“Let’s Get It Up” was released as the lead single off of For Those About To Rock. It combines nautical and naval metaphors as a reference to a sexual loving rampage.
[Intro]
My, my, my
[Verse 1]
Loose lips sink ships
So come aboard for a pleasure trip
It's high tide, so let's ride
The moon is rising and so am I
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm gonna get it up
Never gonna let it up
Cruisin' on the seven seas
A pirate of my loving needs
I'll never go down, never go down
[Chorus]
So let's get it up
Let's get it up, get it right up
Let's get it up, right to the top
Let's get it up, right now
[Verse 2]
Loose wires cause fires
Getting tangled in my desires
So screw him up and plug him in
Then switch it on and start all over again
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm gonna get it up
Never gonna let it up, no
Ticking like a time bomb, ooh, yeah
Blowing out the fuse box
I'll never go down, never go down
[Chorus]
So let's get it up
Let's get it up, get it up, oh, oh
Let's get it up, right to the top
Let's get it up, right now
[Bridge]
Get it up
Come on, Ang
Wail
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Oh, let's get it up, c'mon
Let's get it up, hey, get it, get it
Let's get it up, switch it on, start it
Let's get it up, oh, yeah, yeah
C'mon, let's get it up, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ooh
Let's get it up, oh, yeah
Let's get it up, oh
Let's get it up
[Outro]
Get it up
Get it up
Get it up
Right up, haha
Let’s Get It Up was written by Malcolm Young & Angus Young & Brian Johnson.
Let’s Get It Up was produced by Robert John Lange.
Brian Johnson and Angus Young talked about the song in an interview with Cream Magazine in 1982:
Brian: “Feelth, pure feelth! We’re a filthy band.”
Angus: “You can take it one of two ways. Let’s get it up, meaning musically up, or…” Interviewer: “the girls in the back room?”
Brian: “You wouldn’t ca...