"Come On Get Up" was performed as the opening track for Jackson's All for You Tour, and was later released for airplay in Japan as a promotional single. It became the last single released from this album after "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)". It was intended to be released as a commercial single, but was canceled when Jackson decided to end promotion for the album following the tour's conclusion. Jackson was originally scheduled to film a video for the song. Subsequently, Jackson started work on her following album, Damita Jo.
Come on Get Up
Janet Jackson Lyrics
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Groove it, baby
Jimmy, can you turn the backgrounds up (shake it, baby)
A little more, please? (Groove it, baby)
I love this
Come on, get up
Come on, get up
Come on, get up, baby
Before you make me change my mind
Come on get up, baby
So we can dance all through the night
I feel so free
Could it be the way you're lovin' me
Between the sheets, my mind was tellin' me
Now I see the single life's for me, ohh
Never thought I'd be (yeah, yeah)
This crazy for you, baby (oh)
You got a spell on me (well, well)
It's voodoo, oh, come and get me off (ooh)
The way your body moves (well, well)
It drives me, damn, baby (uh-huh)
Now what I wanna see is you shake that ass for me, so
Come on, get up, baby
Before you make me change my mind
Come on, get up, baby (ooh)
So we can dance all through the night
I feel alive and I smile
Because you're on my mind
All the time
Sexually you please
Mentally (sexually)
I like your style (I like your style)
Never thought I'd be (yeah)
This crazy for you, baby (oh)
You got a spell on me (well, well)
It's voodoo, oh, come and get me off (ooh)
The way your body moves (well, well)
It drives me, damn, baby (damn)
Now what I wanna see is you shake that ass for me, so
Come on, get up, baby
Before you make me change my mind
Come on, get up, baby (ooh)
So we can dance all through the night
Come on, get up, baby (ooh, come on, get up, oh)
Before you make me change my mind (come on, get up, oh, come, hey, come)
Come on, get up, baby (oh, come on, get up)
So we can dance all through the night
Shake it, baby
Groove it, baby
Shake it, baby
Groove it, baby
Shake it, baby
Groove it, baby
Shake it, baby
Groove it, baby
Come on, get up, baby
Before you make me change my mind
Come on, get up, baby (ooh)
So we can dance all through the night (yeah)
Come on, get up, baby
Before you make me change my mind (make me change)
Come on, get up, baby (up)
So we can dance all through the night
Let me see you shake it all night (baby)
Let me see it move it all night (baby)
Wanna see you shake it all night (baby)
I've got to see you groovin' on all night (baby, baby)
Let me see you shake it all night (baby)
Let me see it move it all night (me change my mind)
Said it last, baby, all night (baby)
I could see you begging all night, yeah (baby, baby)
Come on, get up, baby (come, come)
Before you make me change my mind
Come on, get up, baby (hey, hey)
So we can dance all through the night
I'm hot in here, jeeze
(Shake it, baby, groove it, baby) wait, I'm vibrating
Janet Jackson's song "Come on Get Up" is a lively and seductive track that encourages the listener to let go and dance the night away with a lover. The opening lines of the song sets the tone for the rest of the track by urging the recipient to act quickly before the singer changes her mind about making advances. The chorus is repeated several times and is meant to be an electrifying mantra that maintains the energy throughout. Janet sings about feeling free and liberated when she's with someone who loves her, and how the single life isn't for her. Throughout the song, the electric beat and instrumentation escalate, and Janet's vocals soar.
The lyrics of the song seem to be about a woman who is falling deeply in love with a man who has "a spell on her." She describes how his movements and the way he loves her drives her wild, and how she never thought she would feel so crazily passionate about someone. The song's message is one of liberation and love, urging the listener to embrace their sexuality and to pursue what makes them feel alive. While some may interpret the song as simply being about sex, the underlying emotions suggest a deeper romantic connection as well.
Line by Line Meaning
Come on get up
Encouraging the listener to stand up and engage in activities
Come on get up baby
Before you make me change my mind
Come on get up baby
So we can dance all through the night
Asking the listener to join in a night of dancing
I feel so free
Could it be
The way you're loving with me
Between the sheets
My mind was telling me
Now I see
The single life's for me
Expressing the feeling of liberation and newfound understanding of oneself after experiencing intimate moments with someone
Never thought I'd be
This crazy for you baby
Gotta spell on me
It's who doo
Aw come and get me off
Revealing the strong attraction towards the listener and hinting that the attraction might be derived from some kind of magic
The way your body moves
It drives me damn baby
Now what I wanna see
Is you shake that ass for me so
Appreciating the physicality of the listener and requesting them to move their body
I feel alive and this smile
Because you're on my mind
All the time
Sexually you please
Mentally
I like your style
Acknowledging the positive impact the listener has on the singer's life, both physically and mentally
Lyrics © JANET JACKSON DBA BLACK ICE, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Dana Stinson, Janet Jackson, Terry Lewis, Jimmy Jam
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