Get Up On It is the fourth studio album by the American R&B recording artist Keith Sweat. It was released by Elektra Records on June 28, 1994, in the United States and went to number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for two weeks, while also reaching number eight on the Billboard 200 chart.

Get Up on It
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 28, 1994
GenreNew jack swing[1]
Length54:17
LabelElektra
Producer
  • Joe Jefferson
  • Eric McCaine
  • Fitzgerald Scott
  • Keith Sweat
Keith Sweat chronology
Keep It Comin'
(1991)
Get Up on It
(1994)
Keith Sweat
(1996)
Singles from Get Up On It
  1. "How Do You Like It?"
    Released: March 28, 1994
  2. "When I Give My Love"
    Released: 1994
  3. "Get Up on It"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[1]
Los Angeles Times[3]

Singles from the album include "How Do You Like It?", "When I Give My Love" and the title track. The album features collaborations from the late Left Eye of TLC, Roger Troutman of Zapp and up and coming group Kut Klose, which features Athena Cage. On December 6, 1994, Get Up on It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, for shipments of one million copies in the United States.[4]

Track listing

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Get Up on It track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."How Do You Like It?" (Interlude)
  • Keith Sweat
  • Fitzgerald Scott
  • Joe Jefferson
  • Sweat
  • Scott
0:30
2."How Do You Like It?" (featuring Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes)
  • Sweat
  • Scott
  • Jefferson
  • Lopes
Sweat4:33
3."It Gets Better"
  • Sweat
  • Jerry Flowers
Sweat3:44
4."Get Up on It" (featuring Kut Klose)
  • Sweat
  • Scott
  • Sweat
  • Scott
5:06
5."Feels So Good"
  • Sweat
  • Eric McCaine
  • Sweat
  • McCaine
3:53
6."How Do You Like It? (Pt. II)"
  • Sweat
  • Scott
  • Jefferson
  • Lopes
  • Sweat
  • Scott
4:14
7."Intermission Break"
  • Sweat
  • Scott
Sweat1:24
8."My Whole World"
  • Sweat
  • McCaine
  • Sweat
  • McCaine
3:37
9."Grind on You"
  • Sweat
  • Anthony Leach
  • William Ward
Sweat5:05
10."When I Give My Love"
  • Sweat
  • Scott
  • Jefferson
  • Sweat
  • Scott
  • Jefferson
6:05
11."Put Your Lovin' Through the Test" (featuring Roger Troutman)
  • Sweat
  • Flowers
Sweat4:34
12."Telephone Love"SweatSweat0:56
13."Come Into My Bedroom"
  • Sweat
  • Flowers
Sweat5:25
14."For You (You Got Everything)"
  • Sweat
  • Flowers
Sweat5:06

Personnel

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  • Keith Sweat – main performer, producer, writer, executive producer
  • Jerry Flowers – producer, writer
  • Eric McCaine – producer, writer
  • Lisa Lopes – writer, guest performer
  • Kut Klose – performer
  • Fitzgerald Scott – producer, writer
  • Roger Troutman – guest performer
  • William Ward (Billybad) – producer, writer
  • Joe Jefferson – producer, writer
  • Anthony Leach – producer, writer
  • Karl Heilbron - Engineer, mixer

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for Get Up on It
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[14] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Tucker, Ken (July 15, 1994). Get Up on It | News | EW.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on April 18, 2011.
  2. ^ Promis, Jose F. (August 1, 2003). Get Up on It - Keith Sweat. AllMusic. Retrieved on April 18, 2011.
  3. ^ Johnson, Connie (June 26, 1994). "(**) KEITH SWEAT, "Get Up on It"; Elektra". Los Angeles Times: 62. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
  4. ^ RIAA - Gold & Platinum: Keith Sweat. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved on April 18, 2011.
  5. ^ "Keith Sweat ARIA Albums chart history 1988 to 2022, received from ARIA in 2022 page 1". ARIA. Retrieved December 3, 2023 – via Imgur.com.
  6. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Keith Sweat – Get Up on It" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  7. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Keith Sweat – Get Up on It" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  8. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Keith Sweat – Get Up on It". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  9. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  10. ^ "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  11. ^ "Keith Sweat Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  12. ^ "Keith Sweat Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  13. ^ "R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: Year End 1994". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 3, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  14. ^ "American album certifications – Keith Sweat – Get Up on It". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 21, 2020.