Get Down Saturday Night | |
Cover: | Get Down Saturday Night (1983 single cover).jpg |
Caption: | European 7" single cover |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Oliver Cheatham |
Album: | Saturday Night |
Released: | 1983 |
Genre: | Post-disco, funk |
Length: | 7:32 (12" version) 4:00 (7" version) |
Label: | MCA (U.S.) Ariola (Germany) |
Producer: | A.D.K. |
Prev Title: | Everybody Wants to Be the Boss |
Prev Year: | 1982 |
Next Title: | Bless the Ladies |
Next Year: | 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.,[1] as well as reaching number 38 on the UK Singles Chart.[2] The song was featured in the soundtrack for the video game 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.
Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles | 37 |
UK Singles (OCC) | 38 |