G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T.

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"G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T."
G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T. cover.jpg
Single by Changing Faces
from the album All Day, All Night
ReleasedApril 22, 1997 (1997-04-22)
Length4:28
Label
Songwriter(s)R. Kelly
Producer(s)R. Kelly
Changing Faces singles chronology
"I Got Somebody Else"
(1996) 		"G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T."
(1997) 		"All of My Days"
(1997)

"G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T." (pronounced "Ghetto-u-t") is a song by American R&B duo Changing Faces. Released in 1997 from their second album, All Day, All Night (1997), and produced by R. Kelly, the single reached number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100 and spent four weeks at number one on the Billboard R&B chart. The song also became a top-10 hit in the United Kingdom and reached number 22 in New Zealand.

Charts[]

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[10] Platinum 1,200,000[9]

Release history[]

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States March 31, 1997 (1997-03-31) R&B radio
[11]
April 22, 1997 (1997-04-22)
  • CD
  • cassette
 [citation needed]
April 29, 1997 (1997-04-29) Rhythmic contemporary radio [12]
United Kingdom July 14, 1997 (1997-07-14)
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 [13]

References[]

  1. ^ "Changing Faces – G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T.". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  2. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  3. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  4. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  5. ^ "Official R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d "Changing Faces Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on February 13, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  7. ^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1997". Archived from the original on June 11, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  8. ^ "R&B Rap Hip-Hop Year-End Charts – 1997 – Soul System". www.soulsystem.it. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  9. ^ "Best-Selling Records of 1997". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 5. January 31, 1998. p. 76. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  10. ^ "American single certifications – Changing Faces – G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T." Recording Industry Association of America.
  11. ^ Reynolds, J.R. (17 May 1997). "Big Beat Works 'All Day All Night' to Take Changing Faces Mainstream". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 20. p. 84.
  12. ^ "New Releases". Radio & Records. No. 1194. April 25, 1997. p. 42.
  13. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. July 12, 1997. p. 31.

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