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"Get Down on It" is a 1981 song by American band Kool & the Gang. It was originally released on their Something Special album in 1981. The single was certified Gold by the RIAA .
"Get Down on It" reached No. 4 on the R&B chart and No. 10 on the Pop chart. In addition, "Steppin' Out" ended up at No. 12 on the R&B chart and No. 89 on the Pop chart. [5] In the UK, the album reached #10, [6] becoming their first hit album there and most successful studio album of all, largely due to the success of the "Get Down On It" single.
Kool & the Gang Spin Their Top Hits — — — — — 1983 Twice as Kool: The Hits of Kool & the Gang — — — — — 4 UK: Gold [13] 1984 The Very Best of Kool & the Gang: Let's Go Dancing — — — — 21 — Disques Vogue: 1988 Everything's Kool & the Gang: Greatest Hits & More: 109 58 — 17 73 — Mercury: The Singles Collection ...
Kool & the Gang is an American R&B, soul, and funk band formed in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1964. Its founding members include brothers Robert "Kool" Bell and Ronald Bell (also known as "Khalis Bayyan"), Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas , Robert "Spike" Mickens, Charles Smith , George Brown, Woodrow "Woody" Sparrow, and Ricky Westfield.
The single was the group's sixth number-one R&B single, reaching the top of the U.S. R&B chart for a single week and reached #17 on the Billboard Hot 100. [2] Along with the tracks, "Get Down On It" and "Steppin' Out", "Take My Heart" went to the top 20 on the US dance charts.
As One is the fourteenth studio album by the funk band Kool & the Gang, released in 1982. "Let's Go Dancin'" peaked at No. 7 on the U.S. R&B chart and No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] " Big Fun " also became an international hit.
Forever is the seventeenth studio album by the funk band Kool & the Gang, released in 1986.The album included two major hits on the US Hot 100 Chart: "Victory" (US #10, R&B #2) and "Stone Love" (US #10, R&B #4).
In 2003, American R&B band Kool & the Gang asked English girl group Atomic Kitten to re-record "Ladies' Night" for their The Hits: Reloaded tribute album. [9] The band subsequently asked them if they could include it on their then-untitled third album which they eventually named after the song in honor of the collaboration following Kool's approval. [9]