Get Out of Your Lazy Bed

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"Get Out of Your Lazy Bed"

Single by Matt Bianco

from the album Whose Side Are You On?

B-side

"Big Rosie"

Released

January 1984

Genre

Sophisti-pop

Length

3:22

Label

WEA

Songwriter(s)

Mark Reilly, Danny White

Producer(s)

Peter Collins

Matt Bianco singles chronology

"Get Out of Your Lazy Bed"
(1984)

"Sneaking Out the Back Door"
(1984)

Music video

"Get Out of Your Lazy Bed" on YouTube

"Get Out of Your Lazy Bed" is the debut single by British band Matt Bianco, released in 1984. It was written by band members Mark Reilly and Danny White.

The song became the band's first top 20 hit, peaking at no. 15 on the UK Singles Chart. It also entered the top 20 in Sweden and Switzerland, top 10 in Ireland, and climbed as high as no. 2 in Norway. The track was included on Matt Bianco's debut album Whose Side Are You On?.

"Get Out of Your Lazy Bed" was used as the theme tune by long running New Zealand children's breakfast show What Now.^[1]

Music video

The song's music video pictures the band performing on a black and white chequered floor. It was directed by Pete Cornish.^[2]

Track listings

7" single^[3]

A. "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed" – 3:22

B. "Big Rosie" – 3:26

12" single^[3]

A. "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed" (Extended Version) – 4:25

B. "Big Rosie" (Extended Version) – 6:20

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed"
Chart (1984)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)^[4]	14
Germany (Media Control Charts)^[5]	31
Irish Singles Chart (IRMA)^[6]	8
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[7]	25
Norway (VG-lista)^[8]	2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[8]	12
Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade)^[5]	14
UK Singles Chart (OCC)^[9]	15

References

^ "What Now? Christmas Special 1991". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
^ Matt Bianco (1988). Matt Bianco (VHS). WEA Records. 244111-3.
^ ^a ^b "Matt Bianco - discography". discog.info. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
^ "Matt Bianco - Get Out Of Your Lazy Bed" (in Dutch). ultratop.be. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Matt Bianco | Get Out Of Your Lazy Bed | Single" (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
^ "Matt Bianco - Get Out Of Your Lazy Bed" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Matt Bianco - Get Out Of Your Lazy Bed". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
^ "MATT BIANCO songs and albums". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 September 2024.

External links

v t e Matt Bianco
Mark Reilly Mark Fisher Basia Danny White Kito Poncioni Jenni Evans
Studio albums	Whose Side Are You On? Matt Bianco Indigo Samba in Your Casa Another Time Another Place Matt's Mood
Compilation albums	The Best of Matt Bianco
Singles	"Get Out of Your Lazy Bed" "Sneaking Out the Back Door" "Whose Side Are You On?" "Half a Minute" "More Than I Can Bear" "Yeh Yeh" "What a Fool Believes"
Related articles	Discography

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