[Intro announcement:] Get on the floor and look real sexy!

Saw you, / and when I saw you / I thought "This is real, / this is real!" / Kissed you, / and when I kissed you, / I whispered "Forever, / forever!" /

I love the way, / I love the way you move / I love the way, / I love the way you move / Just lose yourself, / lose yourself in circles of sound. /

People get real, / people get real, / people get real! /

Knowing / the way the way we are feeling / You told me that we'd turn clean, / ??? we turned clean. / Talking, / taking advantage. / The other side of your dreams / of your dreams. /

Don't tell me / this is precious! / Don't tell me / this is soulful! / Well you have to be, / have to be kidding me on! /

People get real, / people get real, / people get real! /

So don't stop, / don't stop believing, / No and don't stop, / don't stop believing, / Just keep on, keep on, keep on believing it's here. /

People get real, / people get real, / people get real! /

Credits

Composition:

• Bob Stanley
• Pete Wiggs

Vocals:

• Sarah Cracknell

References

Trivia

The song was originally titled Kenny Get Real. It was going to be an a-side in itself, but Creation decided it wasn't commercial enough, so Join Our Club was recorded as well.

Here's the band talking about the track, shamelessly pinched from Melody Maker:

Bob:
It's about the way that when people stick to a certain kind of music, like acid jazz, or soul, they're considered "authentic" and real. People being really po-faced about stuff getting taken seriously, whereas, if you don't take yourselves too seriously, everyone takes that at face value and thinks you're superficial.

Like The Doors, who everyone thinks are great, but they're absolutely preposterous, total shit - and then you think of The Lovin' Spoonful, who were far more imaginative and wrote way more inventive songs, and they're regarded as some kind of comedy group! If you go for this ridiculous "authenticity" thing, you're allowed to get away with anything.
Pete:
That Jamiroquai song where he goes "sex-ee / lay-dee" - if we'd written that, we'd have been chased down the street!
Bob:
By sexy ladies. People would've come up to us and said, "I think I'm gonna squeeze ya."

Versions and sources

People Get Real

• Foxbase Alpha album [CD (US & Canadian release)]
• Foxbase Alpha album [cassette (US and Canada)]
• Foxbase Alpha album [CD (Japan)]
• Join Our Club single [vinyl seven inch]
• Join Our Club single [vinyl twelve inch]
• Join Our Club single [CD]
• Smash The System compilation album [double CD]
• So Tough album [double CD]
• Too Young To Die singles compilation album [twelve inch vinyl]
• Too Young To Die singles compilation album [CD]
• Too Young To Die singles compilation album [double CD]
• Too Young To Die singles compilation album [cassette]
• You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone compilation album [vinyl twelve inch]
• You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone compilation album [CD]
• You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone compilation album [cassette]

People Get Real (death in vegas mix)

• Casino Classics compilation remix album [double CD]
• Casino Classics compilation remix album [vinyl triple twelve inch]
• Casino Classics compilation remix album [cassette]
• Casino Classics compilation remix album [limited double CD with slipcase]