Get It On Tonite

"Get It on Tonite"
Single by Montell Jordan
from the album Get It On...Tonite
Released	October 12, 1999
Format	CD single, maxi single, 12"
Recorded	1999
Genre	R&B, hip hop soul
Length	4:37
Label	Def Soul
Writer(s)	Darren Benbow, Jörg Evers, Montell Jordan, Brian Palmer, LeVar A. Wilson
Producer(s)	Brian Palmer & Sergio Moore
Montell Jordan singles chronology
"I Can Do That" (1998) "Get It On Tonite" (2000) "Once Upon a Time" (2000)

"Get It On Tonite" was the lead single released from Montell Jordan's fourth album, Get It On...Tonite. The song was produced by Brian "Lilz" Palmer and Sergio "PLX" Moore, who used a sample of Claudja Barry's 1976 single "Love for the Sake of Love". Thus far, "Get It On Tonite" has been Montell's last significant hit, having made it to number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, to date his last single to do so. It also spent three consecutive weeks at #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs February 5–19, 2000. It sold 800,000 copies domestically.^[1] A remix entitled "Get It on with LL and Montell", which featured two verses from labelmate LL Cool J, was also released as a single.

Sampled use

"Esta Noche"

In July 2012, he was sampled on Harlem rapper Azealia Banks's first mixtape Fantasea, on the penultimate track "Esta Noche". Pitchfork Media's Marc Hogan praised the track, saying that "the best and penultimate cut on Fantasea, "Esta Noche", points in a promising new direction: conversational, cheater-luring pickup lines over a warmly inviting sample from Montell Jordan's 1999 R&B hit "Get It on Tonite". Critics praised producer Munchi's fusion of electronic dance music and R&B, with the track being named as a highlight of the tape.

Single track listing

A-Side

1. "Get It On Tonite" (Radio Edit)
2. "Get It On Tonite" (LP Version)

B-Side

1. "Get It On Tonite" (Instrumental)
2. "Get It On Tonite" (Acappella)

Chart positions

Peak positions Chart (2000) Peak position Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[2] 18 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[3] 11 Canada Top Singles (RPM[4] 15 France (SNEP)[5] 28 Germany (Official German Charts)[6] 21 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[7] 9 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8] 43 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 14 UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 15 US Billboard Hot 100 4 US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 1 US Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 4 US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 8 US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 19 US Billboard Top 40 Tracks 18

Year-end charts Chart (2000) Position U.S. Billboard Hot 100[10] 24

References

1. "Best-Selling Records of 2000". Billboard (BPI Communications Inc.) 113 (6): 64. February 10, 2001. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
2. "Ultratop.be – Montell Jordan – Get It On Tonite" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
3. "Ultratop.be – Montell Jordan – Get It On Tonite" (in French). Ultratop 50.
4. Canadian peak
5. "Lescharts.com – Montell Jordan – Get It On Tonite" (in French). Les classement single.
6. "Musicline.de – Montell Jordan Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
7. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Montell Jordan search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
8. "Charts.org.nz – Montell Jordan – Get It On Tonite". Top 40 Singles.
9. "Swisscharts.com – Montell Jordan – Get It On Tonite". Swiss Singles Chart.
10. "Billboard Top 100 - 2000". Retrieved 2010-08-31.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics