Get Down Saturday Night

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"Get Down Saturday Night"
Get Down Saturday Night (1983 single cover).jpg
European 7" single cover
Single by Oliver Cheatham
from the album Saturday Night
Released1983
Genre Post-disco, funk
Length7:32(12" version)
4:00 (7" version)
Label MCA (U.S.)
Ariola (Germany)
Songwriter(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 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 .

Contents

Track listing

1983 releases

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

Chart positions

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

Use in sampling

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

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