1st of tha Month

"1st of tha Month"
Single by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
from the album E. 1999 Eternal
B-side "Die Die Die"
Released June 15, 1995
Format CD single
Recorded 1995
Genre Midwest hip hop, gangsta rap
Length 5:14
Label Ruthless Records
Producer DJ U-Neek
Certification Gold (RIAA)
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony singles chronology
"Foe tha Love of $"
(1995)		 "1st of tha Month"
(1995)		 "East 1999"
(1996)

"1st of tha Month" is the first single by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony from their album E. 1999 Eternal.

It was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies. It peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their first top twenty single, and was later was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1996.

The title is a reference to when welfare checks are paid out. There are several remixes of the song, including one by DJ Premier.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "1st of tha Month" (radio edit)
  2. "1st of tha Month" (radio edit with Tré)
  3. "1st of tha Month" (album version)
  4. "1st of tha Month" (instrumental)
  5. "1st of tha Month" (acappella)
  6. "Die Die Die" (album version)

Official versions

Samples

The song contains a sample from Chapter 8 feat. Anita Baker "I Just Want to Be Your Girl" and an interpolation of the "wake up, wake up, get up, get up" chant from Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing".

In popular culture

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1995) Peak
position
New Zealand Singles Chart 7
UK Singles Chart 15
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 14
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Singles 4
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 12

End of year charts

End of year chart (1995) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] 89

References

  1. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1995". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1995. Retrieved 2010-08-27. 
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