Get Down Saturday Night

"Get Down Saturday Night"

Single by Oliver Cheatham

from the album Saturday Night

Released

1983

Format

7", 12"

Length

7:32 (12" version)
4:00(7" version)

Label

MCA (U.S.)
Ariola (Germany)

Writer(s)

Oliver Cheatham, Kevin McCord^[1]

Producer(s)

A.D.K.

Oliver Cheatham singles chronology

"Get Down Saturday Night"
(1983)

"Bless the Ladies"
(1983)

"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 #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 2015 film Ex Machina.

Track listing

1983 releases

12" vinyl^[4]

US: MCA / L33-1103

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Get Down Saturday Night"	7:32

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Get Down Saturday Night"	7:32

12" vinyl

UK: MCA / MCAT-828^[5]

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Get Down Saturday Night" (Special Extended Version)	7:32

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Something About You"	4:42

Other releases

1988 – "Get Down Saturday Night (You Can Do It)"
1989 – "Get Down Saturday Night (Get Down in the 90's)"
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)"
2007 – "Get Down Saturday Night" (Special extended version)

Chart positions

Chart (1983)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles^[2]	37
UK Singles Chart^[3]	38

Use in sampling

The song has been sampled for other songs, particularly in electronic dance music.

Barrio Debajo - "Gotta Let Yourself Go" (1993)
Smokin Beats - "Make Love Until The Morning Come" (1995)
DJ Kom - "Git down Saturday" (1997)
Ideal (featuring Li'l Mo & RL) - "Whatever" (1999)
DJ Flex - Good Feelin' (2000)
Master Freakz - "Make Luv (Let Yourself Go)" (2000)
Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham - "Make Luv" (2003)
Michael Gray - "The Weekend" (2004)
Rytmus - Kures Funk (2006)
The Supremes You Keep Me Hangin' On (Almighty Funky Mix)
POLICEMAN - "Poliman Monogatari" (2011)
The Wonderful Sound of Induce - "Get Down Saturday Night" (2012)
Lino Di Meglio - "I Can't Live Without" (2013)^[6]

References

↑ 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. ISBN 978-0-87930-744-8.
1 2 Get Down Saturday Night at AllMusic.
1 2 "Get Down Saturday Night" on ChartStats.
↑ ""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.
↑ from YouTube

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