Get Down Saturday Night
Appearance
"Get Down Saturday Night" | ||||
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![]() European 7" single cover | ||||
Single by Oliver Cheatham | ||||
from the album Saturday Night | ||||
Released | 1983 | |||
Genre | Post-disco, funk | |||
Length | 7:32 (12" version) 4:00 (7" version) | |||
Label | MCA (U.S.) Ariola (Germany) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Oliver Cheatham, Kevin McCord[1] | |||
Producer(s) | A.D.K. | |||
Oliver Cheatham singles chronology | ||||
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"Get Down Saturday Night" is a song by American artist Oliver Cheatham, released in 1983 as the first single from his second album Saturday Night. That spring, the song reached number 37 on the US R&B chart.,[2] as well as reaching number 38 on the UK Singles Chart.[3] The song was featured in the soundtrack for the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as well as in the 2014 film Ex Machina.
The song was sampled in two UK chart hits in the 2000s; in "Make Luv" by Italian DJ Room 5 which reached No. 1 in 2003, and in "The Weekend" by British DJ Michael Gray which reached No. 7 in 2004.
Track listing
[edit]1983 releases
[edit]- 12" vinyl[4]
- US: MCA / L33-1103
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Get Down Saturday Night" | 7:32 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Get Down Saturday Night" | 7:32 |
- 12" vinyl
- UK: MCA / MCAT-828[5]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Get Down Saturday Night" (Special extended version) | 7:32 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Something About You" | 4:42 |
Other releases
[edit]- 1988 – "Get Down Saturday Night (You Can Do It)"
- 1989 – "Get Down Saturday Night (Get Down in the 90's)" Ger # 23
- 1998 – "Get Down Saturday Night '98"
- 1999 – "Get Down Saturday Night '99"
- 2002 – "Get Down Samedi Soir" (DJ Abdel feat. Rohff & Oliver Cheatham)
- 2003 – "Get Down Saturday Night (Stand for Love)"
- 2003 – "Get Down Saturday Night (LMC Remix) Rock the Dancefloor 8
- 2005 – "Get Down Saturday Night" (Unreleased Promo Mix) (Edit by Thomas Bangalter)
- 2007 – "Get Down Saturday Night" (Special extended version)
Chart positions
[edit]Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles[2] | 37 |
UK Singles (OCC)[3] | 38 |
References
[edit]- ^ Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2003). All music guide to soul: the definitive guide to R&B and soul. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 135. ISBN 0-87930-744-7.
- ^ a b Get Down Saturday Night at AllMusic.
- ^ a b "Get Down Saturday Night" on Official Charts.
- ^ ""Get Down Saturday Night" (MCA, US) on Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2011-09-06.
- ^ ""Get Down Saturday Night" (MCA, UK) on Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2011-09-06.