"Get Up Offa That Thing" is a song written and performed by James Brown.

It reached #4 on the R&B chart, briefly returning Brown to the Top Ten after a year's absence, and #45 on the Billboard Hot 100.

[2][3] Thanks to its chart success, the song became Brown's biggest hit of the late 1970s.

The song's lyrics urge listeners to "Get up offa that thing / and dance 'til you feel better."

[5] Brown re-recorded "Get Up Offa That Thing" for the Doctor Detroit soundtrack album.