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{{Short description|1988 single by Brenda Russell}}
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{{For|the album|Get Here (album)}}
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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = Get Here
| name = Get Here
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| B-side = Le Restaurant
| B-side = Le Restaurant
| released = September 13, 1988
| released = September 13, 1988
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| recorded = 1985–1987
| format = {{hlist|[[7" single|7"]]|[[12" single|12"]]|[[CD single]]|[[cassette single]]}}
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| recorded = 1985–87
| studio =
| studio =
| venue =
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| genre = {{flat list |
| genre =
*[[Pop music|Pop]]
* [[Pop music|Pop]]
*[[soul music|soul]]}}
* [[soul music|soul]]
| length = 4:06
| length = 4:06
| label = [[A&M Records|A&M]]
| label = [[A&M Records|A&M]]
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"'''Get Here'''" is a pop [[Sentimental ballad|ballad]] written by American singer and songwriter [[Brenda Russell]]. The title track of her fourth studio album ''[[Get Here (album)|Get Here]]'' (1988), it became a moderate hit on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|''Billboard'' R&B chart]] on the heels of the album's massive first hit, "[[Piano in the Dark]]". American vocalist [[Oleta Adams]] recorded the song in 1990, making it a major international hit that reached the top 5 in both the US and the UK.<ref name=occ>{{cite web|title=Oleta Adams - Full Official Chart History|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/26042/oleta-adams/|website=Official Charts Company|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=20 January 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.billboard.com/charts/1991-02-16/hot-100 Peak Position noted, Billboard.com]</ref> Adams's version of "Get Here", co-produced by [[Roland Orzabal]] from the band [[Tears for Fears]] (for whom she had performed the female vocals on the hit single "[[Woman in Chains]]" a year earlier), became her signature song.
"'''Get Here'''" is a pop [[Sentimental ballad|ballad]] written by American singer and songwriter [[Brenda Russell]]. The title track of her fourth studio album, ''[[Get Here (album)|Get Here]]'' (1988), it became a moderate hit on the US [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|''Billboard'' R&B chart]] after the album's successful first hit, "[[Piano in the Dark]]".
American vocalist [[Oleta Adams]] covered and released the song in 1990, reaching the top five in both the US and the UK with her version. Adams's version of "Get Here", co-produced by [[Roland Orzabal]] from the band [[Tears for Fears]] (for whom she had performed the female vocals on the hit single "[[Woman in Chains]]" a year earlier), became her signature song.


==Composition and first release==
==Composition and first release==
Brenda Russell had written the song while staying at a [[penthouse apartment|penthouse]] in [[Stockholm]]: the tune came to her as she viewed some [[hot air balloon]]s floating over the city, a sight Russell recalls set her "really tripping on how many ways you can get to a person" (the eventual song's lyrics include the line: "You can make it in a big balloon but you'd better make it soon"). Although Russell did not pursue the musical ideas that came to her as her current record label saw her as a dance artist and she thought would not be interested in a song such as the one which became "Get Here", the song was still in the singer's mind when she woke up the next day: "I don't read or write music [so] it's extraordinary if a song is still in my head that I haven't jotted down or recorded. So if it's still in my head overnight, I think that’s something extra special, it's like somebody trying to tell me something."<ref name="Songfacts">{{cite web|url = http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/brenda_russell/|title=Songfacts|accessdate=2 February 2011}}</ref> Russell recorded the song as the title cut of her [[Get Here (album)|1988 album]] from which it was issued as a single - the album's third - reaching #37 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|''Billboard'' R&B chart]].<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r17167|pure_url=yes}} "Get Here" album, Allmusic.com]</ref>
Brenda Russell had written the song while staying at a [[penthouse apartment|penthouse]] in [[Stockholm]]: the tune came to her as she viewed some [[hot air balloon]]s floating over the city, a sight Russell recalls set her "really tripping on how many ways you can get to a person" (the eventual song's lyrics include the line: "You can make it in a big balloon but you'd better make it soon"). Although Russell did not pursue the musical ideas that came to her as her current record label saw her as a dance artist, the song was still in the singer's mind when she woke up the next day: "I don't read or write music [so] it's extraordinary if a song is still in my head that I haven't jotted down or recorded. So if it's still in my head overnight, I think that's something extra special, it's like somebody trying to tell me something."<ref name="Songfacts">{{cite web|url = http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/brenda_russell/|title=Songfacts|access-date=February 2, 2011}}</ref> Russell recorded the song as the title cut of her [[Get Here (album)|1988 album]] from which it was issued as a single – the album's third – reaching number 37 on the US [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|''Billboard'' R&B chart]].<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r17167|pure_url=yes}} "Get Here" album, Allmusic.com]</ref>


==Oleta Adams version==
==Oleta Adams version==
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| artist = [[Oleta Adams]]
| artist = [[Oleta Adams]]
| album = [[Circle of One]]
| album = [[Circle of One]]
| B-side = I've Got to Sing My Song
| B-side =
* "I've Got to Sing My Song" (international)
* "[[The Umbrellas of Cherbourg|Watch What Happens]]" (US)
| released = January 1991
| released = November 1990
| format = {{hlist|[[7" single|7"]]|[[12" single|12"]]|[[CD single]]|[[Cassette single]]}}
| recorded = 1990
| recorded =
| studio =
| studio =
| venue =
| venue =
| genre = {{flat list|
| genre =
*[[Pop music|Pop]]
* [[Pop music|Pop]]
*[[soul music|soul]]}}
* [[soul music|soul]]
| length = 4:37
| length = 4:37
| label = [[Fontana Records|Fontana]]
| label =
* [[Fontana Records|Fontana]] (international)
* [[Mercury Records|Mercury]] (US)
| writer = [[Brenda Russell]]
| writer = [[Brenda Russell]]
| producer = {{hlist|[[Roland Orzabal]]|David Bascombe}}
| producer = {{hlist|[[Roland Orzabal]]|David Bascombe}}
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| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|K2-yUQS70Kc|"Get Here"}}}}
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|K2-yUQS70Kc|"Get Here"}}}}
}}
}}
American singer-songwriter [[Oleta Adams]] released her cover of "Get Here" in 1990 by [[Mercury Records|Mercury]], taken from her third studio album, ''[[Circle of One]]'' (1990). It was while Adams was visiting [[Stockholm]], Sweden that she heard [[Brenda Russell|Russell]]'s song playing in a record store and was sufficiently impressed with the song to record it for her album.<ref name="Songfacts"/>


World events at this time gave the song a resonance as an anthem for the US troops in the [[Gulf War]]—underscored by the lyrics "''You can reach me by [[camel train|caravan]] / Cross the [[desert]] like an [[Arab people|Arab]] man''"—which sent Adams's single into the top ten of the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in the spring of 1991.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ollison|first=Rashod|title=Always Something to Get Over: Oleta Adams Offers a Hug|url=https://www.pilotonline.com/entertainment/columns/article_deac1463-9aac-5d22-bf55-3bf5845b24f2.html|access-date=January 17, 2022|website=pilotonline.com|date=April 24, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Harrington|first=Richard|date=March 20, 1991|title=GULF WAR SONGS, OUT OF TUNE|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1991/03/20/gulf-war-songs-out-of-tune/04a07e1a-1e9b-4b87-9f4e-f4ed1a30d305/|access-date=January 17, 2022|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=August 9, 2015|title=In Concert Video: 'Get Here' ~ Oleta Adams is Back + Soon Releasing Two New Songs [WATCH]|url=https://atlantadailyworld.com/2015/08/09/in-concert-video-get-here-oleta-adams-is-back-soon-releasing-two-new-songs-watch/|access-date=January 17, 2022|website=Atlanta Daily World|language=en-US}}</ref> The music video for the song was directed by Greg Gold.
In 1990, American singer [[Oleta Adams]] released her cover of "'''Get Here'''", which was taken from her 1990 album, ''[[Circle of One]]''. It was while Adams was visiting [[Stockholm]], Sweden that she heard [[Brenda Russell|Russell]]'s song playing in a record store and was sufficiently impressed with the song to record it for her album.<ref name="Songfacts"/> Adams's version of "Get Here" was issued as a single in early 1991. World events at this time gave the song a resonance as an anthem for the US troops in the [[Gulf War]]—underscored by the lyrics "You can reach me by [[camel train|caravan]] / Cross the [[desert]] like an [[Arab people|Arab]] man"—which sent Adams's single into the top ten of the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in the spring of 1991.


===Critical reception===
===Critical reception===
The song received favorable reviews from many music critics. [[AllMusic]] editor [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] described the song as a "gospel-tinged belter" in his review of ''[[Circle of One]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/circle-of-one-mw0000689877|title=Oleta Adams - Circle of One|work=AllMusic|date=|accessdate=17 February 2020}}</ref> [[Larry Flick]] from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' said in his review, that "delicate instrumental arrangement contrasts with Adams' powerful reading of a lovely [[Brenda Russell]] composition."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1990/BB-1990-10-27.pdf|title=Single Reviews|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=27 October 1990|accessdate=16 February 2020|page=81|format=PDF}}</ref> ''[[The Commercial Appeal]]'' picked the song as a "standout" track from the album and described it as "magnificent".<ref>"Playbook". ''[[The Commercial Appeal]]''. 24 August 1990. Retrieved 25 March 2020.</ref> Karla Peterson from ''[[Copley News Service]]'' called it a "warmhearted" song.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.no/books?id=iyRKAAAAIBAJ|title=Oleta Adams offers antidote to the blues|magazine=[[Oxnard Press-Courier]]|date=22 January 1994|page=15|accessdate=13 March 2020}}</ref> Ellen Fagg from ''[[The Deseret News]]'' wrote that the track is a "stunning love song-cum-transportation commercial". She noted that "the lyrics are creative and witty and plaintively passionate, a difficult triple combination to score. But the words are great because they're underlined by the rich power of Adams'big voice."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.no/books?id=LV9TAAAAIBAJ|title=Oleta Adams belts out witty, soulful, lasting music|magazine=[[The Deseret News]]|date=22 June 1991|accessdate=13 March 2020}}</ref> James Bernard from ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' wrote that "Get Here" is "an unrushed call to her lover" and noted that Adams' "voice can soar with intensity, hanging onto notes for dear life, or suddenly drop into hushed intimacy."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1991/04/12/circle-one/|title=Circle of One|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=12 April 1991|accessdate=28 February 2020}}</ref> ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' said it's "one of the year's most satisfying hit singles." [[Stephen Holden]] from ''[[New York Times]]'' noted it as a "ballad of separation and longing".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.no/books?id=8DAyAAAAIBAJ|title=Twenty-year struggle yields a hit for Adams|magazine=[[Lawrence Journal-World]]|date=5 March 1991|accessdate=15 March 2020}}</ref> ''[[Philadelphia Daily News]]'' noted it as "that come-home-safe song widely connected to our troops in the gulf war."<ref>"LOUNGE ACT TO OPENING ACT, ADAMS SHINES SUCCESSFUL LP, TOUR HAVEN'T CHANGED THIS MODEST SINGER". ''[[Philadelphia Daily News]]''. 15 August 1991. Retrieved 25 March 2020.</ref> Caroline Sullivan from ''[[Smash Hits]]'' labeled it as a "wistful souly ballad" from the former [[Tears For Fears]] backing singer.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/smashhits90s/29298262748/in/album-72157670772584438/|title=Review: Singles|magazine=[[Smash Hits]]|volume=|issue=316|page=49|date=9 January 1991|accessdate=8 March 2020}}</ref> Tonya Pendleton from ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'' called it "anthemic".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.no/books?id=ySsEAAAAMBAJ|title=Oleta Adams - Moving On|magazine=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|date=1 December 1995|accessdate=2 March 2020}}</ref>
"Get Here" received favorable reviews from most music critics. [[AllMusic]] editor [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] described the song as a "[[Gospel music|gospel]]-tinged belter".<ref>{{cite web|first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/circle-of-one-mw0000689877|title=Oleta Adams - Circle of One|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=February 17, 2020|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref> [[Larry Flick]] from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' remarked that "delicate instrumental arrangement contrasts with Adams' powerful reading of a lovely [[Brenda Russell]] composition."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Larry|last=Flick|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1990/BB-1990-10-27.pdf|title=Single Reviews|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=October 27, 1990|access-date=February 16, 2020|page=81|author-link=Larry Flick}}</ref> ''[[The Commercial Appeal]]'' named it a "standout" track from the album, declaring it as "magnificent".<ref>"Playbook". ''[[The Commercial Appeal]]''. August 24, 1990.</ref> Karla Peterson from ''[[Copley News Service]]'' called it "warmhearted".<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Karla|last=Peterson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iyRKAAAAIBAJ|title=Oleta Adams offers antidote to the blues|magazine=[[Oxnard Press-Courier]]|date=January 22, 1994|page=15|access-date=March 13, 2020}}</ref> A reviewer from ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' said it is "the Single of the week, the year, the decade..."<ref>{{cite magazine|title= A name you will remember. |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= 1991 |page= 2 |access-date= October 22, 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-04-20.pdf}}</ref> Ellen Fagg from ''[[The Deseret News]]'' wrote that the lyrics "are creative and witty and plaintively passionate, a difficult triple combination to score. But the words are great because they're underlined by the rich power of Adams' big voice."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Ellen|last=Fagg|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LV9TAAAAIBAJ|title=Oleta Adams belts out witty, soulful, lasting music|magazine=[[The Deseret News]]|date=June 22, 1991|access-date=March 13, 2020}}</ref> James Bernard from ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' viewed it as "an unrushed call to her lover" and noted that the singer's voice "can soar with intensity, hanging onto notes for dear life, or suddenly drop into hushed intimacy."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=James|last=Bernard|url=https://ew.com/article/1991/04/12/circle-one/|title=Circle of One|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=April 12, 1991|access-date=February 28, 2020}}</ref>

A reviewer from ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' named it "one of the year's most satisfying hit singles." [[David Quantick]] from ''[[New Musical Express|NME]]'' wrote, "Oleta is a total groover. This is a huge soft ballad that sounds lots better than [[Mariah Carey]] and her lacewanky ilk."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=David|last=Quantick|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52276140757/|title=Singles|magazine=[[New Musical Express|NME]]|date=January 19, 1991|page=19|access-date=April 3, 2023|author-link=David Quantick}}</ref> [[Stephen Holden]] from ''[[New York Times]]'' declared it as a "ballad of separation and longing",<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Holden|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8DAyAAAAIBAJ|title=Twenty-year struggle yields a hit for Adams|magazine=[[Lawrence Journal-World]]|date=March 5, 1991|access-date=March 15, 2020|author-link=Stephen Holden}}</ref> while ''[[Philadelphia Daily News]]'' noted it as "that come-home-safe song widely connected to our troops in the [[Gulf War|gulf war]]."<ref>"Lounge Act To Opening Act, Adams Shines Successful LP, Tour Haven't Changed This Modest Singer". ''[[Philadelphia Daily News]]''. August 15, 1991.</ref> Nick Duerden from ''[[Record Mirror]]'' wrote, "With few singers capable of matching her eloquent tones ([[Anita Baker]] excepted), 'Get Here', a wondrous three-minute love affair with the senses, is destined to scale deserving heights."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/51221375402/in/album-72157719331435173/|first=Nick|last=Duerden|title=The Adams Family|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|date=January 12, 1991|page=5|accessdate=August 10, 2021}}</ref> Caroline Sullivan from ''[[Smash Hits]]'' labeled it as a "wistful souly ballad" from the former [[Tears For Fears]] backing singer.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Caroline|last=Sullivan|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/smashhits90s/29298262748/in/album-72157670772584438/|title=Review: Singles|magazine=[[Smash Hits]]|issue=316|page=49|date=January 9, 1991|access-date=March 8, 2020}}</ref> Tonya Pendleton from ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'' called it "anthemic".<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Tonya|last=Pendleton|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ySsEAAAAMBAJ|title=Oleta Adams - Moving On|magazine=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|date=December 1, 1995|access-date=March 2, 2020}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


===Chart performance===
===Chart performance===
"Get Here" was a major hit in both Europe and the US, reaching the Top 5 in Ireland, the United Kingdom and the US. In the UK, the single peaked at number 4 on February 17, 1991 after 7 weeks on the [[UK Singles Chart]]. Additionally, it also reached the Top 20 in Poland and Top 30 in the Netherlands. On the [[Eurochart Hot 100]], "Get Here" peaked at number 9 in March. Outside Europe, it went to number 27 in Canada and number 5 on the US ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100]].
"Get Here" reached the top 5 in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In the UK, the single peaked at number four on February 17, 1991, after spending seven weeks on the [[UK Singles Chart]]. It also reached the top 30 in the Netherlands, peaking at number 27. On the [[Eurochart Hot 100]], "Get Here" peaked at number nine in March. Outside Europe, the song peaked at number 27 in Canada and number five on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot 100]].


===Music video===
===Music video===
The [[music video]] for "Get Here" begins outside a red wall with a blue door and window. After a while, Adams is seen in front, before she is seen sitting and playing by a piano. As she begins to sing, she is back in front of the red wall. Other scenes show the singer singing in a blue-green room with a white window. In some scenes she also stands in a corner. Later in the video, Adams is seen in front of the red wall, now apparently inside and in front of one window. The video concludes with a close-up of Adams against the blue-green wall as she sings the last lines of the song.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2-yUQS70Kc|title=Oleta Adams - Get Here (Official Video)|magazine=[[YouTube]]|date=|accessdate=1 August 2020}}</ref> The video was uploaded to [[YouTube]] in July 2014. In August 2020, it has got more than 3,500,000 views.
The accompanying music video for "Get Here" was directed by Greg Gold.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.kinorium.com/name/245795/|title=Greg Gold - director, writer, producer|publisher=Kinorium.com|access-date=June 11, 2023}}</ref> It begins outside a pittoresque red wall with a blue door and window, where Adams slowly appears in front. Then she is seen sitting and playing by a piano. Other scenes shows Adams in a room with blue-green walls and a white window, or she performs while standing in a corner. As the video progresses, Adams is also seen inside the red-walled house. The video concludes with a close-up of the singer as she sings the last lines of the song, while leaning towards one of the blue-green walls.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2-yUQS70Kc|title=Oleta Adams - Get Here (Official Video)|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref>


===Track listing===
===Track listings===
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = 7" single, Europe (1990)
| headline = 7-inch single, Europe (1990)


| title1 = Get Here
| title1 = Get Here
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| length1 = 4:34
| length1 = 4:34


| title2 = I've Got To Sing My Song (Live)
| title2 = I've Got to Sing My Song
| note2 =
| note2 = live
| length2 = 4:30
| length2 = 4:30
}}
}}
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = 12" single, UK (1990)
| headline = 12-inch single, UK (1990)


| title1 = Get Here
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| length1 = 4:36
| length1 = 4:36


| title2 = I've Got To Sing My Song (Live)
| title2 = I've Got to Sing My Song
| note2 =
| note2 = live
| length2 = 4:32
| length2 = 4:32


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| length1 = 4:36
| length1 = 4:36


| title2 = I've Got To Sing My Song (Live)
| title2 = I've Got to Sing My Song
| note2 =
| note2 = live
| length2 = 4:32
| length2 = 4:32


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!scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-03-09.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=8|issue=10|page=45|date=March 9, 1991|access-date=July 10, 2020}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Italy (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=[[Musica e Dischi]]|language=it|access-date=June 1, 2022}} Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Oleta Adams".</ref>
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!scope="row"|Poland ([[Lista Przebojów Programu Trzeciego|LP3]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lp3.polskieradio.pl/notowania/?numer=484|title=Notowanie nr484|publisher=[[Lista Przebojów Programu Trzeciego|LP3]]|language=pl|date=May 31, 1991|accessdate=March 18, 2019}}</ref>
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{{single chart|UK|4|date=19910223|rowheader=true|access-date=April 2, 2018}}
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!scope="row"|[[UK Dance Singles Chart|UK Dance]] (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1991/MW-1991-01-12.pdf|title=Top 60 Dance Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=xii|date=January 12, 1991|access-date=September 28, 2020}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1991-03-23/|title=Billboard Hot 100|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=March 23, 1991|access-date=June 17, 2023}}</ref>
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==Other versions==
==Other versions==
*An uptempo cover version was released in the UK in 1993 by the dance act Q featuring [[Tracy Ackerman]] and reached number 37 in the UK Top 40.
*An uptempo cover version was released in the UK in 1993 by the dance act Q featuring [[Tracy Ackerman]] and reached number 37 in the UK Top 40.
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*"Get Here" has also been recorded by many other artists including [[Vanessa Amorosi]], [[Paul Anka]], [[David Archuleta]], Alexia Gardner, [[Salena Jones]], [[Patti LuPone]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.masterworksbroadway.com/music/patti-lupone-live|title = Patti LuPone Live}}</ref> [[Barbara Mandrell]], [[Jennifer Rush]], [[Livingston Taylor]], [[Siti Nurhaliza]], [[Jonalyn Viray]], and [[Susan Wong]].
*A signature number of [[Justin Guarini]] during [[American Idol (season 1)|season one of ''American Idol'']] and included on the ''[[Justin Guarini (album)|Justin Guarini]]'' album.
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*[[Edsilia Rombley]] recorded "Get Here" for her 1998 album ''Edsilia'' from which it was taken as a single reaching number 88 on the Netherlands charts: previously Rombley had recorded a Dutch rendering of the song entitled "Zorg Dat Je Er Bent" which had appeared on the singer's 1997 ''Thuis'' album.
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*"Get Here" has also been recorded by [[Vanessa Amorosi]], [[Paul Anka]], [[David Archuleta]], [http://www.alexiajazz.com Alexia Gardner], [[Salena Jones]], [[Patti LuPone]],<ref>http://www.masterworksbroadway.com/music/patti-lupone-live</ref> [[Barbara Mandrell]], Omar Chakil (who wrote French lyrics for his version: "Tu m'as tout donné"), [[Jennifer Rush]], [[Livingston Taylor]], [[Siti Nurhaliza]], [[Jonalyn Viray]], and [[Susan Wong]].
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*Australian born Irish singer [[Johnny Logan (singer)|Johnny Logan]] recorded the song as "Get Here If You Can" for his album, ''[[We All Need Love (album)|We All Need Love]]'' (2003).{{cn|date=February 2024}}
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*Also [[Edsilia Rombley]] recorded "Get Here" for her 1998 album ''Edsilia'' from which it was taken as a single reaching #88 on the Netherlands charts: previously Rombley had recorded a Dutch rendering of the song entitled "Zorg Dat Je Er Bent" which had appeared on the singer's 1997 ''Thuis'' album.
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*[[The Beautiful South]]'s album ''[[Gaze (album)|Gaze]]'' included a song with the same title and, partially, similar lyrics – but reversed the theme, with [[Paul Heaton]] protesting his unwillingness to travel any distance at all for his lover.{{cn|date=February 2024}}
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*Australian born Irish singer [[Johnny Logan (singer)|Johnny Logan]] recorded the song as "Get Here If You Can" for his album, ''[[We All Need Love (album)|We All Need Love]]'' (2003).
*A humorous cover of "Get Here", which featured comedy sound effects after each method of transport mentioned, was performed by fictional singer Michelle Coffee in the [[Peter Kay]] series ''[[Phoenix Nights]]''.
*The song was performed by [[Andy Hallett]] as his character [[Lorne (Angel)|Lorne]] on the series ''[[Angel (1999 TV series)|Angel]]'', in the season 2 episode "[[First Impressions (Angel)|First Impressions]]".
*During ''American Idol''{{'}}s ''[[American Juniors]]'', [[Lucy Hale]] sang "Get Here" in the top-20 semi-final 2. She was chosen as one of the 5 contestants who advanced to the next competition.
*[[Nils Landgren (musician)|Nils Landgren]] recorded a cover of the song on his album ''Chapter Two'' (2009).
*[[Lulu Roman]] (of [[Hee Haw]] fame) recorded a cover for her 2013 album ''At Last''.
*[[Will Downing]] covers the song on his album ''Black Pearls'' (2016).
*[[Sam Smith (singer)|Sam Smith]] recorded a cover for his ''Spotify Singles'' release in 2018.
*[[Conchita Wurst]] recorded a cover for his 2018 album ''From Vienna with Love''.
*[[Renee Cologne]] covered the song on her 2019 release [[Coverlings]].

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[[The Beautiful South]]'s album ''[[Gaze (album)|Gaze]]'' included a song with the same title and, partially, similar lyrics - but reversed the theme, with [[Paul Heaton]] protesting his unwillingness to travel any distance at all for his lover. (Sample lyric: "You can get here by helicopter"/"I can barely make [[Blackpool]] sands").


==References==
==References==
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For the album, see Get Here (album).

"Get Here"
Single by Brenda Russell
from the album Get Here
B-side"Le Restaurant"
ReleasedSeptember 13, 1988
Recorded1985–1987
Genre
Length4:06
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Brenda Russell
Producer(s)André Fischer, Brenda Russell, Peter O. Ekberg
Brenda Russell singles chronology
"Gravity"
(1988) 		"Get Here"
(1988) 		"Kiss Me with the Wind"
(1990)

"Get Here" is a pop ballad written by American singer and songwriter Brenda Russell. The title track of her fourth studio album, Get Here (1988), it became a moderate hit on the US Billboard R&B chart after the album's successful first hit, "Piano in the Dark".

American vocalist Oleta Adams covered and released the song in 1990, reaching the top five in both the US and the UK with her version. Adams's version of "Get Here", co-produced by Roland Orzabal from the band Tears for Fears (for whom she had performed the female vocals on the hit single "Woman in Chains" a year earlier), became her signature song.

Composition and first release

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Brenda Russell had written the song while staying at a penthouse in Stockholm: the tune came to her as she viewed some hot air balloons floating over the city, a sight Russell recalls set her "really tripping on how many ways you can get to a person" (the eventual song's lyrics include the line: "You can make it in a big balloon but you'd better make it soon"). Although Russell did not pursue the musical ideas that came to her as her current record label saw her as a dance artist, the song was still in the singer's mind when she woke up the next day: "I don't read or write music [so] it's extraordinary if a song is still in my head that I haven't jotted down or recorded. So if it's still in my head overnight, I think that's something extra special, it's like somebody trying to tell me something."[1] Russell recorded the song as the title cut of her 1988 album from which it was issued as a single – the album's third – reaching number 37 on the US Billboard R&B chart.[2]

Oleta Adams version

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"Get Here"
Single by Oleta Adams
from the album Circle of One
B-side
ReleasedNovember 1990
Genre
Length4:37
Label
Songwriter(s)Brenda Russell
Producer(s)
Oleta Adams singles chronology
"Circle of One"
(1990) 		"Get Here"
(1990) 		"You've Got to Give Me Room"
(1991)
Music video
"Get Here" on YouTube

American singer-songwriter Oleta Adams released her cover of "Get Here" in 1990 by Mercury, taken from her third studio album, Circle of One (1990). It was while Adams was visiting Stockholm, Sweden that she heard Russell's song playing in a record store and was sufficiently impressed with the song to record it for her album.[1]

World events at this time gave the song a resonance as an anthem for the US troops in the Gulf War—underscored by the lyrics "You can reach me by caravan / Cross the desert like an Arab man"—which sent Adams's single into the top ten of the US Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of 1991.[3][4][5] The music video for the song was directed by Greg Gold.

Critical reception

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"Get Here" received favorable reviews from most music critics. AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine described the song as a "gospel-tinged belter".[6] Larry Flick from Billboard remarked that "delicate instrumental arrangement contrasts with Adams' powerful reading of a lovely Brenda Russell composition."[7] The Commercial Appeal named it a "standout" track from the album, declaring it as "magnificent".[8] Karla Peterson from Copley News Service called it "warmhearted".[9] A reviewer from The Daily Telegraph said it is "the Single of the week, the year, the decade..."[10] Ellen Fagg from The Deseret News wrote that the lyrics "are creative and witty and plaintively passionate, a difficult triple combination to score. But the words are great because they're underlined by the rich power of Adams' big voice."[11] James Bernard from Entertainment Weekly viewed it as "an unrushed call to her lover" and noted that the singer's voice "can soar with intensity, hanging onto notes for dear life, or suddenly drop into hushed intimacy."[12]

A reviewer from Los Angeles Times named it "one of the year's most satisfying hit singles." David Quantick from NME wrote, "Oleta is a total groover. This is a huge soft ballad that sounds lots better than Mariah Carey and her lacewanky ilk."[13] Stephen Holden from New York Times declared it as a "ballad of separation and longing",[14] while Philadelphia Daily News noted it as "that come-home-safe song widely connected to our troops in the gulf war."[15] Nick Duerden from Record Mirror wrote, "With few singers capable of matching her eloquent tones (Anita Baker excepted), 'Get Here', a wondrous three-minute love affair with the senses, is destined to scale deserving heights."[16] Caroline Sullivan from Smash Hits labeled it as a "wistful souly ballad" from the former Tears For Fears backing singer.[17] Tonya Pendleton from Vibe called it "anthemic".[18]

Chart performance

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"Get Here" reached the top 5 in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In the UK, the single peaked at number four on February 17, 1991, after spending seven weeks on the UK Singles Chart. It also reached the top 30 in the Netherlands, peaking at number 27. On the Eurochart Hot 100, "Get Here" peaked at number nine in March. Outside Europe, the song peaked at number 27 in Canada and number five on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Music video

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The accompanying music video for "Get Here" was directed by Greg Gold.[19] It begins outside a pittoresque red wall with a blue door and window, where Adams slowly appears in front. Then she is seen sitting and playing by a piano. Other scenes shows Adams in a room with blue-green walls and a white window, or she performs while standing in a corner. As the video progresses, Adams is also seen inside the red-walled house. The video concludes with a close-up of the singer as she sings the last lines of the song, while leaning towards one of the blue-green walls.[20]

Track listings

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7-inch single, Europe (1990)
No.TitleLength
1."Get Here"4:34
2."I've Got to Sing My Song" (live)4:30
12-inch single, UK (1990)
No.TitleLength
1."Get Here"4:36
2."I've Got to Sing My Song" (live)4:32
3."Birdland"3:13
CD single, Europe (1990)
No.TitleLength
1."Get Here"4:36
2."I've Got to Sing My Song" (live)4:32
3."Birdland"3:13

Charts

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Other versions

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Songfacts". Retrieved February 2, 2011.
  2. ^ "Get Here" album, Allmusic.com
  3. ^ Ollison, Rashod (April 24, 2012). "Always Something to Get Over: Oleta Adams Offers a Hug". pilotonline.com. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  4. ^ Harrington, Richard (March 20, 1991). "GULF WAR SONGS, OUT OF TUNE". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  5. ^ "In Concert Video: 'Get Here' ~ Oleta Adams is Back + Soon Releasing Two New Songs [WATCH]". Atlanta Daily World. August 9, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  6. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Oleta Adams - Circle of One". AllMusic. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  7. ^ Flick, Larry (October 27, 1990). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. p. 81. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  8. ^ "Playbook". The Commercial Appeal. August 24, 1990.
  9. ^ Peterson, Karla (January 22, 1994). "Oleta Adams offers antidote to the blues". Oxnard Press-Courier. p. 15. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  10. ^ "A name you will remember" (PDF). Billboard. 1991. p. 2. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  11. ^ Fagg, Ellen (June 22, 1991). "Oleta Adams belts out witty, soulful, lasting music". The Deseret News. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  12. ^ Bernard, James (April 12, 1991). "Circle of One". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  13. ^ Quantick, David (January 19, 1991). "Singles". NME. p. 19. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  14. ^ Holden, Stephen (March 5, 1991). "Twenty-year struggle yields a hit for Adams". Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  15. ^ "Lounge Act To Opening Act, Adams Shines Successful LP, Tour Haven't Changed This Modest Singer". Philadelphia Daily News. August 15, 1991.
  16. ^ Duerden, Nick (January 12, 1991). "The Adams Family". Record Mirror. p. 5. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  17. ^ Sullivan, Caroline (January 9, 1991). "Review: Singles". Smash Hits. No. 316. p. 49. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  18. ^ Pendleton, Tonya (December 1, 1995). "Oleta Adams - Moving On". Vibe. Retrieved March 2, 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  19. ^ "Greg Gold - director, writer, producer". Kinorium.com. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
  20. ^ "Oleta Adams - Get Here (Official Video)". YouTube. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  21. ^ "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 25 February 1991". Retrieved February 28, 2022.
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  23. ^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 1465." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  24. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 10. March 9, 1991. p. 45. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
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  26. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Get Here". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  27. ^ "Classifiche". Musica e Dischi (in Italian). Retrieved June 1, 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Oleta Adams".
  28. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 2, 1991" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
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  30. ^ "Oleta Adams – Get Here". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  31. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  32. ^ "Top 60 Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. January 12, 1991. p. xii. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
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  35. ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. February 16, 1991. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  36. ^ "RPM 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks of 1991". RPM. Retrieved March 18, 2019 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  37. ^ "EHR Year-End Top 100" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 51–52. December 21, 1991. p. 20. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  38. ^ "1991 Top 100 Singles". Music Week. London, England: Spotlight Publications. January 11, 1992. p. 20.
  39. ^ "1991 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 103, no. 51. December 21, 1991. p. YE-14.
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  41. ^ "Patti LuPone Live".
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