"Get on the Floor" is a song by Michael Jackson released as the fourth track from the Off the Wall album and a B-side to the "Off the Wall" single in the UK and the "She's Out of My Life" single in the US. The song features complex drum grooves and syncopated basslines typical to funk music. A second album version was released on the Limited Single Japanese Collection of Thriller 25.
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Lyrics[]
[Intro]
Ah, get on the floor and dance
Ah, on the floor and dance
[Chorus]
So get on the floor
And dance with me (Dance with me)
I love the way you shake your thing
Especially (Especially)
[Verse 1]
There's a chance for dancin'
All night long
There's a chance for groovin'
And it will be soothin'
With a song
[Pre-Chorus]
Then why don't you just dance across the floor?
'Cause there's a chance for chances
And the chance is choosin'
And I sure would like just to groove with you
[Chorus]
So get on the floor (Get on the floor, and)
And dance with me
I love the way you shake your thing (On the floor, and)
Especially
So get on the floor (Get on the floor, and)
And dance with me
I love the way you shake that thing, girl (On the floor, and)
Especially (Hee-hee)
[Verse 2]
No need for rejection
Determined to be
Gonna groove, gonna move you
Gonna say things to you
Just wait and see
[Pre-Chorus]
Then why don't you just dance across the floor?
'Cause there's a chance for choices
And it's you I'm choosing
And I sure would like just to groove with you
[Chorus]
So get on the floor (Get on the floor, and)
And dance with me
I love the way you shake your thing (On the floor, and)
Especially
So get on the floor (Get on the floor, and)
(Get up, won't you go'n get down, shake your body, won't you go'n get down)
And dance with me
(Get up, won't you go'n get down, shake your body, won't you go'n get down)
I love the way you shake that thing, girl (On the floor, and)
(Get up, won't you go'n get down, shake your body, won't you go'n get down)
Especially (Hee-hee)
(Get up, won't you go'n get down, shake your body, won't you go'n get down)
(Hee, hee)
(Hee, hee)
(Hee, hee)
(Hee, hee)
[Bridge]
Get up, won't you go'n get down
Shake your body, won't you go'n get down
Get up, won't you go'n get down
Shake your body, won't you go'n get down
Get up, won't you go'n get down
Shake your body, won't you go'n get down
Won't you go'n get down, won't you go'n get down
Won't you go'n get down, aaow!
Get up, won't you go'n get down
Shake your body, won't you go'n get down
Get up, won't you go'n get down
Shake your body, won't you go'n get down
Get up, won't you go'n get down
Shake your body, won't you go'n get down
Won't you go'n get down, won't you go'n get down
Won't you go'n get down, aaow!
[Chorus]
So get on the floor, haha, hooah!
And dance with me, ha
I love the way you shake that thing, girl
Especially (Hold up!)
So get on the floor
And dance with me
I love the way you shake that thing, girl
Especially (Hoo!)
[Outro]
Get up, won't you go'n get down
Shake your body, won't you go'n get down
Get up, won't you go'n get down (And dance with me)
Shake your body, won't you go'n get down (Ooh!)
Get up, won't you go'n get down
Shake your body, won't you go'n get down (Especially)
Get up, won't you go'n get down
Shake your body, won't you go'n get down (Ooh!)
Get up, won't you go'n get down (Ooh!)
Shake your body, won't you go'n get down (And dance with me)
Get up, won't you go'n get down
Shake your body, won't you go'n get down
Get up, won't you go'n get down
Shake your body, won't you go'n get down (Especially)
Get up, won't you go'n get down
Trivia[]
- The track is co-written with Louis Johnson, a member of the Brothers Johnson.
- The song was later re-released as a B-side to the "Beat It" single in the US.