"Get Down Saturday Night" is a song by American singer Oliver Cheatham, released in 1983 as the first single from his second album Saturday Night. That spring, the song reached number 37 on the US R&B chart, as well as reaching number 38 on the UK Singles Chart. Considered a disco classic, it was revived in the 21st century through remixes, most notably "Make Luv" by Italian DJ Room 5 (2003) and through use in popular culture.
The song has consistently received positive reviews. Upon its release, The Washington Informer called it a " anthem", with its chief virtues being Cheatham's voice and its beat â "not too fast, not too slow, just right for eight minutes on the dance floor." James Hamilton of Record Mirror called it a "superb quietly stated jauntily tripping 116ýbpm chunky finger snappinâ killer of a cut." Retrospectively, Music Week called it a "blinky-blonky delight" and a "storming feelgood tune," while Billboardâ²s Michael Paoletta described it as "dancefloor anthem." Mark Olsen of the Los Angeles Times called it a "swirling, silky" piece of R&B.
The Guardians Dorian Lynskey wrote that it "has a far more alluring New York swagger" than "Make Luv." Tom Bromley noted that while it was a minor hit in 1983, following the success of "Make Luv" it was retroactively talked up as a "lost disco classic." Others have also dubbed it a classic.
A remix by Grove feat. was released on Indochina Records in 1995. The song had previously gained underground popularity as a bootleg titled "Make Love And Listen To The Music" by Barrio De Bargo.
French house producer DJ Kom sampled it in his 1997 single "Git Down Saturday," which was used as part of Daft Punk's 1997 Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1.
The song was remixed as "Make Luv" by Italian DJ Room 5 (Junior Jack) in 2003, which reached No. 1 in the UK chart. In 2004 it was remixed by British DJ Michael Gray titled "The Weekend", reaching No. 7 in 2004.
The song has been popularized by uses in popular culture. Most notably, it was featured on the video game ' (2002) and the sci-fi film Ex Machina (2014).