Check on It

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"Check on It"
Single by Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug
from the album #1's
Released	December 2005 (North America) 2006 (elsewhere)
Format	Digital download, CD single, 12" single
Genre	R&B
Length	3:31
Label	Columbia
Writer(s)	Beyoncé Knowles, Angela Beyince, Stayve Thomas, Kasseem Dean, Sean Garrett
Producer(s)	Beyoncé Knowles, Swizz Beatz
Certification	4x Platinum (RIAA)
Chart positions
#1 (New Zealand, U.S.) #3 (UK) #5 (Canada)
Beyoncé singles chronology
"Naughty Girl" (2004)	"Check on It" (2005)	"Deja Vu" (2006)
Slim Thug singles chronology
"Luxurious" (2005)	"Check on It" (2005)	"Still Tippin'" (2005)
Alternate cover

"Check on It" is a song written, produced and recorded by American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles for Destiny's Child's greatest hits album, #1's; it also appears on select international versions of Knowles' second studio album B'Day. It was co-written by Slim Thug (who is a featured artist on the song), Kasseem Dean and Sean Garrett, and co-produced by Swizz Beatz. The song is also included on the soundtrack to the 2006 film The Pink Panther, in which Beyoncé co-stars.

Contents 1 Commercial release 2 Music video 3 Charts 4 Notes 5 External links

[edit] Commercial release

The song was not originally intended for release as a single from #1's, but it was played by radio stations instead of the first single, "Stand Up for Love" (recorded by all three members of Destiny's Child), which became a commercial failure.

Because of its heavy airplay, "Check on It" managed to debut on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 2005. The single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in its twelfth week (replacing Nelly's "Grillz"), becoming Beyoncé's third number-one as a solo artist and Slim Thug's first. The single remained at number-one for five consecutive weeks, and it has been certified four times platinum by the RIAA for net shipment of 800,000 paid downloads. It became Beyoncé's fifth top-twenty hit in Canada in late 2005, and in early 2006 it debuted inside the UK top five. On January 31, 2006 "Check on It" passed the 200 million audience impressions mark in the United States, according to Mediabase. In February 2006, the song climbed to number twenty on the Canadian BDS airplay chart for a second time.

[edit] Music video

As demand grew for the song, Beyoncé shot a music video serving as promotion for both #1's and The Pink Panther. The video was directed by Hype Williams, and premiered on December 16, 2005. The video remix features a rap from Bun B and scenes from The Pink Panther. The music video features a "pink" theme, with Beyoncé shown in mostly all pink (to fit in with The Pink Panther). There is video moving in the background while the music video is still maintained in widescreen ratio. Beyoncé's provocative dancing matches the chorus to the song "Oooh boy you looking like you like what you see", which suggests the title of the song. "Check on It" won the 2006 MTV Video Music Award for "Best R&B Video" on August 31, 2006.

[edit] Charts

Chart (2005 & 2006) Peak position Canadian BDS Airplay Chart 20 Chart (2006)[1][2] Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1 U.S. Billboard Pop 100 1 PL hitfm nasze (top 30) 1 U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 3 U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 1 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 1 World R&B Singles Chart 1 New Zealand Singles Chart (RIANZ) 1 Official UK Urban Singles Chart 1

Chart (2006)[3][4] Peak position Irish Singles Chart 2 Norwegian Singles Chart 3 Official UK Singles Chart 3 Dutch Top 40 5 European Singles Chart 6 Finnish Singles Chart 6 Swiss Singles Chart 7 Belgium UltraTop 50 9 Austrian Singles Chart 10 German Singles Chart 11 Latvian Airplay Top 11 Japanese Singles Chart 16 French Singles Chart 32

¹: The United World Tracks Chart is compiled by the data of global airplay, single-sales data, paid downloads and vote from over forty official music industry chart countries (e.g. Billboard from the U.S., The Official UK Chart Company from the UK, ARIA from Australia and so forth). United World Tracks is compiled by Media Traffic.

[edit] Notes

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[edit] External links

• About.com's page on the song

Preceded by "Grillz" by Nelly featuring Paul Wall, Ali and Gipp	Billboard Hot 100 number-one single February 4, 2006 - March 11, 2006	Succeeded by "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt
Preceded by "Run It!" by Chris Brown	RIANZ (New Zealand) number-one single March 13, 2006 - March 27, 2006	Succeeded by "Beep" by Pussycat Dolls featuring will.i.am