Saturday Night (Jessica Mauboy song)

"Saturday Night"
A Rainbow background with a black woman. Performer is 'JESSICA MAUBOY Feat. LUDACRIS' and the single is 'Saturday Night'
Single by Jessica Mauboy featuring Ludacris
from the album Get 'Em Girls
Released27 October 2010 (2010-10-27)
Recorded2010
GenreDance-pop[1][2]
Length3:25
LabelSony
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Brian Kennedy
Jessica Mauboy singles chronology
"Get 'Em Girls"
(2010)
"Saturday Night"
(2010)
"What Happened to Us"
(2011)
Ludacris singles chronology
"I Like"
(2010)
"Saturday Night"
(2010)
"Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)"
(2010)
Audio sample
Music video
"Saturday Night" on YouTube

"Saturday Night" is a song by Australian recording artist Jessica Mauboy, featuring American rapper Ludacris. It was released as the second single from Mauboy's second studio album, Get 'Em Girls, on 27 October 2010. The song was written by Angie Iron, Mauboy, Ludacris and Brian Kennedy, and was produced by Kennedy.

Musically, "Saturday Night" is a dance-pop song that includes elements of electropop and techno in its instrumentation; it utilizes a synthesizer beat and heavy drums. Both Jessica Mauboy and Ludacris's vocals are Auto-Tuned.

"Saturday Night" peaked at number seven on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for sales of 140,000 copies, making it Mauboy's highest-charting single since 2008's "Burn" and highest-selling single since her debut, "Running Back." An accompanying music video was directed by Hype Williams, and features tinted lighting and fast-paced graphics throughout; the video went on to achieve over 1 million views on YouTube/Vevo.[3][4] "Saturday Night" was nominated for 'Highest Selling Single' at the 2011 ARIA Music Awards. Mauboy also recorded a simlish version of the song titled, "Surbiduh Nye", for the video game, The Sims 3: Late Night.

  1. ^ Heath, Majhid (10 November 2010). "Arts & Events – Music – Get 'Em Girls". ABC Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Jessica Mauboy ft. Ludacris – Saturday Night – Issue 811". The Music Network. Peer Media Group. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  3. ^ JessicaMauboyVEVO (16 November 2010), Jessica Mauboy - Saturday Night ft. Ludacris, retrieved 31 December 2016
  4. ^ "Jessica Mauboy ft. Ludacris, Saturday Night (Official Video)". VEVO. Retrieved 31 December 2016.