Songofheday 9/21/19 - It's Friday night, and I feel alright The party is here on the West side...
from the album This Is How We Do It (1995)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1 (seven weeks)
Weeks in the Top-40: 24
Today's song of the day comes from the R&B/funk singer Montell Jordan, who comes from the South Central area of Los Angeles, where he was raised in a religious and musical family before striking out on a solo music career himself. One of the first non-rappers to be signed to Def Jam records, Montell recorded his debut album, This Is How We Do It, which came out in the spring of 1995. But before that the title track was released as a single. A hard funk throwdown which borrows hip-hop's attitude and house music's low-end punch and you've got this classic single that cribs rapper Slick Rick's 80s hit "Children's Story", giving him writing credit with Jordan and producer Oji Pierce. The result rewarded Montell with his first and biggest hit pop single...
"This Is How We Do It" topped the American pop chart for seven weeks starting in April of 1995. The song also spent seven weeks on top of Billboard magazine's R&B chart. Internationally, the single reached the top ten in New Zealand (#5), Australia (#7), and Canada (#8), while also making the top-40 in the UK (#11), the Netherlands (#11), Sweden (#22), Belgium (#26), France (#34), Germany (#38), and Switzerland (#38). At the 1996 Grammy Awards, "This Is How We Do It" was up for Best R&B Male Vocal, which went to Stevie Wonder for "For Your Love".
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Here's Montell performing the song live at the Kids Choice concert ..
And at the NBA in 2015...
That same year, Dutch DJ/remixer Joe Stone released an update of the song called "The Party (This Is How We Do It)" with Jordan's original vocals. The single climbed to #17 on the British singles chart and #14 on Billboard's Dance Club Play chart in America...
And finally, Jordan joined American Idol finalist Margie Mays to sing "This Is How We Do It" earlier this year...
Up tomorrow: A band that had already lost its leader covers a 70s tune from the Thin White Duke.
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