Hit Me Off

"Hit Me Off"
Single by New Edition
from the album Home Again
ReleasedJuly 29, 1996 (1996-07-29)
Recorded1996[1]
Length4:21
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Phillip "Silky" White
New Edition singles chronology
"N.E. Heart Break"
(1989)
"Hit Me Off"
(1996)
"I'm Still in Love with You"
(1996)
Music video
"Hit Me Off" on YouTube

"Hit Me Off" is a song by American R&B group New Edition, released in July 1996 as the first single from the group's sixth studio album, Home Again (1996), as well as their first single in seven years. Featuring lead vocals from all six New Edition members, it samples "Storm King" by Bob James, "I Got Cha Opin" by Black Moon, and "One Nation Under a Groove" by Funkadelic.

"Hit Me Off" debuted and peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 while topping the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart for three weeks, their fifth number-one hit on the listing. It sold 600,000 copies domestically and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. It was also certified gold in New Zealand, where it reached number two.

  1. ^ "Inside New Edition's Overdue Renaissance". Rolling Stone. January 23, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2019.