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

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. ISBN 978-0-87930-744-8.
2. Get Down Saturday Night at AllMusic.
3. "Get Down Saturday Night" on ChartStats.
4. ""Get Down Saturday Night" (MCA, US) on Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2011-09-06.
5. ""Get Down Saturday Night" (MCA, UK) on Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2011-09-06.
6. from YouTube