Get It On Tonite

For the album, see Get It On...Tonite.

"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 produced by Brian "Lilz" Palmer and Sergio "PLX" Moore, who used a sample of Claudja Barry's 1976 single "Love for the Sake of Love".

"Get It On Tonite"
Single by Montell Jordan
from the album Get It On...Tonite
B-side	"Get It On with LL & Montell", "Once Upon a Time"
Released	September 28, 1999 (1999-09-28)
Length	4:37
Label	Def Soul
Songwriter(s)	Darren Benbow, Jörg Evers, Montell Jordan, Brian Palmer, LeVar A. Wilson
Producer(s)	Brian Palmer, Sergio Moore
Montell Jordan singles chronology
"I Can Do That" (1998) "Get It On Tonite" (1999) "Once Upon a Time" (2000)

"Get It On Tonite" reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming his 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 Media's 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".^[1] Critics praised producer Munchi's fusion of electronic dance music and R&B, with the track being named as a highlight of the tape.^[2]

Track listings

US CD and cassette single[3][4] "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) – 4:36 US 12-inch single[5] A1. "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[6] "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[7] "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[8] "Get It On Tonite" "Maybe She Will" European maxi-CD single[9] "Get It On Tonite" "Maybe She Will" "Get It On Tonite" (instrumental) "Get It On Tonite" (video)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1999–2000) Peak position Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[10] 18 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[11] 11 Canada Top Singles (RPM)[12] 15 Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[13] 85 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[14] 24 France (SNEP)[15] 28 Germany (GfK)[16] 21 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[17] 9 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[18] 8 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[19] 43 Scotland (OCC)[20] 49 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 14 UK Singles (OCC)[22] 15 UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[23] 3 US Billboard Hot 100[24] 4 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks (Billboard)[25] 1 US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[26] 19 US Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)[27] 8 US Rhythmic Top 40 (Billboard)[28] 4

Year-end charts Chart (2000) Position Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[29] 92 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[30] 53 France (SNEP)[31] 86 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[32] 28 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[33] 55 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[34] 99 US Billboard Hot 100[35] 24 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks (Billboard)[36] 6 US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[37] 73 US Rhythmic Top 40 (Billboard)[38] 22

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[39]	Silver	200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[40]	Gold	800,000[41]
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref(s).
United States	September 28, 1999	Urban urban AC radio	Def Soul	[42]
	November 9, 1999	12-inch vinyl CD		[43][44]
	November 16, 1999	Contemporary hit radio		[45]
New Zealand	December 13, 1999	CD		[46]
United Kingdom	March 27, 2000		Def Soul Mercury	[47]