Knock Knock (song)
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| "Knock Knock" | ||
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| Single by Monica | ||
| from the album After the Storm | ||
| B-side(s) | "Get It Off" | |
| Released | September 2003 | |
| Format | Digital download, vinyl single, CD single, DVD single | |
| Recorded | Miami, Florida; 2003 | |
| Genre | R&B | |
| Length | 3:41 (album version) 3:31 (radio edit) |
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| Label | J Records | |
| Writer(s) | Missy Elliott, Lee Hatim, Kanye West | |
| Producer(s) | Missy Elliott, Kanye West | |
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| Monica singles chronology | ||
| "So Gone" (2003) |
"Knock Knock/ Get It Off" (2003) |
"U Should've Known Better" (2004) |
"Knock Knock" is an R&B song written by American rapper-songwriter Missy Elliott, and Kanye West for Monica's third studio album After The Storm (2003). It also was co-produced by Elliott and West, and contains exceperts from 1976's "It's a Terrible Thing to Waste Your Love", written by Lee Hatim and performed by The Masqueraders. In opposition to the album's lead single, "So Gone", the song saw minor success only with peak positions of number 75 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number 24 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
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[edit] Writing and recording
"Knock Knock" was one out of three new Elliott-produced additions to partially re-worked After the Storm, commissioned by J Records head and executive producer Clive Davis after Missy Elliott's 2002 success with her own studio album Under Construction and the delay of Monica's original third studio album All Eyez on Me the year before. It was conceived during a studio session week in the Goldmind recordings studios in Miami, Florida in early 2003, and was produced as a sequel to the album's first single: "'Knock Knock' is ... like a follow-up to 'So Gone,' just saying that, 'All right, we went through all that stuff, now it's time for you to get lost," Monica said in an interview with MTV News at the 2003 BET Awards. "'This is the end of the road for you.' So, it's kind of like a 'get back' record."[1]
For the track's finalization Elliott consulted Kanye West. The newcomer brought in a sample from The Masqueraders' 1976 song "It's a Terrible Thing to Waste Your Love", an excerpt he had previously used in his demo recording "Apologize" and that was eventually released on his 2005 mixtape Freshmen Adjustment. While West also provided vocals for a remix version of the song, Missy Elliott's voice appears allienatedly at the beginning of the song, whose intro starts with dogs barking and the song's protagonist's ex-boyfriend pounding on the door.
[edit] Music video
The music video for "Knock Knock" was shot by director Chris Robinson, and produced by Dawn Rose for Partizan Entertainment. It was filmed in various locations throughout Miami, Florida in mid-late July 2003, and widely serves as the sequel ("Part II") to the video for "So Gone", the first single released from After the Storm. The video features a second appearance by actor Derek Luke, who plays Monica's boyfriend, and intercuts a clip of simultaneously released club single "Get It Off".
[edit] Formats and tracklistings
These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Knock Knock".
[edit] US promo single
- Knock Knock (Radio Edit)
- Knock Knock (Album Version)
- Knock Knock (Instrumental)
[edit] US DVD single
- Knock Knock/Get It Off (Video)
- So Gone (Video)
- Knock Knock (Live Video From Session@AOL)
[edit] Official remixes/versions
- "Knock Knock [Remix]" (featuring Kanye West)
- "Knock Knock [Trife Wiz Remix]"
- "Knock Knock [Dyno Remix]"
[edit] Music charts
| Chart | Position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 75 |
| U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 24 |
