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Workin' Overtime (song)

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"Workin' Overtime"
Single by Diana Ross
from the album Workin' Overtime
ReleasedApril 24, 1989 (1989-04-24)
Genre
Length4:17
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Nile Rodgers
Diana Ross singles chronology
"If We Hold on Together"
(1988) 		"Workin' Overtime"
(1989) 		"This House" / "Paradise"
(1989)
Music video
"Workin' Overtime" on YouTube

"Workin' Overtime" is a song recorded by American singer Diana Ross for her seventeenth studio album of the same name (1989). The song was written by Christopher Max and Nile Rodgers and produced by Rodgers. It was released as the album's lead single on April 24, 1989, by Motown Records.

Background and release

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In 1988, Ross left the RCA Records and returned to Motown, where she once started and which she left in the early 80s due to creative lack of freedom, now the singer has become a co-owner of the company. Ross decides to record a new album in the mainstream sound – new jack swing. Nile Rodgers was involved in the production, he also became the producer of the song "Workin' Overtime", as well as the author together with Christopher Max.[1]

Initially, the label planned the song "Bottom Line" as the first single from the new album, but Ross insisted that "Workin' Overtime" be released first.[2] It was released on April 24, 1989. In the United States, the song failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but it became a huge hit on the Hot Black Singles chart, reaching the third position and remaining on the chart for 13 weeks.[3] The song showed the same good result on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, rising to 11th place.[4] A warmer reception in the pop charts for the singer was arranged in Ireland and the United Kingdom, where the single took 28th and 32nd places, respectively.

Music video

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A music video was also shot to promote "Workin' Overtime".[5] The video got into the heavy rotation of the BET TV channel, however, the video was criticized for the fact that Diana Ross "is trying to look too young."[6]

Critical reception

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Jerry Smith of Music Week said this "slick and sprightly dance track that could well get Ross back into the charts."[7]

Track listing

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Charts

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References

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  1. ^ Brown, Joe (August 13, 1989). "The Divas With the Die-Hard Fans". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  2. ^ Taraborrelli, J. Randy (2008). Diana Ross: An Unauthorized Biography. Pan Macmillan. p. 517. ISBN 9780330470148.
  3. ^ a b "Diana Ross Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Diana Ross Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  5. ^ "Diana Ross: Workin' Overtime (Music Video 1989)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  6. ^ Adrahtas, Tom (2006). Diana Ross. The American Dream Girl: a Lifetime to Get Here. AuthorHouse. p. 232. ISBN 9781425971403.
  7. ^ Smith, Jerry (May 6, 1989). "Diana Ross: Workin' Overtime" (PDF). Music Week. London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 27. ISSN 0265-1548. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  8. ^ "Diana Ross – Workin' Overtime (1989, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  9. ^ "Diana – Workin' Overtime (1989, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  10. ^ "Diana – Workin' Overtime (1989, Pinckneyville Pressing, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  11. ^ "Diana – Workin' Overtime (1989, CD)". Discogs. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  12. ^ "Diana – Workin' Overtime (Dancin' Danny D Remix) (1989, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  13. ^ "Diana Ross – Workin' Overtime (1989, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  14. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  15. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Diana Ross". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 219. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  16. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Workin' Overtime". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  17. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  18. ^ "Top R&B Singles" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. 52, no. 52. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. July 8, 1989. p. 15. ISSN 0008-7289. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  19. ^ "Top Dance Sales 12-inch Singles" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 101, no. 51. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. December 12, 1989. p. Y-40. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  20. ^ "Top Black Singles" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 101, no. 51. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. December 12, 1989. p. Y-28. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
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