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"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.

"Get Down Saturday Night"
Single by Oliver Cheatham
from the album Saturday Night
Released	1983
Genre	Post-disco, funk, Contemporary R&B
Length	7:32 (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)

Track listing

1983 releases

12" vinyl[4]

• US: MCA / L33-1103

12" vinyl

• UK: MCA / MCAT-828[5]

Other releases

• 1988 – "Get Down Saturday Night (You Can Do It)"
• 1989 – "Get Down Saturday Night (Get Down in the 90's)" Ger # 23
• 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)"
• 2005 – "Get Down Saturday Night" (Unreleased Promo Mix) (Edit by Thomas Bangalter)
• 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

This section does not cite any sources. (September 2011)

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)
• Bon Garçon - "If You Need a Man" (1998)
• Ideal featuring Li'l Mo & RL - "Whatever" (1999)
• DJ Flex featuring Ken Norris - "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]
• DJ Prodígio featuring Raphael Prince of Soul cover house remix version Deep House (2018)
• Get Down Saturday Night (DJOKO Edit) [7]

References

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