Get a Job

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"Get a Job" is a song by the American doo-wop group The Silhouettes, best known for its catchy refrain and depiction of unemployment and job-seeking in 1950s America.

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Label Occurrences
Get a Job canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist The Silhouettes ⓘ
associatedAct The Silhouettes ⓘ
chartPosition number one on Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
number one on Billboard R&B chart ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
culturalImpact became an anthem about youth unemployment in the 1950s ⓘ
influenced later pop and rock songs about work and unemployment ⓘ
depicts 1950s American working-class life ⓘ
describes a young man pressured to find employment ⓘ
genre doo-wop ⓘ
hasAudience mainstream pop listeners of the late 1950s ⓘ
hasChorus "Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip, mum mum mum mum mum mum" ⓘ
hasCulturalContext postwar economic transition in the U.S. ⓘ
hasFormat 7-inch single ⓘ
hasHook repetitive nonsense syllables in the intro ⓘ
hasInstrumentation vocal group with minimal backing band ⓘ
hasMood humorous yet socially aware ⓘ
hasRefrain "Get a job" ⓘ
hasRhythm up-tempo shuffle feel ⓘ
hasStyle vocal harmony ⓘ
hasSubject economic hardship ⓘ
search for employment ⓘ
isInGenre rhythm and blues ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor catchy refrain "Get a job" ⓘ
originalMedium vinyl record ⓘ
partOf 1950s American popular music canon ⓘ
performer The Silhouettes ⓘ
period 1950s ⓘ
portrays difficulty of finding work ⓘ
parental pressure on unemployed youth ⓘ
recordLabel Ember Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1957 ⓘ
setting urban United States ⓘ
side A-side ⓘ
theme job-seeking ⓘ
unemployment ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted postwar America ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Covers → hasTrack → Get a Job ⓘ
Behind Bars → hasTrack → Get a Job ⓘ
Holmes Osborne → notableWork → Get a Job ⓘ