Get a Job (song)
| "Get a Job" | |
|---|---|
| Single by The Silhouettes | |
| A-side | "I Am Lonely" |
| Released | November 1957 |
| Recorded | October 1957 |
| Studio | Robinson Recording Laboratories, Philadelphia |
| Genre | |
| Length | 2:45 |
| Label | Junior |
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"Get a Job" is a song by The Silhouettes released in November 1957. It reached the number one spot on the Billboard pop and R&B singles charts in February 1958, and was later included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981). The song celebrates the virtues of securing gainful employment.