Get on Your Feet
"Get on Your Feet" is a song by Cuban-American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released on September 30, 1989 by Epic Records in the US, Japan, and the UK, and in 1990 in 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 John Haag Remixes Justin Strauss & Daniel Abraham Remixes Usage in media. 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".