On & On (Erykah Badu song)

"On & On"
Single by Erykah Badu
from the album Baduizm
Released	January 1997
Format	CD single, 7", 12"
Recorded	January 1996[1]
Genre	Neo soul, soul
Length	3:45
Label	Kedar/Universal Motown
Writer(s)	Erykah Badu, Jaborn Jamal
Producer	Madukwu Chinwah, Erykah Badu
Certification	Gold (RIAA)
Erykah Badu singles chronology
"On & On" (1997) "Next Lifetime" (1997)

"On & On" is the debut single of R&B singer Erykah Badu, from her 1997 debut album Baduizm. The song won Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 1998 Grammy Awards.

The hit song spent two weeks at number-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and went to #12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It was also the first neo soul song to hit number-one on the R&B chart.

Music video

Badu was depicted as a maid in an African-American household in the music video for the single, showing her doing her chores. Scenes of her chasing a dog that bit the laundry that she put to dry, tying a little girl's hair into a ponytail and falling into mud could be seen throughout the video. The video ends with Badu dressed fully in green with several people in a barn, singing and dancing. The video is loosely based upon the movie adaptation of Alice Walker's The Color Purple.

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1997)	Peak position
New Zealand Singles Chart	44
UK Singles Chart	12
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	12
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	1

End of year charts

End of year chart (1997)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2]	83

References

1. ^ http://www.furthermucker.com/tag/erykah-badu/
2. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1997". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1997. Retrieved 2010-08-28. 

See also

• R&B number-one hits of 1997 (USA)