Sold Remixes Breakfast Can Wait

Other songs	"I Feel for You" "When You Were Mine" "Head" "Private Joy" "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" "17 Days" "The Beautiful Ones" "Computer Blue" "Darling Nikki" "Baby I'm a Star" "4 the Tears in Your Eyes" "Housequake" "Starfish and Coffee" "Adore" "Don't Talk 2 Strangers" "I Can't Make U Love Me" "La, La, La Means I Love U" "One of Us" "Everyday Is a Winding Road" "A Case of U"

Steve "Silk" Hurley discography

songwriter	"Music Is The Key" (1985) "Jack Your Body" (1986) "Let the Music Take Control" (1987) "Heart of Passion" (1987) "Cry of the Lonely" (1987) "Work It Out" (1989) "Dream about You" (1991) "Too Blind to See It" (1991) "Seasons of Love" by Keith Nunnally (1991) "Take My Advice" (1992) "Keep on Walkin'" (1992) "Searchin'" (1993) "I'm Not Over You" (1994) "The Word Is Love" (1997) "Nobody Else" (1998) "He Loves Me 2" (1999) "My Boo" (2000)

remixer	"Shadows of Your Love" (1986) "Jack Your Body" (1986) "Let the Music Take Control" (1987) "Heart of Passion" (1987) "Cry of the Lonely" (1987) "Fine Time" (1988) "Love Fever" by Culture Clash Dance Party (1990) "Rebels (Get Righteous)" (1988) "Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)" (1989) "Work It Out" (1989) "Cold World" (1989) "It Ain't Over" by ATC(1990) "I Don't Know Anybody Else" (1990) "Fantasy" (1990) "Love Pains" (1990) "Seasons of Love" by Keith Nunnally (1991) "Baby Love" (1991) "Something Got Me Started" (1991) "Jam" (1991) "Welcome to My Groove" (1990) "Tripping on Your Love" (1991) "Dream about You" (1991) "What Would We Do" by DSK (1991) "Got a Love for You" (1991) "Strange" (1991) "Too Blind to See It" (1991) "Gett Off" (1991) "Makin' Happy" (1991) "We Got a Love Thang" (1991) "Vibeology" (1992) "Hail to the Queen" by Sex Trip Netwerk (1992) "Symphony" (1992) "You're Gonna Love It" (1991) "Keep on Walkin'" (1992) "Take My Advice" (1992) "A Little Bit More" (1992) "Shake Your Head" (1992) "Searchin'" (1993) "I'm In The Mood" (1993) "I'm Not Over You" (1994) "I'll Wait" (1994) "Take a Bow" (1994) "Invisible" by Public Demand (1996) "The Word Is Love" (1997) "Where You Are" (1997) "Special Love" (1997) "Nobody Else" (1998) "Go Down Moses" by Kelly G (1998) "Rollercoaster" (1998) "If You Could Read My Mind" (1998) "He Loves Me 2" (1999) "Rush" (1999) "Forever" (1999) "My Boo" (2000) "Free" by Sevynn (2000) "Ain't It Funny" (2001) "Soul Shakedown Party" (2002) "What About Us?" (2002) "Runnin' Away" (2003)

producer	"Music Is The Key" (1985) "Shadows of Your Love" (1986) "Jack Your Body" (1986) "Let the Music Take Control" (1987) "She's So Far Away" (1987) "Heart of Passion" (1987) "Cry of the Lonely" (1987) "Rebels (Get Righteous)" (1988) "Work It Out" (1989) "Where Do We Go" (1989) "Cold World" (1989) "Welcome to My Groove" (1990) "Love Pains" (1990) "It Ain't Over" by ATC(1990) "Too Blind to See It" (1991) "What Would We Do" by DSK (1991) "Seasons of Love" by Keith Nunnally (1991) "You're Gonna Love It" (1991) "We Got a Love Thang" (1991) "Dream about You" (1991) "Got a Love for You" (1991) "Baby Love" (1991) "Take My Advice" (1992) "A Little Bit More" (1992) "Keep on Walkin'" (1992) "Symphony" (1992) "Shake Your Head" co-produced with Was (Not Was) (1992) "Searchin'" (1993) "I'm In The Mood" (1993) "Take a Bow" (1994) "Invisible" by Public Demand (1996) "The Word Is Love" (1997) "Nobody Else" (1998) "Special Love" (1997) "If You Could Read My Mind" (1998) "Go Down Moses" by Kelly G (1998) "Rush" (1999) "He Loves Me 2" (1999) "Forever" (1999) "My Boo" (2000) "Soul Shakedown Party" (2002) "Runnin' Away" (2003)

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