Music (Erick Sermon and Marvin Gaye song)

"Music"
Single by Erick Sermon featuring Marvin Gaye
from the album Music and What's the Worst That Could Happen?
Released	June 12, 2001
Format	12", CD
Recorded	2001
Genre	Hip hop
Length	3:43
Label	Interscope, J
Writer(s)	Erick Sermon, Marvin Gaye
Producer	Erick Sermon
Erick Sermon featuring Marvin Gaye singles chronology
"Welcome" (1996) "Music" (2001) "I'm Hot" (2001)

"Music" is a 2001 hit single by Erick Sermon featuring archived vocals from Marvin Gaye.

The song was thought of by Sermon after buying a copy of Gaye's Midnight Love and the Sexual Healing Sessions album, which overlook some of the original album's earlier mixes. After listening to an outtake of Gaye's 1982 album track, "Turn On Some Music" (titled "I've Got My Music" in its initial version), Sermon decided to mix the vocals (done in acapella) and add it into his own song. The result was similar to Natalie Cole's interpolation of her father, jazz great Nat "King" Cole's hit, "Unforgettable" revisioned as a duet. The hip hop and soul duet featuring the two veteran performers was released as the leading song of the soundtrack to the failed Martin Lawrence comedy, "What's the Worst That Could Happen?" The song became a runaway success rising to #2 on Billboard's R&B chart and was #1 on the rap charts. It also registered at #21 pop giving Sermon his highest-charted single on the pop charts as a solo artist and giving Gaye his first posthumous hit in 10 years following 1991's R&B-charted single, "My Last Chance" also bringing Gaye his 41st top 40 pop hit.

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Billboard Hot 100	22
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	2
Billboard Hot Rap Singles	4
Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	26

Year-End charts

End of year chart (2001)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1]	83

References

1. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 2001". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=2001. Retrieved 2011-4-19.