Put Up or Shut Up is an EP by American pop punk band All Time Low released in 2006 through Hopeless Records. The title originates from lyrics taken from "Break Out! Break Out!". The EP has sold over 60,000 copies. Five of the tracks are rerecordings of the band's debut album, The Party Scene (2005).
All lyrics written by Alex Gaskarth, all music composed by All Time Low.
"Shut up" is a direct command with a meaning very similar to "be quiet"', but which is commonly perceived as a more forceful command to stop making noise or otherwise communicating, such as talking. The phrase is probably a shortened form of "shut up your mouth" or "shut your mouth up". Its use is generally considered rude and impolite.
Before the twentieth century, the phrase "shut up" was rarely used as an imperative, and had a different meaning altogether. To say that someone was "shut up" meant that they were locked up, quarantined, or held prisoner. For example, several passages in the King James Version of the Bible instruct that if a priest determines that a person shows certain symptoms of illness, "then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days". This meaning was also used in the sense of closing something, such as a business, and it is also from this use that the longer phrase "shut up your mouth" likely originated.
Shut up is a slang term meaning "be quiet".
Shut Up may also refer to:
"Shut Up" is a pop song written by Suggs and Chris Foreman. It was recorded by British pop/ska band Madness, and was featured on the band's third album 7. It was released as a single on September 11, 1981, spending 10 weeks in the UK Singles Chart. It reached a high position of number 7.
The song tells a story of a criminal who, despite obvious evidence, tries to convince people he is not guilty. Even though the song is called "Shut Up", the two words do not appear in the lyrics at all. However, they were the final words of an additional verse which was part of an early version of the song.
The promotional video for the single released featured the band dressed as a group of criminals, then later as police officers, while lead singer Suggs remained dressed as a villain. In one sequence, the costumed band gather round as Chris Foreman (in police uniform) plays the song's guitar solo on the "Super Yob" guitar, previously owned by Dave Hill of Slade.
Alright
She's got hurricane eyes
And you know what she sees
She's got love in her thighs
And she gives it for free
She makes a cigarette shake
And don't need no advice
She won't put on the breaks
And you feed her device, yeah
She's gonna tease you up an' down now
Gonna play for keeps
I said, "Put up or shut it up now
Put up or shut it up, yeah"
She's got hounds on her trail
And they follow her scent
She's the kinda female
That don't need no good sense
She's got a license to thrill
And she shoots from the hip
Takes her power up well
And your passion is sure to drip
Here's a package built for speed now
Won't you feel the price?
I said, "Put up or shut it up, now
You gotta, gotta put up or shut it up, yeah"
Listen, wanna piece of the action
And I don't wanna be cheated, no
Gotta feel the connection
She's turnin' on her feet, yeah
Oh, here we go
Comin' to getcha, babe
Oh yeah
She's got hurricane eyes
And you know what she sees
She's got love in her thighs
And she gives it away for free
She's gonna tease you up an' down now
Gonna play for keeps
You gotta put up or shut it up now
I said, "Put up or shut it up now"
Why don't you put it up or shut it up?
Why don't you put it up or shut it up?
Why don't you put up or shut it up now?