GET UP STAND UP

Live 15 Oct 1988 version


All:		Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights
		Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight
		Get up, stand up, stand up for your right
		Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight

Sting:		Preacher man don't tell me heaven is under the earth
		I know you don't know what life is really worth
Peter Gabriel:		Not all that glitters is gold, half the story has never been told
Gabriel and Springsteen:		Now you see the light, stand up for your right

All:		Get up, stand up, stand up for your right
		Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight
		Get up, stand up, stand up for your right
		Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight

Tracy Chapman:		Most people say a great god will come from the sky
		Take away everything and make everybody feel high
		But if you knew what life is worth, you will look to yours on earth
Chapman and Springsteen:		And now you've seen the light, stand up for your rights

All:		Get up, stand up
Sting:		Get up, stand up
All:		Stand up for your right
Sting:		Stand up for your right
All:		Get up, stand up
Sting:		Get up, stand up
All:		Don't give up the fight
Sting:		Give up, give up, don't give up
All:		Get up, stand up, stand up for your right
		Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight

Bruce Springsteen:		We're sick and tired of your ism-skism game, I'm going to heaven in-a Jesus name
		Because we know when we understand that a mighty god is a living man
Yussou N'Dour:		You fool some people sometimes, but you can't fool all the people all the time
All:		Now you see the light, stand up for your rights

All:		Get up, stand up
Sting:		Get up, stand up
All:		Stand up for your right
Sting:		Stand up for your right
All:		Get up, stand up
Sting:		Get up, stand up
All:		Don't give up the fight
Sting:		Don't give up the fight

Yussou N'Dour:		We yoh
Audience:		We yoh
Yussou N'Dour:		We yoh yoh yoh
Audience:		We yoh yoh yoh
Yussou N'Dour:		We don't give up the fight
		Don't give up the fight
Audience:		Don't give up the fight
Yussou N'Dour:		We yoh
Audience:		We yoh
Yussou N'Dour:		We yoh yoh yoh
Audience:		We yoh yoh yoh
Yussou N'Dour:		We don't give up the fight
Tracy Chapman:		Don't give up the fight

All:		Derechos humanos
		Derechos humanos ya
		Derechos humanos
		Para siempre ya

All:		Derechos humanos
		Derechos humanos ya
		Derechos humanos
		Para siempre ya

All:		Derechos humanos
		Derechos humanos ya
		Derechos humanos
		Para siempre ya

All:		Derechos humanos
		Derechos humanos ya
		Derechos humanos
		Para siempre ya
		Para siempre ya
Yussou N'Dour:		???
All:		Para siempre ya
		Para siempre ya
Yussou N'Dour:		???
All:		Para siempre ya
		Para siempre ya
		Para siempre ya
		Para siempre ya
		Para siempre ya
Sting:		Juntos
All:		Para siempre ya
Crowd:		Para siempre ya
Sting:		¡Más fuerte!
Crowd:		Para siempre ya
Sting:		¡Más fuerte!
Crowd:		Para siempre ya
Sting:		¡Más fuerte!
Crowd:		Para siempre ya
		Para siempre ya
		Para siempre ya
		Para siempre ya
		Para siempre ya
		Para siempre ya
		Para siempre ya
		Para siempre ya

All:		Don't give up the fight
		Don't give up the fight
		Don't give up the fight
		Don't give up the fight
		Don't give up the fight
		Don't give up the fight

Page last updated: 22 Apr 2012

Intro

GET UP STAND UP is a song written by Bob Marley and Pete Tosh and originally released by The Wailers in 1973. See the original The Wailers version for more details.

Official Releases

The live 10 Dec 1988 version of GET UP STAND UP was officially released on The Paris Concert For Amnesty International home video.

15 Oct 1988 Performance

The above lyrics are for the live 15 Oct 1988 performance of GET UP STAND UP at River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, during the Amnesty International Human Rights Now! Tour. The song was the show closer, with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band joined onstage by Sting, Yussou N'Dour, Peter Gabriel, and Tracy Chapman. The song featured some lines in Spanish: "Derechos humanos / Derechos humanos ya / Derechos humanos / Para siempre ya" which translate to "Human rights / Human rights now / Human rights / Forever now", "Juntos" which translates to "Together" (Sting encouraging the crowd to sing along), and "¡Más fuerte!" which translates to "Stronger!".

Ticket stub for the 15 Oct 1988 show at River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina

This was the last show of the Amnesty International Human Rights Now! Tour. It was broadcast worldwide live on radio. Video segments were broadcast as part of "The Human Right Now Tour" documentary which debuted on 10 Dec 1988 on HBO in the United States, WDR in West Germany, and other TV channels around the world.

Promotional poster for the 10 Dec 1988 HBO broadcast of "The Human Right Now Tour" documentary, which contains segments from the 15 Oct 1988 show at River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Live History

GET UP STAND UP was performed 40 times during the 20-date-long Amnesty International Human Rights Now! Tour. The song was performed twice on each date, opening the proceedings in a cappella version featuring by Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman, Sting, and Yussou N'Dour, and closing in a full-band version featuring the same artists. The setlist for the 14 Oct 1988 show in Mendoza, Argentina, is unknown, but it is assumed that the song was performed on that date, just like it was on all other dates.

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GET UP STAND UP was performed on 10 Dec 1998 at Palais Omnisports De Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, during a benefit show for the Amnesty International Foundation. The song was officially released on The Paris Concert For Amnesty International home video. See the live 10 Dec 1998 version for more details.

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Available Versions

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Credits

Thanks Joma and Manuel Lázaro for the help with the Spanish lyrics.

Request

Some sources claim that GET UP STAND UP was performed twice on each of the 20 Amnesty International Human Rights Now! Tour shows, opening and closing the shows. Please contact me if you have any information. The above lyrics may not be not be 100% complete or correct. For any additions, comments, or corrections, please contact me via the below form or by email: . You will be credited. Thanks in advance.