Just Got Paid (Johnny Kemp song)
| "Just Got Paid" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Johnny Kemp | ||||
| from the album Secrets of Flying | ||||
| Released | January 19, 1988 | |||
| Format | 12 inch single, Maxi single | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Genre | R&B, new jack swing | |||
| Length | 5:33 (album version) | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Writer(s) | Teddy Riley, Aaron Hall, Gene Griffin, Johnny Kemp | |||
| Producer(s) | Teddy Riley | |||
| Johnny Kemp singles chronology | ||||
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"Just Got Paid" is a million-selling, Gold-certified 1988 single by Bahamian R&B singer–songwriter Johnny Kemp. The song hit #1 on the U.S. R&B and Dance charts and reached the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1][2] It received a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Song at the 31st Grammy Awards in 1989. It lost out to Anita Baker's "Giving You the Best That I Got".
The song started as an instrumental track for which Keith Sweat brought in Kemp to write lyrics, which Sweat ultimately passed on. Kemp recorded a demo of the new song, intending for it to be used by another singer; his "scratch vocal" ended up on the final release.[3]
The song was later covered by 'N Sync on their album No Strings Attached (which was coincidentally co-produced by the song's original co-writer Teddy Riley), and was sampled by Kurupt on the song entitled "At It Again" off his Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey album.
Kemp performs "Just Got Paid" in an "all-star finale" on Keith Sweat's 2007 DVD Sweat Hotel Live, recorded at a February 2006 concert in Atlanta, Georgia.
Charts
| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 10 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 1 |
| Canada RPM Magazine | 50 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 19 |
References
- ↑ Joel Whitburn Presents Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004, 2004
- ↑ Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003, 2004
- ↑ "Just Got Paid - Johnny Kemp : Listen, Appearances, Song Review : AllMusic". Retrieved 19 August 2011.
| Preceded by "The Promise" by When in Rome |
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single June 18, 1988 |
Succeeded by "Trouble" by Nia Peeples |
| Preceded by "Mercedes Boy" by Pebbles |
Billboard Hot Black Singles number-one single May 28 – June 4, 1988 |
Succeeded by "Little Walter" by Tony! Toni! Tone! |