Just Another Day...

"Just Another Day..."
Single by Queen Latifah
from the album Black Reign
Released1993
Genre
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)S.I.D. Reynolds[1]
Queen Latifah singles chronology
"U.N.I.T.Y."
(1993)
"Just Another Day..."
(1993)
"Black Hand Side"
(1994)

"Just Another Day..." is a single released from Queen Latifah's 1993 third studio album Black Reign.[2] The song was written by Queen Latifah and Apache.[1] The CD single version features New Jack Swing remixes by Teddy Riley and Lil' Chris Smith of Blackstreet.

"Just Another Day..." peaked at no. 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week of April 2, 1994, and remained on the chart for 11 weeks.[3]

The song recounts a seemingly average day in Latifah's neighborhood, which she refers to as the "hood". While Latifah's neighborhood may be dangerous, with stray bullets and the presence of police, Latifah is proud of where she is from and asserts that her neighborhood will be ok regardless of the what happens. The first line of the first verse ("well it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day in the neighborhood") is a play on the children's television show song, "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

  1. ^ a b Quan, Jay (November 16, 2022). "RTB Rewind: Queen Latifah Releases 'Black Reign'". Rock the Bells. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  2. ^ Phillips, Demi (May 30, 2023). "Queen Latifah Songs: Rap Icon's Best Hits". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  3. ^ "Queen Latifah". Billboard. Retrieved June 23, 2020.