"Get Up (A Cowboys Anthem)" is a
dance-pop song with a length of 3:46 (3 minutes and 46 seconds) with
synthpop influences, which Clarkson developed upon the release of her album
Stronger (2011) on songs such as "
Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" and "
Dark Side". The song has sampled crowd cheering sounds that can be heard within its dance beats. Clarkson, a native of
Dallas–Fort Worth,
Texas and a fan of the
Dallas Cowboys football team, immediately wrote it the very same night she was invited by
Pepsi and the
NFL. She remarked: "Everyone knows that I am a huge Cowboys fan, and having the chance to be a part of the Pepsi NFL Anthems program and create a custom song for the team and city of Dallas overall was an honor." She co-wrote it with music producers
Josh Abraham and Oligee, whom she had collaborated with previously on songs such as "
Hello", "Alone", "You Can't Win" and "You Love Me". Clarkson revealed on an interview with
The Hollywood Reporter that the
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders inspired her in the writing sessions; she remarked: "The thing that inspired me the most was everybody knows the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders just as much as the Cowboys. So I wrote the verses from a cheer perspective. The anthem is in the chorus where everybody can sing along and have a good time. I am pretty pumped. I am glad it came to me so quickly. That doesn't really happen that fast, normally." The song was first released by Pepsi and the NFL on August 14, 2012 as a free digital download until February 2013. It was re-released on October 2, 2012, by
RCA Records. ==Critical reception==