Check on It
"Check on It" | ||||
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Single by Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug and Bun B | ||||
from the album #1's | ||||
Released | October 11, 2005 | |||
Recorded | 2005 | |||
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Length | 3:30 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Swizz Beatz | |||
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Slim Thug singles chronology | ||||
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Bun B singles chronology | ||||
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Alternative cover | ||||
Music video | ||||
"Check on It" on YouTube |
"Check on It" is a song recorded by American singer
"Check on It" is an
"Check on It" was not originally intended as a single from #1's. However, it received some rotation on US radio stations, after the release of the first single "Stand Up for Love" (2005), which failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Eventually, "Check on It" was released as a single; it debuted on the US Hot 100 in November 2005. The song peaked at number one for five consecutive weeks, becoming one of the two longest-running number-one singles of 2006, and Beyoncé's credited third US number-one single. Internationally, it reached number one in New Zealand and the top ten in Canada and several European countries.
The accompanying
Background and release
"Check on It" was written by Beyoncé,
"Check on It" was not originally intended for release as a single from the album #1's. However, it received heavy rotation from US radio stations after the release of the first single "Stand Up for Love" (2005), which recorded by all members of Destiny's Child was a commercial failure.[7] Meanwhile, "Check on It" debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in November 2005, that is, before its official release as it had amassed considerable listener impressions.[11] A remix of the song featuring hip-hop rapper Bun B was recorded prior to its release.[12] The task of remixing the song was undertaken by Maurice Joshua with further assistance from Junior Vasquez who helped in its production.[5]
"Check on It" was first
Composition
"Check on It" is a
In the first
Critical reception
Music critics received the song positively, complimenting Beyoncé's vocal performance, and the easiness as well as the confidence she displays while singing her lyrics. A reviewer from the UK website Contactmusic.com described "Check on It" as a "booty shaking anthem" and complimented Beyoncé for switching to a club song after "Stand Up for Love".[16] Bret McCabe of Baltimore City Paper noted that the song is "less a DC joint than a Beyoncé sex-kitten solo". He praised the lyrics of the song and the easiness with which Beyoncé sings, highlighting her "million-selling R&B pipes".[18] James Blake of BBC Music wrote that the lyrics are pleasantly aggressive and critical of women.[20]
Jaime Gill of Yahoo! Music described "Check on It" as "sinuously brilliant".[21] James Anthony of the British newspaper The Guardian wrote that the song "espouses a blissful disregard for traditional songwriting conventions. No Hova (Jay-Z) this time, but Houston rapper Slim Thug's lazy southern drawl suits the fractionally slower tempo."[22] In the July 2006 issued copy of Spin magazine, Nick Duerden ranked the song at the seventh place on his list of The ten Beyoncé tracks you need to download, writing that "Check on It" is Beyoncé's sexiest song to date.[23] "Check on It" was nominated in for Best Duet/Collaboration at the 2006 BET Awards,[24] and for the Best Rap/Hip Hop Dance Track at the 2007 22nd Annual International Dance Music Awards in 2007.[25] It also received a Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) Award for "Award-Winning Song".[26]
Chart performance
"Check on It" debuted at number 72 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart issue dated November 19, 2005.
The song also topped the US
"Check on It" debuted at number four on the
Music video
When demand was growing for the song, Beyoncé decided to make a
['Check on It'] is so fun, it makes you feel like a child again and we wanted to put some of that in the choreography and the feel of the video. It's all about checking on yourself and making sure you're moving tight and your man admiring how you move. It's simple."[43]
In the video, Beyoncé is seen mostly in all pink, and the dancers wear PVC jackets and dance around rippling satin sheets. She occasionally bends over and grabs her behind. The video cuts to Beyoncé wearing a polka dot corset against a hot pink polka-dotted wall, wearing a pink wig and pink lipstick. Where black bars normally appear on a 4:3 (full screen) television showing a widescreen production, footage is displayed of curtains moving in the background. This was a trend in the videos directed by Williams during that year, with the effect being used in Ne-Yo's 2006 single "So Sick" and Jamie Foxx's 2005 single "Unpredictable".[3] "Check on It" won the Best R&B Video at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards.[44] It was also nominated for Video of the Year at the 2006 BET Awards.[24]
Live performances
Although Beyoncé did not perform "Check on It" on televised appearances, it was a part of her
Formats and track listing
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Personnel
Credits are lifted from the official booklet of #1's and B'Day.[52]
- Vocals – ,
- Songwriting – Beyoncé Knowles, Angela Beyince, Swizz Beatz, Sean Garrett, Slim Thug
- Production – Beyoncé Knowles, Swizz Beatz
- Vocal production – Beyoncé Knowles
- Recording engineers – Jim Caruana, Nathan Jenkins
- Assistance – Geoffrey Rice, Matt Serrecchio
- Mix engineering – Dave Pensado, Dexter Simmons
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada)[108] | Platinum | 80,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada)[109] Mastertone |
2× Platinum | 80,000* |
United Kingdom (BPI)[110] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
United States (RIAA)[111] | 2× Platinum | 1,438,000[36] |
United States (RIAA)[35] Mastertone |
Platinum | 1,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
Region | Date | Version(s) | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United States | October 11, 2005 |
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Brazil | January 14, 2006 | Original | Digital download | Sony BMG | |
Germany | January 16, 2006 | CD | |||
United Kingdom | RCA | ||||
United States | January 31, 2006 | Remix | Digital download (EP) |
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February 7, 2006 | Maxi CD | ||||
France | April 3, 2006 | Original | CD | Sony BMG | |
Japan | May 3, 2006 | Remix | Maxi CD |
See also
- List of number-one singles from the 2000s (New Zealand)
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2006 (U.S.)
- List of number-one dance singles of 2006 (U.S.)
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External links
- Official music video on YouTube