"Get It On Tonite" is the lead single released from American singer turned pastor Montell Jordan's fourth album, Get It On...Tonite (1999). The song was originally performed by Derrick Dimitry, whose version was released in 1997 through the short-lived Freeworld Entertainment label. However, after the label shut down, the song was eventually given to Jordan. Produced by Brian "Lil Bee" Palmer and Sergio "PLX" Moore, the song utilizes a sample of Claudja Barry's 1976 single "Love for the Sake of Love".
"Get It On Tonite" reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Jordan's last solo single to chart on the Hot 100. It also spent three consecutive weeks at number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart and sold 800,000 copies domestically. A remix entitled "Get It On with LL and Montell", which features labelmate LL Cool J, was included on several formats of the single.
Samplings In July 2012, "Get It On Tonite" was sampled on Harlem rapper Azealia Banks's first mixtape, Fantasea, on the penultimate track "Esta Noche". Pitchfork Medias Marc Hogan praised the track, saying that "the best and penultimate cut on Fantasea, "Esta Noche", points in a promising new direction: conversational, cheater-luring pickup lines over a warmly inviting sample from Montell Jordan's 1999 R&B hit "Get It on Tonite". Critics praised producer Munchi's fusion of electronic dance music and R&B, with the track being named as a highlight of the tape.
Track listingsUS CD and cassette single "Get It On Tonite" (LP version) – 4:16 "Get It On with LL & Montell" (with LL Cool J) – 3:47 "Once Upon a Time" (LP version) – 4:36US 12-inch singleA1. "Get It On Tonite" (radio edit) A2. "Get It On Tonite" (LP version) B1. "Get It On Tonite" (instrumental) B2. "Get It On Tonite" (acappella)UK CD1 "Get It On Tonite" (radio edit) "This Is How We Do It" (Puff Daddy radio mix) "Somethin' 4 da Honeyz" (radio version) "Get It On Tonite" (video)UK CD2 "Get It On with LL & Montell" (radio edit with LL Cool J) "This Is How We Do It" (Funkmaster Flex radio mix) "I Like" (radio edit)European CD single "Get It On Tonite" "Maybe She Will"European maxi-CD single' "Get It On Tonite" "Maybe She Will" "Get It On Tonite" (instrumental) "Get It On Tonite" (video)
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1999–2000)PeakpositionEurope (Eurochart Hot 100)24US Billboard Hot 1004US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks (Billboard)1US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)19US Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)8US Rhythmic Top 40 (Billboard)4
Year-end charts Chart (2000)PositionBelgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)92Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)53France (SNEP)86Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)28Netherlands (Single Top 100)55Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)99US Billboard Hot 10024US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks (Billboard)6US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)73US Rhythmic Top 40 (Billboard)22
Certifications
Release history RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)United StatesSeptember 28, 1999Def SoulNovember 9, 1999November 16, 1999Contemporary hit radioNew ZealandDecember 13, 1999CDUnited KingdomMarch 27, 2000
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