"Get Down Saturday Night" is a song by American singer 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,[6] as well as reaching number 38 on the UK Singles Chart.[7] Considered a disco classic, it was revived in the 21st century through remixes, most notably "Make Luv" by Italian DJ Room 5 (2003) and through use in popular culture.
The song has consistently received positive reviews. Upon its release, The Washington Informer called it a "TGIF anthem", with its chief virtues being Cheatham's voice and its beat — "not too fast, not too slow, just right for eight minutes on the dance floor."[8]James Hamilton of Record Mirror called it a "superb quietly stated jauntily tripping 116½bpm chunky finger snappin’ killer of a cut."[9] Retrospectively, Music Week called it a "blinky-blonky delight" and a "storming feelgood tune,"[10] while Billboard′s Michael Paoletta described it as "dancefloor anthem."[11] Mark Olsen called it a "swirling, silky" piece of R&B.[12]
The Guardian's Dorian Lynskey wrote that it "has a far more alluring New York swagger" than "Make Luv."[13] Tom Bromley noted that while it was a minor hit in 1983, following the success of "Make Luv" it was retroactively talked up as a "lost disco classic."[1] Others have also dubbed it a classic.[14][15]
Remixes and samples
A remix by Grove feat. Juan Wells was released on Indochina Records in 1995. The song had previously gained underground popularity as a bootleg titled "Make Love And Listen To The Music" by Barrio De Bargo.[16]
French house producer DJ Kom sampled it in his 1997 single "Git Down Saturday," which was used as part of Daft Punk's 1997 Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1.[17]
The song was remixed as "Make Luv" by Italian DJ Room 5 (Junior Jack) in 2003, which reached No. 1 in the UK chart.[18] In 2004 it was remixed by British DJ Michael Gray titled "The Weekend", reaching No. 7 in 2004.[18]
Use in popular culture
The song has been popularized by uses in popular culture. Most notably, it was featured on the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002)[19] and the sci-fi film Ex Machina (2014).[3]
12Bromley, Tom (2006). "Make Luv - Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham". We Could Have Been the Wombles: The Weird and Wonderful World of One-Hit Wonders. London: Penguin Books. pp.125–127. ISBN978-0-14-101711-2.
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