Gett Off is the seventh track on Prince's 13th album Diamonds And Pearls, the first to be credited to Prince and the New Power Generation, and, two months prior to the album, Gett Off was released as the album's first single (released worldwide). It was the earliest song to be released with credit to Prince and the New Power Generation.
In 1993, it was included as the 15th track on Prince's second compilation album The Hits 2 (also included as the second disc of The Hits / The B-Sides).
The song borrows slightly from Get Off, released in 1990 on the New Power Generation maxi-single, and was developed with portions of a song called Glam Slam '91, played on the radio in January 1991.
Initial tracking took place on 10 May 1991 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (two days before Blue Light and saxophone overdubs on You're All I Want), and the track was intended initially as the main track on an EP also containing Horny Pony, Money Don't Matter 2 Night and an alternate version of Cream, but this EP was aborted, and instead, Prince chose to release the track as a limited edition 12" single to DJs and radio stations in its original, 9:22 version.
Response to the song was so high, that Prince decided to place Gett Off on Diamonds And Pearls, removing Horny Pony to do so. Gett Off then received a standard commercial release as a single. The Gett Off maxi-single contains various remixes and three new tracks which are largely based on Gett Off itself (Violet The Organ Grinder, Gangster Glam, and Clockin' The Jizz (Instrumental)). These tracks receive their own song entry pages, separate from this song.
On 27 September 1991, Prince recorded a track called Gett Off's Cousin. It is likely this track is an instrumental track with a similar musical backing to Gett Off rather than a remix; for more details, see Gett Off's Cousin.
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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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Date
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Studio
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Additional info
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10 May 1991
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Initial tracking
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Summer 1991
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Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Remixes, overdubs, additional production
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Recording Personnel
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- Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted (liner notes state "insatiable")
- Michael B. - drums
- Sonny T. - bass guitar, background vocals (credited for "bass and backing vox")
- Levi Seacer, Jr. - rhythm guitar, background vocals (credited for "rhythm guitar and backing vox")
- Tommy Barbarella - keyboards (credited for "purpleaxxe sampler, other various keys and sex symbol")
- Rosie Gaines - background vocals and keyboards (credited for "co-lead backing vox, purpleaxxe sampler and organ")
- Tony M. - rap (credited for "lead raps and backing vox")
- Kirk Johnson - percussion and background vocals (credited for "backing vox and percussion")
- Damon Dickson - percussion and background vocals (credited for "backing vox and percussion")
- Eric Leeds - flute
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Versions
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Released Versions
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Video Versions
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Title
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Length
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Released
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Version
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Additional info
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Gett Off
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5:32
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Gett Off video maxi-single VHS
Diamonds And Pearls Video Collection VHS/DVD
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Promo video
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See Gett Off video for more details
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Gett Off (Houstyle)
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8:36
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Gett Off video maxi-single VHS
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Promo video
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See Gett Off (Houstyle) video for more details
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Gett Off
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T.B.C.
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Rave Un2 The Year 2000 VHS/DVD
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Live
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18 December 1999, Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Gett Off (Houstyle)
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T.B.C.
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Rave Un2 The Year 2000 VHS/DVD
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Live
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18 December 1999, Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Gett Off
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3:03
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NPG Music Club Edition # 11 .mov download
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Live
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3 December 2000, Ruby Skye, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Broadcasts/streaming (only)
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Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
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Unreleased Versions
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Title
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Version
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Additional Info
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Gett Off [Hurley's Funky 7]
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Remix
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Gett Off [Hurley's Funky Dub]
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Remix
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Gett Off [Hurley's Funky Mix]
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Remix
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Gett Off [Silky House 7]
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Remix
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[Silky House Mix] #1
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Remix
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[Silky House Mix] #2
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Remix
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Additional Information
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See also
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Trivia
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References
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{{{categories}}}
|first live appearance = 3 June 1991 (mat.), Warner Bros Studio Lot, Burbank, CA, USA
|performed regularly on = Diamonds And Pearls Tour
|performed occasionally in = 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
|trivia = The second 't' in the title "Gett Off" may be to avoid confusion with the track Get Off, released the previous year on the New Power Generation single; this is unverified, however.
|see also = Diamonds And Pearls album
|references = The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)
|categories =
}}