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1.1  1983 releases  





1.2  Other releases  







2 Chart positions  





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"Get Down Saturday Night"
European 7" single cover
SinglebyOliver Cheatham
from the album Saturday Night
Released1983
GenrePost-disco, funk
Length7:32 (12" version)
4:00 (7" version)
LabelMCA (U.S.)
Ariola (Germany)
Songwriter(s)Oliver Cheatham, Kevin McCord[1]
Producer(s)A.D.K.
Oliver Cheatham singles chronology
"Everybody Wants to Be the Boss"
(1982)
"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 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

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1983 releases

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12" vinyl[4]
Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Get Down Saturday Night"7:32
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Get Down Saturday Night"7:32
12" vinyl
Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Get Down Saturday Night" (Special extended version)7:32
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Something About You"4:42

Other releases

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Chart positions

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

References

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  1. ^ 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 NightatAllMusic.
  • ^ 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.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Get_Down_Saturday_Night&oldid=1228253668"

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