Get Down – Gilbert O’Sullivan (1973)

Description

Additional information about this Gilbert O’Sullivan vinyl art.

Gilbert O’Sullivan – The Artist

Raymond Edward O’Sullivan (born 1946), known professionally as Gilbert O’Sullivan, is an Irish singer-songwriter who achieved his most significant success during the early 1970s with hits including “Alone Again (Naturally)”, “Clair” and “Get Down”. His songs are often marked by his distinctive percussive piano playing style and observational lyrics using word play.

Get Down – The Song

Get Down is a song by Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O’Sullivan, from his 1973 album I’m a Writer, Not a Fighter. Released as a single, it spent two weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart in April 1973,  was also a number-one hit in Ireland for three weeks and was a top-ten hit in the United States and Canada. The song was originally used by O’Sullivan as a piano warm-up tune, but was eventually extended into a full song and released as a single; O’Sullivan recorded and released the song as a change from his more melancholy pieces. It became a Gold disc.
Believed to be an order from O’Sullivan to his dog (“Get Down!”), the singer is actually referring to a girl in the song behaving as a dog jumping on him, hence the request to “get down”.

The Jumping Dog – The Shape 

This record has been cut into an excited dog jumping up.

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