Saturday Night (Jessica Mauboy song)
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"Saturday Night" is a song by Australian recording artist Jessica Mauboy
, featuring American rapper Ludacris
. It was released as the second single from Mauboy's second studio album, Get 'Em Girls
, on 27 October 2010. The song was written by Angie Iron, Ludacris and Brian Kennedy
, who also handled the song's production alongside Israel Cruz and Khaled Rohaim. Mauboy also recorded a simlish version of the song titled, "Surbiduh Nye", for the video game, The Sims 3: Late Night
.
"Saturday Night" is one of the few songs on the album that Mauboy did not co-write. Upon release, the song peaked at number seven on the ARIA Singles Chart
and was certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association
(ARIA). An accompanying music video
was directed by Hype Williams
, and features tinted lighting and fast paced graphics throughout. The song received a nomination for 'Highest Selling Single' at the 2011 ARIA Music Awards
.
and Ludacris
, with Kennedy also producing the track alongside Israel Cruz and Khaled Rohaim. The rap verse on the song was written by Ludacris. When Mauboy heard the original verse, she was not happy with it and had Ludacris re-write it again. Mauboy also recorded a simlish
version of the song re-titled, "Surbiduh Nye". The song was recorded to help promote the video game, The Sims 3: Late Night
. "Saturday Night" was released digitally
on 27 October 2010, and was sent to Australian contemporary hit radio
on 1 November.
wrote that the song is a "fun dance number that'll help start off the Saturday nights of teenagers across the country." "Saturday Night" debuted at number 13 on the ARIA Singles Chart
on November 22, 2010. It peaked at number seven on December 27, where it remained for two consecutive weeks. "Saturday Night" was certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association
(ARIA), for selling 140,000 copies.
The song was nominated for 'Single of 2010' at the 2010 IT List Awards. It also received a nomination for 'Highest Selling Single' at the 2011 ARIA Music Awards
.
and was filmed in Los Angeles
along with the video for "Get 'Em Girls
". It premiered on YouTube
on 11 November 2010. Throughout the video, it shows tinted lighting and fast paced graphics. Editors from MusicFix were impressed with the video and wrote that, "Mauboy gets sexier in each subsequent music video". A second version of the video without a guest appearance from Ludacris, was released on 2 December 2010.
. On 4 December 2010, Mauboy participated in the YouTube Live Sessions program, where she performed several of the album's songs, including "Saturday Night". On 7 December 2010, Mauboy performed the song on the Today Show
, which was broadcast in Gold Coast, Queensland
. On 10 December 2010, she performed the song at Federation Square
in Melbourne
, ahead of Oprah Winfrey
's visit to the place. On January 26, 2011, Mauboy performed "Saturday Night" at the Australia Day Live Concert
, held on the grounds of the Parliament House
in Canberra
.
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Jessica Mauboy
Jessica Hilda Mauboy , is an Indigenous Australian R&B singer-songwriter and actress. In 2006, Mauboy was the runner-up on the fourth season of Australian Idol, she had auditioned for the talent show in Alice Springs to pursue a recording career...
, featuring American rapper Ludacris
Ludacris
Christopher Brian Bridges , better known by his stage name Ludacris, is an American rapper and actor. Along with his manager, Chaka Zulu, Ludacris is the co-founder of Disturbing tha Peace, an imprint distributed by Def Jam Recordings...
. It was released as the second single from Mauboy's second studio album, Get 'Em Girls
Get 'em Girls
Get 'Em Girls is the second studio album by Australian R&B recording artist Jessica Mauboy, released in Australia on 5 November 2010 by Sony Music. Mauboy recorded the album in Los Angeles, New York and Atlanta...
, on 27 October 2010. The song was written by Angie Iron, Ludacris and Brian Kennedy
Brian Kennedy (producer)
Brian Kennedy Seals is an American songwriter, record producer and musician from Kansas City, MO. Revered as a piano prodigy, he has been making music tracks since 2001...
, who also handled the song's production alongside Israel Cruz and Khaled Rohaim. Mauboy also recorded a simlish version of the song titled, "Surbiduh Nye", for the video game, The Sims 3: Late Night
The Sims 3: Late Night
The Sims 3: Late Night is the third expansion pack for the strategic life simulation computer game The Sims 3 and is similar to previous expansions The Sims 2: Nightlife for The Sims 2 and The Sims: Hot Date for The Sims...
.
"Saturday Night" is one of the few songs on the album that Mauboy did not co-write. Upon release, the song peaked at number seven on the ARIA Singles Chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
and was certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
(ARIA). An accompanying music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
was directed by Hype Williams
Hype Williams
Harold "Hype" Williams , previously known as HYPE, is an American music video and film director of African-American and Honduran descent. His nickname "Hype" comes from his hyperactive nature as a child....
, and features tinted lighting and fast paced graphics throughout. The song received a nomination for 'Highest Selling Single' at the 2011 ARIA Music Awards
ARIA Music Awards of 2011
The 25th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards were a series of award ceremonies which included the 2011 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and ARIA Awards...
.
Background
"Saturday Night" was written by Angie Iron, Brian KennedyBrian Kennedy (producer)
Brian Kennedy Seals is an American songwriter, record producer and musician from Kansas City, MO. Revered as a piano prodigy, he has been making music tracks since 2001...
and Ludacris
Ludacris
Christopher Brian Bridges , better known by his stage name Ludacris, is an American rapper and actor. Along with his manager, Chaka Zulu, Ludacris is the co-founder of Disturbing tha Peace, an imprint distributed by Def Jam Recordings...
, with Kennedy also producing the track alongside Israel Cruz and Khaled Rohaim. The rap verse on the song was written by Ludacris. When Mauboy heard the original verse, she was not happy with it and had Ludacris re-write it again. Mauboy also recorded a simlish
Simlish
Simlish is a fictional language featured in EA Games' Sim series of games. It debuted in SimCopter, and has been especially prominent in The Sims, The Sims 2 and The Sims 3. The Sims development team created the unique Simlish language by experimenting with fractured Ukrainian, French, Latin,...
version of the song re-titled, "Surbiduh Nye". The song was recorded to help promote the video game, The Sims 3: Late Night
The Sims 3: Late Night
The Sims 3: Late Night is the third expansion pack for the strategic life simulation computer game The Sims 3 and is similar to previous expansions The Sims 2: Nightlife for The Sims 2 and The Sims: Hot Date for The Sims...
. "Saturday Night" was released digitally
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
on 27 October 2010, and was sent to Australian contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
on 1 November.
Reception
Majhid Heath of ABC Online IndigenousABC Online
ABC Online is the brand name in Australia for the online services of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, managed by ABC Innovation. It covers a large network of websites including those for ABC News, television, radio, and video-on-demand through ABC iView.ABC Online is one of Australia's...
wrote that the song is a "fun dance number that'll help start off the Saturday nights of teenagers across the country." "Saturday Night" debuted at number 13 on the ARIA Singles Chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
on November 22, 2010. It peaked at number seven on December 27, where it remained for two consecutive weeks. "Saturday Night" was certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
(ARIA), for selling 140,000 copies.
The song was nominated for 'Single of 2010' at the 2010 IT List Awards. It also received a nomination for 'Highest Selling Single' at the 2011 ARIA Music Awards
ARIA Music Awards of 2011
The 25th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards were a series of award ceremonies which included the 2011 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and ARIA Awards...
.
Music video
The music video for the song was directed by Hype WilliamsHype Williams
Harold "Hype" Williams , previously known as HYPE, is an American music video and film director of African-American and Honduran descent. His nickname "Hype" comes from his hyperactive nature as a child....
and was filmed in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
along with the video for "Get 'Em Girls
Get 'em Girls (song)
"Get 'Em Girls" is a song by Australian R&B recording artist Jessica Mauboy. The song features American rapper Snoop Dogg, who co-wrote the song with David Buchanan and producer Bangladesh for her second studio album of the same name. It was released as the album's lead single on 17 September 2010...
". It premiered on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
on 11 November 2010. Throughout the video, it shows tinted lighting and fast paced graphics. Editors from MusicFix were impressed with the video and wrote that, "Mauboy gets sexier in each subsequent music video". A second version of the video without a guest appearance from Ludacris, was released on 2 December 2010.
Live performances
Mauboy performed "Saturday Night" on The X Factor (Australia) on 8 November 2010, followed by a performance of the song at the 2010 Perth Telethon on 13 November 2010. On 27 November 2010, she performed the song on Hey Hey It's SaturdayHey Hey It's Saturday
Hey Hey It's Saturday was a long-running variety television program on Australian television. It initially ran for 27 years , debuting on the Nine Network on 9 October 1971 and broadcasting its last episode on 20 November 1999. Its host throughout its entire run was Daryl Somers, who would later...
. On 4 December 2010, Mauboy participated in the YouTube Live Sessions program, where she performed several of the album's songs, including "Saturday Night". On 7 December 2010, Mauboy performed the song on the Today Show
Today (Australian TV program)
Today and Weekend Today are Australian breakfast television programmes, the show is often referred to as The Today Show. The show has been broadcast live by the Nine Network each morning since 1982...
, which was broadcast in Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
. On 10 December 2010, she performed the song at Federation Square
Federation Square
Federation Square is a civic centre and cultural precinct in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, ahead of Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award-winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011...
's visit to the place. On January 26, 2011, Mauboy performed "Saturday Night" at the Australia Day Live Concert
Australia Day Live Concert
Australia Day Live is a concert on the grounds of Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, hosted each year on 25 January. The concert, first launched in 2004, features music from Australian artists and musicians...
, held on the grounds of the Parliament House
Parliament House, Canberra
Parliament House is the meeting facility of the Parliament of Australia located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. The building was designed by Mitchell/Giurgola Architects and opened on 1988 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia...
in Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
.
Track listing
-
- Digital download
- "Saturday Night" (featuring Ludacris) – 3:25
-
- Digital EPExtended playAn EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
- Digital EP
- "Saturday Night" (No Rap Edit) – 3:12
- "Saturday Night" (featuring Ludacris) – 3:25
- "Saturday Night" (Christian Luke Radio Edit) – 3:48
Personnel
- SongwritingSongwriterA songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
– Angie Iron, Brian Kennedy, Ludacris - ProductionRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
– Brian Kennedy - Additional production – Israel Cruz, Khaled Rohaim
- MixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
– Phil TanPhil TanPhil Tan is an Atlanta, GA-based music/audio engineer.He is a 3-time Grammy Award recipient, as mixing engineer for Mariah Carey's "The Emancipation of Mimi" , Ludacris' "Release Therapy" and Rihanna's "Only Girl " .Among the artists on Tan's list of credits: Jill Scott, Jennifer... - Additional mixing – Damien Lewis
- MasteringAudio masteringMastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced...
– Tom Coyne
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Weekly chart
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| ARIA Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
7 |
Certification
| Country | Certification |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... ) |
2× Platinum |
End of Year charts
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| ARIA Singles Chart | 73 |
| Australian Artists Singles Chart | 8 |
Release history
| Country | Date | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 27 October 2010 | Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
Sony Music Australia |
| 1 November 2010 | Contemporary hit radio Contemporary hit radio Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts... |
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| 17 December 2010 | Digital EP | ||