# I've fallen and I can't get up! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/700433 "2014-10-05T02:35:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ibby14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a698b9/32.png) [@Ibby14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibby14)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/700433/1 "2014-10-05T02:35:03Z")
There was a song in the 90’s(?) I think that had Mrs. Fletcher’s (the lady on the floor) voice in their song but for the life of me I can’t find a reference to it (my wife doesn’t believe me). Anyone know what song this was and who sang it? (I think it might have been a dance mix but I’m not sure, if it was rock I’d remember).😕 ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/700433/2 "2014-10-05T02:39:52Z")
Can’t tell you about the song but I did at first think you had genuinely fallen and couldn’t get up, were near a computer but not a phone and was planning to contact your local emergency services for you. So I am VERY glad that’s not the case.🙂 I can imagine a bit of “and is this person a relative? Why are you calling from Scotland about this fallen person?..” “Well, you see, there’s this message board…” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/700433/3 "2014-10-05T02:42:30Z")
> [@Ibby14](#): > > There was a song in the 90’s(?) I think that had Mrs. Fletcher’s (the lady on the floor) voice in their song but for the life of me I can’t find a reference to it (my wife doesn’t believe me). Anyone know what song this was and who sang it? (I think it might have been a dance mix but I’m not sure, if it was rock I’d remember).😕 I definitely remember it and would place it at either 1991 or 1990, though I also do not remember the song’s name. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/700433/4 "2014-10-05T02:50:59Z")
Does a Google search for **lyrics “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up”** come up with anything familiar? ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/700433/5 "2014-10-05T03:07:57Z")
I did once hear someone mashed “I can’t get up” with James Brown singing “Get on up” to very comic effect. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/700433/6 "2014-10-05T13:08:19Z")
2Intense: [I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up (remix)](http://youtu.be/yqmrVtXF4h8)? ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/700433/7 "2014-10-05T13:22:53Z")
Student Driver definitely has it. I think I heard it played once on my local top 40 station. It got made because those commercials were run constantly in the early 90s. Being a joke/novelty song it was just referred to as the ‘LifeAlertl Remix’ or something. I don’t ever remember seeing the video anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![goldmund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a4c791/32.png) [@goldmund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goldmund)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get-up/700433/8 "2014-10-05T18:05:10Z")
[I Can’t Watch This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HaZvJZaiYQ), by Weird Al?