Keep On Keepin' On (MC Lyte song)

For other songs and albums, see Keep On Keeping On.
"Keep On, Keepin' On"
Single by MC Lyte featuring Xscape
from the album Sunset Park and Bad As I Wanna B
Released May 13, 1996
Format CD single, 12" single
Recorded 1995
Genre Worldbeat, southern rap, Hardcore hip hop
Length 4:35
Label Elektra, East West Records
Writer(s) Lana Moorer, Jermaine Dupri, Michael Jackson
Producer(s) Jermaine Dupri
MC Lyte chronology
"I Go On"
(1993)		 "Keep On, Keepin' On"
(1996)		 "Cold Rock a Party"
(1996)
Xscape chronology
"Can't Hang/Do You Want To"
(1996)		 "'Keep On, Keepin' On'"
(1996)		 "Am I Dreamin'"
(1997)

"Keep On, Keepin' On" is a single by MC Lyte featuring Xscape from the Sunset Park soundtrack. The song was produced and co-written by Jermaine Dupri and sampled Michael Jackson's 1989 single "Liberian Girl". It later appeared on MC Lyte's fifth studio album, Bad As I Wanna B.

The song became MC Lyte's highest charting single in the U.S., peaking at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, and also became her second single to achieve a gold certification from the RIAA, earning the award on May 31, 1996.

In November 1996, MC Lyte performed this song when she appeared in the second season of the UPN sitcom Moesha.

Single track listing

A-Side

  1. "Keep On, Keepin' On"- 4:33
  2. "Keep On, Keepin' On" (Clean Version)- 4:33

B-Side

  1. "Keep On, Keepin' On"- 4:33
  2. "Keep On, Keepin' On" (Instrumental)- 4:33
  3. "Keep On, Keepin' On" (Acappella)- 4:31

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Billboard Hot 100 10
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 3
Billboard Hot Rap Singles 2
Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 2
United Kingdom (UK Singles Chart) 27
New Zealand (RIANZ) 18

Year-end charts

End of year chart (1996) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] 77

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[2] Gold 600,000[3]

*sales figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1996". Retrieved 2010-08-27.
  2. ↑ "American single certifications – MC Lyte – Keep On, Keepin%27 On". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
  3. ↑ "Best-Selling Records of 1996". Billboard (BPI Communications Inc.) 109 (3): 61. January 18, 1997. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
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