Song · Janis Joplin
“Get It While You Can” by Janis Joplin
From the album Pearl (1971)
“Get It While You Can” by Janis Joplin appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2001 and 2020. It was first released in 1971 on the album Pearl. Its best result is #893 on the KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,236 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Get It While You Can" comes from Pearl, the Janis Joplin album Columbia released in January 1971, three months after her death on October 4, 1970. It's a Jerry Ragovoy and Mort Shuman song, and Paul A. Rothchild produced it with Phil Macy engineering. Pearl was the last album she took a direct hand in and her only one with the Full Tilt Boogie Band, her final touring outfit.
The credits here put John Till on guitar, Brad Campbell on bass, Clark Pierson on drums, Richard Bell on piano and Ken Pearson on organ, and all but Till join the backing vocals, along with Phil Badella, John Byrne Cooke, Vince Mitchell and Joplin herself. Bobbye Hall sits in on bongos and congas and Sandra Crouch on tambourine. Joplin takes the lead, and in hindsight the title reads like a dare.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1968 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2002 | 893 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) | 923 |
| 2020 | 1373 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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