"Groove Thang" is a song by American

United States

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 R&B

Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...

 group Zhané

Zhane

Zhané was an American R&B/hip hop soul duo, best known for their 1994 hit "Hey Mr. D.J.", which reached #6 in the U.S. Other popular hits include "Groove Thang" and minor hit "Sending My Love," both released in 1994...

 recorded for their debut album Pronounced Jah-Nay

Pronounced Jah-Nay

-Album:-Singles:"—" denotes releases that did not chart.-Personnel:Information taken from Allmusic.*art direction – Jonathan Clark*assistant engineering – Scott Blockland, John Buttigieg, Scott Canto, Fred Kelly, Ed Miller, Mufi, Rob Polhemus...

(1994). The song was released as the album's second single

Single (music)

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 in February of 1994.

Release and reception

Jose F. Promis at Allmusic considered the song to be "smooth and infectious" but noted its similarity to the group's previous single, stating that it "sounds like 'Hey Mr. D.J.

Hey Mr. D.J.

"Hey Mr. D.J." is a song by American R&B group Zhané recorded for their debut album Pronounced Jah-Nay . The song was released as the group's debut single in August of 1993 and featured a rap from Rottin Razkals member Fam....

' part two."

Track listings

CD, Maxi-Single

1. "Groove Thang" (LP Version) - 3:54
2. "Groove Thang" (Kay Gee's Remix) - 4:29
3. "Groove Thang" (Maurice's Club Mix) - 7:40
4. "Groove Thang" (Maurice's Groove Dub) - 7:06
5. "Groove Thang" (Remix Instrumental) - 4:29

12", Vinyl

1. "Groove Thang" (LP Version) - 3:54
2. "Groove Thang" (Kay Gee's Remix) - 4:25
3. "Groove Thang" (Remix Instrumental) - 4:29
4. "Groove Thang" (Acapella) - 3:38
5. "Groove Thang" (Maurice's Club Mix) - 7:40
6. "Groove Thang" (Maurice's Groove Dub) - 7:06

Personnel

Information taken from Discogs

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.

• music – Patrice Rushen
• production – Naughty by Nature
• remixing – Maurice Joshua, Kay Gee
• writing – Renee A. Neufville

Chart performance

Chart (1994)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	17
U.S. Dance Music/Club Play Singles	13
U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, established in 1985. It measures the sale of commercially released singles that deal with dance music and remixes...	1
U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart is the sales component chart of Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. It is not the R&B subset of The Hot 100 Singles Sales, but rather a separate panel of sales of commercial singles in the urban market...	2
U.S. Rhythmic Top 40 Rhythmic Airplay Chart The Rhythmic Airplay Chart is an airplay chart that is featured weekly in Billboard Magazine. The chart tracks and measures the airplay of songs played on Rhythmic stations, whose playlist includes mostly hit-driven R&B/Hip-Hop, Rhythmic pop, and some Dance tracks...	4
U.S. Top 40 Mainstream Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs) The Mainstream Top 40 is an airplay chart from Billboard magazine, and is also known as Pop Songs on billboard.com. It was often mistaken for and confused with the now discontinued Pop 100 Airplay chart...	33