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Get Off This

"Get Off This"
Single by Cracker
from the album Kerosene Hat
Released1994
GenreAlternative rock
Length4:26
LabelVirgin
Songwriters
Producers
  • Don Smith
  • Cracker
Cracker singles chronology
"Low"
(1993) 		"Get Off This"
(1994) 		"Euro-Trash Girl"
(1994)

"Get Off This" is a song by American rock band Cracker. It appears on their 1993 album, Kerosene Hat.[1][2] "Get Off This" reached number 6 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 18 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart in 1994.[3]

Release and reception

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"Get Off This" was the second single released from the album, Kerosene Hat. Jason Gross from Rock and Roll Globe said it was "one of the band’s best songs" and that it "could be seen not only as a poke at hippies and idealists but also the 'fans' who are disappointed that Cracker ain’t Camper Van Beethoven."[4]

Music video

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The music video for "Get Off This" features animation including rotoscoping, and was directed by Carlos Grasso.[5]

Charts

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Chart (1994) Peak
position
US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard) 18
US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)[6] 6

References

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  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Cracker – Kerosene Hat". AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  2. ^ "Movie Star and Get Off This-Cracker". 300 Songs. September 6, 2010. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  3. ^ "Kerosene Hat: Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  4. ^ Gross, Jason (August 29, 2023). "Get Off This: Cracker's Kerosene Hat at 30". Rock and Roll Globe.
  5. ^ Thompson, Dave (2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 0-87930-607-6.
  6. ^ "Cracker Top Songs". Music VF. Retrieved May 25, 2013.