Written & Vocalized by: Ithaka
© Ithaka Darin Pappas 1993
Ravenshark Music/Scion Four Muisc (NY)/ASCAP
"SO GET UP"
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THE END OF THE EARTH IS UPON US
PRETTY SOON IT’LL ALL TURN TO DUST
SO GET UP
FORGET THE PAST
GO OUTSIDE
HAVE A BLAST
GO A THOUSAND MILES IN A JET AIRPLANE
GO OUT OF YOUR MIND GO INSANE
TO A PLACE YOU NEVER BEEN BEFORE
EAT ICE CREAM OUR YOU’LL LICK THE FLOOR
CUZ, THE END OF THE EARTH IS UPON US
PRETTY SOON IT’LL ALL TUN TO DUST
GOODBYE MY FRIENDS
GOODBYE WORLD
I’LL SEE YOU IN THE NEXT LIFE
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Notes: The poem So Get Up by Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas)
was originally written in early 1993 in Lisbon, Portugal where
he lived and recorded from 1992-1998.
The first recording was live on air for the program Bairro Quatro
on Lisboa's Rádio Comercial.
The 2nd recording was made as a musical demo in March of 1993
Manchester, England.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW24QOQDPFY
Some months later he was invited to re-record the poem
with the progressive-house music duo called Underground Sound Of Lisbon
This version gained massive popularity internationally
after it was released globally by Tribal/IRS/EMI Records.
In 2013, Cosmic Gate made a new version of the song
using Ithaka's original vocal from '93. It became a massive
dance festival hit, a multiple remixes follwed.
Thru the last 25 years, more than
one-thousand remixes of the song have been made. In 2016, it officially earned the title as
The Most Remixed Vocal Acapella In Musical History.
The end of the earth is upon us
Pretty soon it'll all turn to dust
So get up
Forget the past
Go outside
Have a blast
Go a thousand miles in a jet airplane
Go out of your mind go insane
To a place you never been before
Eat ice cream our you'll lick the floor
'cause, the end of the earth is upon us
Pretty soon it'll all turn to dust
Goodbye my friends
Goodbye world
I'll see you in the next life
℗© Ithaka Darin Pappas 1992
Published by: Ravenshark Music/ASCAP/North Music Group
https://open.spotify.com/track/6e9rM3yTOZ2LoPja0FAkkN
https://www.amazon.com/So-Get-Ithaka-Darin-Pappas/dp/B0BMSN6PQH
So Get Up, a lyric poem by Californian artist and songwriter, Ithaka (or Ithaka Darin Pappas), was written on December 13th 1992 on a cafe napkin in the Amoreiras neighborhood of Lisbon, Portugal (where he worked and resided from 1992-1998). At the time, Ithaka had been guest hosting segments of "4º Bairro" on the national station Rádio Comercial during which he would often read his own short stories and poems. Having arrived to the station that day with little or no material to recite, Ithaka wrote So Get Up and a couple of short prose pieces at a coffeeshop on the side of the station's studio, just prior to going on air. A few months later, Ithaka recorded an electro musical version of So Get Up and other songs with a production team in Manchester, England released by Embryo Entertainment with little public attention.
Information about the iconic 1992 vocal acapella song by Greek-American songwriter and interdisciplinary artist Ithaka Darin Pappas (Ithaka). As of 2025, this example of lyrical mastery has been remixed over 800 times. In 1994, a hit remix was made by an acid house project from Underground Sound of Lisbon (DJ Vibe, Rui da Silva) and presented as a 100% Portuguese project with absolutely no mention of its creator Ithaka...now considered one of the biggest musical coverups since Milli Vanilli.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Get_Up
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Get_Up
