"Just Got Paid" | ||||
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Single by Johnny Kemp | ||||
from the album Secrets of Flying | ||||
Released | January 19, 1988 | |||
Recorded | 1987 | |||
Genre | New jack swing [1] | |||
Length | 5:33 (album version) | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Gene Griffin, Johnny Kemp [2] | |||
Producer(s) | Teddy Riley, Johnny Kemp [3] | |||
Johnny Kemp singles chronology | ||||
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"Just Got Paid" is a 1988 single by Bahamian R&B singer–songwriter Johnny Kemp.
The song started as an instrumental track by Teddy Riley intended for Keith Sweat's 1987 debut Make It Last Forever, [4] but Sweat ultimately passed on the song. [4] Kemp then recorded a demo of the song, intending for it to be used by another singer; his scratch vocal ended up on the final release. [4]
The song hit No. 1 on the U.S. R&B and Dance charts and reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. [5] [6]
"Just Got Paid" received a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Song at the 31st Grammy Awards in 1989. It lost out to Anita Baker's " Giving You the Best That I Got".
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"Just Got Paid" | ||||
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Single by Johnny Kemp | ||||
from the album Secrets of Flying | ||||
Released | January 19, 1988 | |||
Recorded | 1987 | |||
Genre | New jack swing [1] | |||
Length | 5:33 (album version) | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Gene Griffin, Johnny Kemp [2] | |||
Producer(s) | Teddy Riley, Johnny Kemp [3] | |||
Johnny Kemp singles chronology | ||||
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"Just Got Paid" is a 1988 single by Bahamian R&B singer–songwriter Johnny Kemp.
The song started as an instrumental track by Teddy Riley intended for Keith Sweat's 1987 debut Make It Last Forever, [4] but Sweat ultimately passed on the song. [4] Kemp then recorded a demo of the song, intending for it to be used by another singer; his scratch vocal ended up on the final release. [4]
The song hit No. 1 on the U.S. R&B and Dance charts and reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. [5] [6]
"Just Got Paid" received a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Song at the 31st Grammy Awards in 1989. It lost out to Anita Baker's " Giving You the Best That I Got".
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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