"Get Up!" is a song written and recorded by Korn

Korn

Korn is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The current band line up includes four members: Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and Ray Luzier. The band was formed as an expansion of L.A.P.D.The band released their first demo album,...

 that appears on their tenth studio album, The Path of Totality

The Path of Totality

The album has received acclaim, both with critics and fans. Swedish heavy rock magazine Close-Up Magazine gave the album an 8/10 rating, citing "[the band] has created an album with content just as dramatic and atmospheric as the title"...

. It was released as the album's lead single

Lead single

A lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...

 on May 6, 2011. Since its release it has sold over 200,000 downloads

Music download

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 in the United States. It was debuted live at Coachella

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 with Skrillex. "Get Up!" is Korn's most successful single since 2007's "Evolution

Evolution (Korn song)

"Evolution" is a song by American nu metal band Korn. The song was the first single to be released from the band's untitled album on June 12, 2007. It is one of the four tracks in which Brooks Wackerman of Bad Religion performed drumming duties...

".

Composition

Jonathan Davis recently stated in an article with ARTISTdirect

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 that the song "is about the recession and how everyday people are talking about how bad the economy

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 is and sometimes they just need to shut the fuck up, and get up, and have some fun".

Music video

The music video

Music video

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, directed by Sébastian Paquet and Joshua Allen, shows Korn performing the song to their fans. It shows different footage; switching between Korn, fans, backstage, and the band's additional live musicians. It was officially released by Roadrunner

Roadrunner Records

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 on September 27, 2011. A lyric video was also created for the song which garnered over 3 million views on YouTube

YouTube

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 and more than 30,000 likes.

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
US Alternative Songs (Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... )	26
US Rock Songs Rock Songs Rock Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the airplay of songs on alternative, mainstream rock and triple A radio stations. The first chart was published in the issue dated June 20, 2009. "Know Your Enemy" by Green Day was the first number-one song. The Rock Songs...  (Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... )	21
US Mainstream Rock Songs (Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... )	10
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the top 25 singles below number 100 that have not yet charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Sometimes, however, singles halt their progress on this chart, and never appear on the Hot 100...  (Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... )	8