# Get on Your Feet

"Get on Your Feet" is a song by Cuban-American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released in September 1989 by Epic Records in the US, Japan, and the UK, and in 1990 in Continental Europe as the second single from her debut solo album, Cuts Both Ways (1989). The song was written by John DeFaria, Jorge Casas and Clay Ostwald, and produced by Emilio Estefan, Jr., Casas and Ostwald. A rerecorded version was included on her 2020 album Brazil305.

## Critical reception

AllMusic editor Jason Birchmeier said the song is "club-ready" with its "big late-'80s synth-drum patterns", declaring it as a "super" song. Maryann Scheufele from AXS wrote, "The words, "get up and make it happen...stand up and take some action ..." is a song for the ages, ...and the song inspires the spirit that lives on when you do something about your life. Gloria Estefan convinces you that the weight of inaction is lifted off your shoulders when you "get on your feet". Gloria Estefan sings and Miami Sound Machine plays we all can dance our way through life to this one." Bill Coleman from Billboard called it "an unassuming up-tempo pop/dance track harking back to the singer's "Conga" days." A reviewer from Entertainment Weekly noted that the song has "surge and hustle". Pan-European magazine Music & Media called it "another lightweight up-tempo tune. As Latin as ever and a guaranteed hit." Pop Rescue opined that the track "ups the tempo somewhat, as the title suggests, with a plodding bass and beat, with acoustic guitars strumming. Gloria bursts in with her confident pop vocals. The song is up-lifting, telling you to ‘Get on your feet. get up and make it happen‘ and ‘Stand up and take some action‘."

## Official versions

Original Versions
* Album Version — (3:38)
* 2020 version (on Brazil305) – 3:25
John Haag Remixes
* Special Mix — (5:38)
Justin Strauss & Daniel Abraham Remixes
* Pop Vocal — (6:07)
* House Vocal — (6:50)
* House Techno Dub — (5:30)
* Deep Bass Vocal — (5:29)

## Charts

| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
| Australia (ARIA) | 98 |
| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) | 35 |
| Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia) | 21 |
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) | 49 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) | 12 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100) | 15 |
| Ireland (IRMA) | 5 |
| Japan (Tokyo) | 10 |
| New Zealand (RIANZ) | 47 |
| UK Singles (OCC) | 23 |
| US Cash Box Top 100 | 9 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 11 |
| US Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks (Billboard) | 5 |
| US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard) | 20 |
| US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard) | 9 |
| West Germany (GfK Entertainment Charts) | 46 |

## Usage in media

The song was covered in Dora the Explorer Live!: Search for the City of Lost Toys and Dora the Explorer Live!: Dora's Pirate Adventure. This cover would be reused in the Dance Fiesta album.
In a widely circulated viral video "Steve Ballmer Going Crazy", former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer danced and screamed wildly to this song at the company's 25th anniversary event in 2000.
The song was covered by Fantasia Barrino on the third season of American Idol, during a Gloria Estefan-themed episode.
The song was included in several episodes in the fourth season of the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation.
The song was referenced in the sixth book of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride, as the System AI's favorite song on the album.

## Release history

| Region | Date |
| US | September 19, 1989 (1989-09-19) |
| Japan | October 19, 1989 (1989-10-19) |
| UK | November 13, 1989 (1989-11-13) |
| Netherlands | May 1990 (1990-05) |
| Belgium | June 1990 (1990-06) |