Let's Get Married (Jagged Edge song)
{{Short description|2000 single by Jagged Edge}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Let's Get Married
| cover = Let's Get Married.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Jagged Edge
| album = J.E. Heartbreak
| released = {{start date|2000|4|11}}{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2000/RR-2000-04-07.pdf|title=CHR/Rhythmic: Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1345|page=63|date=April 7, 2000|access-date=May 26, 2021}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 4:23
| writer = Brian Casey, Brandon Casey, Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox
| producer = Jermaine Dupri
| prev_title = He Can't Love U
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = Promise
| next_year = 2000
}}
"Let's Get Married" is a song by American contemporary R&B group Jagged Edge from their second studio album, J.E. Heartbreak (1999). Released on April 11, 2000, the song spent three weeks atop the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart in 2000 and reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2001, the song was issued in Australia as a double A-side with "Promise" and reached number two on the Australian Singles Chart. The music video features Fredro Starr and Kent Masters-King as the fictional couple deciding on whether they should get married or not.
The song's official remix features DJ Run of Run-D.M.C. and samples the group's debut single "It's Like That". The official video for the remix was directed by Tim Story and Bryan Barber. The group performed the single at the kayfabe wedding of Theodore Long and Kristal Marshall on the September 21, 2007, episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown.{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/sdwedding/articles/jaggededgeready|title=Jagged Edge is ready for a wedding|last=Difino|first=Lennie|publisher=WWE|date=September 18, 2007|access-date=April 19, 2015}} Another "Reception" remix was produced by Kanye West and samples Hall & Oates' song "Grounds for Separation".
Track listings
US maxi-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Let's Get Married|others=Jagged Edge|year=2000|type=US maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=So So Def Recordings, Columbia Records|id=44K 79437}}
- "Let's Get Married" (album version) – 4:23
- "Let's Get Married" (Reception remix) – 3:50
- "Let's Get Married" (Remarqable remix featuring Run) – 4:09
- "Let's Get Married" (Metromix radio remix) – 3:31
- "Let's Get Married" (Metromix club remix) – 7:38
- "Let's Get Married" (Metromix dub) – 7:38
- "Let's Get Married" (album version) – 4:23
- "Let's Get Married" (Remarqable remix featuring Run) – 4:09
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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!Chart (2000–2001) !Peak |
{{single chart|Australia|2|artist=Jagged Edge|song=Let's Get Married / Promise|rowheader=true|note=with "Promise"}} |
{{single chart|Australiaurban|1|url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020220130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue597.pdf|urltitle=Issue 597|rowheader=true|access-date=May 26, 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} |
scope="row"|Canada (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jagged-edge/chart-history/cns/|title=Jagged Edge Chart History (Canadian Digital Songs)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 26, 2021}}
|10 |
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{{single chart|Germany|61|artist=Jagged Edge|song=Let's Get Married|songid=112290|rowheader=true|access-date=May 26, 2021}} |
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|11|artist=Jagged Edge|rowheader=true|access-date=April 19, 2015}} |
{{single chart|Billboarddancesales|1|artist=Jagged Edge|rowheader=true|access-date=April 19, 2022}} |
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|1|artist=Jagged Edge|rowheader=true|access-date=April 19, 2015}} |
{{single chart|Billboardrhythmic|16|artist=Jagged Edge|rowheader=true|access-date=May 26, 2021}} |
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=Year-end-charts=
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!Chart (2000) !Position |
scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=2000|title=Billboard Top 100 – 2000|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304120640/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=2000|archive-date=March 4, 2009|access-date=August 31, 2010}}
|46 |
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scope="row"|US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music 2000: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=112|issue=53|page=YE-54|date=December 30, 2000}}
|1 |
scope="row"|US Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music 2000: Hot Dance Maxi-Singles Sales|magazine=Billboard|volume=112|issue=53|page=YE-60|date=30 December 2000}}
|5 |
scope="row"|US Rhythmic Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=Most Played Rhythmic Top 40 Songs of 2000|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=8|issue=51|page=56|date=December 22, 2000}}
|44 |
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Certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Let's Get Married" (Remix)}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2001|certyear=2001|access-date=May 26, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|title=Let's Get Married|artist=Jagged Edge|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2000|certyear=2001|certref={{cite web |url=http://www.musik.org:80/publikationer/guldplatin.htm |title=Guld og Platin 2001 |work=IFPI Denmark |language=da |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021005180226/http://www.musik.org:80/publikationer/guldplatin.htm |archive-date=October 5, 2002 |access-date=July 14, 2022}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Jagged Edge ft Run DMC|title=Let's Get Married|award=Silver|relyear=2007|certyear=2022|id=18006-5918-1|access-date=April 19, 2022}}
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References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo1HaVN1Pt0 "Let's Get Married" (remix) video at YouTube]
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Category:Columbia Records singles
Category:Jagged Edge (American group) songs
Category:So So Def Recordings singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Bryan-Michael Cox
Category:Song recordings produced by Jermaine Dupri