"Everybody Get Up"
The band members pose in front of a red curtain.
Single by Five
from the album Five
B-side"My Song"
Released31 August 1998 (1998-08-31)
StudioCheiron (Stockholm, Sweden)
Length3:03
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Five singles chronology
"Got the Feelin'"
(1998)		 "Everybody Get Up"
(1998)		 "It's the Things You Do"
(1999)
Music video
"Everybody Get Up" on YouTube

"Everybody Get Up" is a song by English boy band Five. It was released on 31 August 1998 as the fourth single from their debut studio album Five (1998). The song was written by Five, Herbie Crichlow, Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker and produced by Denniz Pop and Jake Schulze. Merrill and Hooker are credited as songwriters because the track contains samples from Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'n' Roll".[1] "Everybody Get Up" has received a gold certification for sales and streams of over 400,000 units in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number two on 6 September 1998. Worldwide, the song topped the New Zealand Singles Chart and reached the top five in Australia, Ireland, Spain, and Sweden.

Music video

The music video starts off with a number of high school students preparing to take an exam in a large hall, which contains a stage. Just as they turn over their papers and begin writing, the teacher in charge, Mr McGarry, is told over the intercom to come to the headmaster's office. Mr McGarry says that he will be back in five minutes (around the length of video) and tells everyone to stay in their seats in silence. As soon as he leaves, one boy starts hitting his desk with a ruler and after a few seconds everyone else does the same on their own desks.

Five are then shown walking down the corridor behind the stage. Abs Breen pushes down on a lever on the wall, which dims the lights where they are and opens up the curtain. The music then starts and the students stand up, throw their papers in the air, knock their desks over and start throwing their chairs around. Girls with their hair tied back remove their hair ties to let their hair flow free. One girl also removes her glasses and throws her cardigan open. A massive party starts and the students dance with Five as they sing. Some of the male students do somersaults and breakdance and the Five boys jump high into the air at times as well. The band are showing wearing two different outfits each throughout the video.

During the chorus after the first verse, Scott Robinson takes a can of brown paint and Ritchie Neville takes a can of white paint, and they both throw their paint all over everyone. J Brown is held up by the crowd as he sings the second verse, during which more blue paint is thrown by Robinson and Neville. The students all imitate Five's moves during the chorus after the second verse. At the bridge, someone lights a lighter and holds it against the fire sprinkler on the ceiling. Water begins pouring down over everyone and drenches them, but doesn't wash the paint off.

By this time, none of Five have been covered with paint or water. Towards the end of the video, one girl, wet and drenched in paint, is sitting in her chair smiling and tapping a ruler against her desk (she may have not moved throughout the whole song). When the song ends, Mr McGarry turns the lever back up and returns to an empty, dirty room. He exclaims his disbelief at what he sees and the camera changes to a shot behind Five of them walking slowly back down the corridor behind the stage.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Five album booklet.[7]

Studio

Personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[34] Platinum 70,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[35] Gold 5,000*
Sweden (GLF)[36] Gold 15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[37] Gold 400,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Sweden 31 August 1998 CD [38]
United Kingdom
  • CD
  • cassette
 [39]
Japan 21 October 1998 CD [40]
United States 12 July 1999 Contemporary hit radio Arista [41]

References

  1. 1 2 Everybody Get Up (UK CD1 liner notes). Five. RCA Records, BMG. 1998. 74321 613752.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ↑ Everybody Get Up (UK CD2 liner notes). Five. RCA Records, BMG. 1998. 74321 613762.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ↑ Everybody Get Up (UK cassette single sleeve). Five. RCA Records, BMG. 1998. 74321 613754.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ↑ Everybody Get Up (European CD single liner notes). Five. RCA Records, BMG. 1998. 74321618302.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ Everybody Get Up (Australian CD single liner notes). Five. RCA Records, BMG. 1998. 74321 618292.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ Everybody Get Up (Japanese CD single liner notes). Five. RCA Records, BMG. 1998. BVCP-29006.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ↑ Five (UK CD album booklet). Five. RCA Records, BMG. 1998. 74321589762.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ↑ "Five – Everybody Get Up". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  9. ↑ "Five – Everybody Get Up" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  10. ↑ "Five – Everybody Get Up" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  11. ↑ "Five – Everybody Get Up" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  12. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 15, no. 39. 26 September 1998. p. 9. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  13. ↑ "Five – Everybody Get Up" (in French). Les classement single.
  14. ↑ "Five – Everybody Get Up" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  15. ↑ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (24.9–1.10. 1998)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 25 September 1998. p. 10. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  16. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Everybody Get Up". Irish Singles Chart.
  17. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 39, 1998" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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  20. ↑ "Major Market Airplay – Week 41/1998" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 15, no. 41. 24 October 1998. p. 29. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  21. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  22. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  23. ↑ "Five – Everybody Get Up". Singles Top 100.
  24. ↑ "Five – Everybody Get Up". Swiss Singles Chart.
  25. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  26. ↑ "ARIA Top 100 Singles for 1998". ARIA. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  27. ↑ "Rapports annuels 1998" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  28. ↑ "Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1998". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  29. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1998" (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  30. ↑ "End of Year Charts 1998". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  31. ↑ "Årslista Singlar, 1998" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  32. ↑ "Best Sellers of 1998 – Singles Top 100". Music Week. 16 January 1999. p. 7.
  33. ↑ "Najlepsze single na UK Top 40-1998 wg sprzedaży" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  34. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
  35. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications – Five – Everybody Get Up". Recorded Music NZ.
  36. ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2011.
  37. ↑ "British single certifications – Five – Everybody Get Up". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
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  39. ↑ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 29 August 1998. p. 35.
  40. ↑ "エブリバディ・ゲット・アップ | Five" [Everybody Get Up | Five] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  41. ↑ "Gavin Top 40/Rhythm: Impact Dates". Gavin Report. No. 2263. 12 July 1999. p. 13.
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