How Do You Like It?

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"How Do You Like It?"
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Single by Keith Sweat featuring Lisa Lopes
from the album Get Up on It
ReleasedMarch 28, 1994
Recorded1993
Genre
Label Elektra
Songwriter(s) Sweat/Scott/Jefferson/Lopes
Keith Sweat featuring Lisa Lopes singles chronology
"I Want to Love You Down"
(1993)		"How Do You Like It?"
(1994)		"When I Give My Love"
(1994)

"How Do You Like It?" is a song by American R&B artist Keith Sweat, released in March 1994 by Elektra Records from his fourth album, Get Up on It (1994), and features Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes of TLC. [4] The song peaked at number 48 on the US Billboard Hot 100 [5] and number nine on the Billboard R&B Singles chart. In the UK, it reached number 71 on the UK Singles Chart [6] and number 25 on the Music Week Dance Singles chart. Its accompanying music video was directed by Lionel C. Martin.

Contents

The song makes up the first two tracks on the album Get Up on It, first as an interlude, then as the full-length song.

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard magazine wrote, "Sweat is true to form as he previews the forthcoming Get Up on It . He struts like the only lover-man on the planet, atop a muscular jack-swing/hip-hop groove that is as sexy and infectious as the song's words. All the elements for a massive, multiformat, and much-deserved hit are in place. All ya gotta do is wait and watch radio programmers fall in line." [2]

Ralph Tee from Music Week's RM Dance Update commented, "The biggest new soul tune of the week, Sweat is back with a prelude to his forthcoming Get Up on It set for Elektra. At a mid-tempo pace, the lead vocals whine away over assorted tripping rhythms, the drum patterns slightly altered on each of the four mixes. Elsewhere the poking synth bass, girlie vocals and rather unusual 'Smurf' rap by Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes remain common throughout, all making for a strong new single. There are also some hip hop crowd style "Ho!s" for extra dancefloor effect, while the song is melodic enough to be extremely radio friendly too." [3] In his weekly RM dance column, James Hamilton named it a "lushly whined and perky Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes rapped groin grinding tight slow jam". [7]

Music video

The music video for "How Do You Like It?" was directed by American director Lionel C. Martin and filmed in New York. It was produced by Joe Larrier. [8]

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [9] 166
UK Singles (OCC)71
UK Dance ( Music Week ) [10] 25
UK Club Chart ( Music Week ) [11] 46
US Billboard Hot 100 48
US Dance Singles Sales ( Billboard ) [12] 17
US Hot R&B Singles ( Billboard )9

References

  1. ↑ Johnson, Connie (June 26, 1994). "(**) Keith Sweat, "Get Up on It"; Elektra". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Flick, Larry (March 19, 1994). "Single Reviews: R&B" (PDF). Billboard . p. 63. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Tee, Ralph (March 26, 1994). "Hot Vinyl" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 4. Retrieved April 25, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Picks and Pans Main: Song". People.com. July 11, 1994. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
    - Vibe - Google Boeken. August 1996. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Keith Sweat - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-26.
  6. ↑ Neil Warwick, Jon Kutner, Tony Brown (2004). The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles and Albums. Omnibus. ISBN   9781844490585 . Retrieved January 6, 2012.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ Hamilton, James (April 9, 1994). "DJ directory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 7. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Music Video: Production Notes" (PDF). Billboard . April 16, 1994. p. 47. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Keith Sweat ARIA Albums chart history 1988 to 2022, received from ARIA in 2022 page 3". ARIA. Retrieved December 3, 2023– via Imgur.com.
  10. ↑ "Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week . May 14, 1994. p. 28. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  11. ↑ "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). May 7, 1994. p. 4. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Hot Dance Music: Maxi-Singles Sales" (PDF). Billboard . April 30, 1994. p. 27. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
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