Knock Knock (song)

Knock Knock (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Knock Knock
B-side = "Get It Off"
Artist = Monica


from Album = After the Storm
Format = Digital download, vinyl single, CD single, DVD single
Released = September 2003
Recorded = Miami, Florida; 2003
Genre = R&B, hip-hop
Length = 3:41 (album version)
3:31 (radio edit)
Label = J
Writer = Missy Elliott, Lee Hatim, Kanye West
Producer = Missy Elliott, Kanye West
Last single = "So Gone"
(2003)
This single = "Knock Knock/
Get It Off"
(2003)
Next single = "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. Released in the third quarter of 2003 (see 2003 in music), the follow-up song to lead single "So Gone" saw minor to moderate 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.

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.cite web | title="Monica Revises Leaked LP With Help From Missy Elliott"| work=VH1| url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1471325/20030416/monica.jhtml| accessdate=2007-04-12] 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."cite web | title="Monica Revises Leaked LP With Help From Missy Elliott"| work=VH1| url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1471325/20030416/monica.jhtml| accessdate=2007-04-12]

For the track's finalization Elliott consulted Kanye West.cite web | title="Monica Revises Leaked LP With Help From Missy Elliott"| work=VH1| url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1471325/20030416/monica.jhtml| accessdate=2007-04-12] 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"cite web | title="Monica Revises Leaked LP With Help From Missy Elliott"| work=VH1| url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1471325/20030416/monica.jhtml| accessdate=2007-04-12] 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 allienatedlywhat at the beginning of the song, whose intro starts with dogs barking and the song's protagonist's ex-boyfriend pounding on the door and shortly after he gets no reply the song begins.cite web | title="Monica Revises Leaked LP With Help From Missy Elliott"| work=VH1| url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1471325/20030416/monica.jhtml| accessdate=2007-04-12]

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 on 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 (Antwone Fisher), who plays Monica's boyfriend, and intercuts a clip of simultaneously released club single "Get It Off" with a dance scene.

The "Knock Knock" video premiered worldwide on July 2003. It charted well on several video-chart countdowns, including peak positions of number 3 on BET's 106 & Park.

Formats and tracklistings

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Knock Knock".;US promo single
# Knock Knock (Radio Edit)
# Knock Knock (Album Version)
# Knock Knock (Instrumental)

;US DVD single
# Knock Knock/Get It Off (Video)
# So Gone (Video)
# Knock Knock (Live Video From Session@AOL);Official remixes/versions
# "Knock Knock" (Remix featuring Kanye West)
# "Knock Knock" (Trife Wiz Remix)
# "Knock Knock" (Dyno Remix)

Music charts

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