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===Singles=== "Word Is Out" was released as ''Let's Get to It''{{'}}s [[lead single]] in August 1991, with "Say the Word - I'll Be There" as the B-side track, which she had recorded in May of that year.<ref>{{harvnb|''Kylie.com'' G}}</ref> The single was available as a limited edition [[Twelve-inch single|12"]] Summer Breeze mix, which "radically remixed" and reduced "the [[Synthesizer|synthesised]] band sound" from the original version.<ref name="wio">{{harvnb|''Kylie.com'' G}}; {{harvnb|Goodall|Stanley-Clarke|2012|page=76}}</ref> Mushroom Records released the remix in Australia, featuring Minogue's autograph on the B-side of the disc.<ref name="wio"/> Filmed at [[Camden Lock]], James Lebon directed the music video for "Word is Out".<ref>{{harvnb|''Kylie.com'' G}}; {{harvnb|PWL|1991a|loc="Word is Out"}}</ref> It features English TV presenter [[Davina McCall]], and Minogue is seen seductively dancing in [[stocking]]s and [[suspenders]] on the streets.<ref>{{harvnb|Levine|2010}}; {{harvnb|''Kylie.com'' G}}; {{harvnb|Goodall|Stanley-Clarke|2012|page=76}}</ref> The video was criticised by Stock and Waterman, who felt the sexualised imagery alienated Minogue's fans.<ref name=":0" /> Her accompanying TV promotion followed the same sexual theme.<ref name="naked76">{{harvnb|Goodall|Stanley-Clarke|2012|page=76}}</ref> "Word Is Out" peaked at number 16 on the [[UK Singles Chart]], becoming Minogue's first single to not reach the top 10 and this broke her run of 13 consecutive top 10 singles.<ref>{{harvnb|Smith|2014|page=103}}; {{harvnb|Official Charts Company A}}</ref> However, it reached number 10 in Australia, and number eight in Ireland.<ref name="ausandire">{{harvnb|Hung Medien A}}; {{harvnb|Irish Recorded Music Association}}</ref> The album's second single "If You Were with Me Now", a duet by Minogue and Washington, was released in October 1991.<ref name="iywwmn">{{harvnb|''Kylie.com'' D}}</ref> A music video, directed by Greg Masuak, accompanied it.<ref>{{harvnb|PWL|1991a|loc="If You Were with Me Now"}}</ref> Minogue and Washington met briefly on the set for the first time before the video was shot. Masuak opted not to feature any shots of Minogue and Washington together.<ref name="ifyouwere"/> "If You Were with Me Now" reached number four in the UK, becoming Minogue's first co-written top five hit and Washington's last top 40 appearance there.<ref>{{harvnb|Official Charts Company A}}; {{harvnb|''Kylie.com'' D}}; {{harvnb|Flynn|2019|ps=: "Wash and Go" by [[John Earls|Earls, John]]|page=102}}</ref> It also peaked at number seven in Ireland, and number 23 in Australia.<ref name="ausandire"/> "Give Me Just a Little More Time" was released as the third single in January 1992, being accompanied by a music video directed by Masuak.<ref>{{harvnb|''Kylie.com'' E}}; {{harvnb|Mushroom|Roadshow|1998|loc="Give Me Just a Little More Time"}}</ref> It peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, standing as the highest-charting single from ''Let's Get to It''.<ref name="kylieuk">{{harvnb|Official Charts Company A}}</ref> The song also reached the top 20 in Ireland and Belgium.<ref>{{harvnb|Irish Recorded Music Association}}; {{harvnb|Ultratop 50}}</ref> The 12" single was released with the B-side "Do You Dare".<ref>{{harvnb|Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}; {{harvnb|''Kylie.com'' E}}</ref> "Finer Feelings" was originally planned as the second single, but "If You Were with Me Now" replaced it.<ref name="finerfeel">{{harvnb|''Kylie.com'' H}}</ref> [[Brothers in Rhythm]] ultimately released the song in April 1992 as a 12" remix. They later became collaborators of Minogue's throughout the 1990s.<ref>{{harvnb|''Kylie.com'' H}}; {{harvnb|Smith|2014|page=111}}</ref> The remix is nearly seven-minutes long, and later became the 7" radio version as well.<ref name="Smith111">{{harvnb|Smith|2014|page=111}}</ref> "Closer" was also released as the B-side single.<ref name="rage1"/> The single peaked in the top 20 of the UK and Ireland.<ref>{{harvnb|Official Charts Company A}}; {{harvnb|Irish Recorded Music Association}}</ref> An accompanying black-and-white music video, directed by Dave Hogan, was shot entirely in Paris.<ref>{{harvnb|''Kylie.com'' H}}; {{harvnb|Mushroom|Roadshow|1998|loc="Finer Feelings"}}</ref>
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