Artist
5ive
Why we feature this artist The funkier turn into Invincible If Ya Gettin' Down catches Five at a particularly confident point: a group able to combine a sharply delivered vocal, a strong rhythmic identity and a pop refrain without making the joins feel awkward…
- From
- United Kingdom
- Sound
- Pop, dance-pop, pop rap, hip-hop
- Active
- 1997–2001, 2006–2007, 2012–present
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Tracks to explore
The artist, in context
The story of 5ive
Why we feature this artist
The funkier turn into Invincible
If Ya Gettin' Down catches Five at a particularly confident point: a group able to combine a sharply delivered vocal, a strong rhythmic identity and a pop refrain without making the joins feel awkward.
The 1999 single
Issued through RCA in 1999, the record reached number two in Britain and led into the group's Invincible period. The 5ive styling belongs to the same act also credited as Five. Here, the point of interest is the single's springy, insistent movement: the title is an instruction, and the arrangement makes answering it feel almost automatic.
A group made audible
Different vocal entrances give the track its shape. The performers can sound assertive together while retaining the contrast between a rhythmic line and a more melodic answer. That is a particular boy-band skill, and this single makes it physical. Rather than stopping to introduce each personality, the record lets the changes of delivery do the work. The result belongs to the dance floor as comfortably as to the pop countdown, with the hook carried by the performance's momentum.
Essential releases
If Ya Gettin' Down
The number-two RCA single documents the group's punchier rhythmic side.