Check on It

"Check on It"
Song

"Check on It" is a song written, produced and recorded by American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles for Destiny's Child's greatest hits album, #1's. It was co-written by Slim Thug (who is a featured artist on the song), Kasseem Dean and Sean Garrett, and co-produced by Swizz Beatz. The song is also included on the soundtrack to the 2006 film The Pink Panther, in which Beyoncé co-stars. The song was not originally intended for release as a single from #1's, but it was played by radio stations instead of the first single, "Stand Up for Love" (recorded by all three members of Destiny's Child), which became a commercial failure.

Music video

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Beyoncé in the Check on It video.

As demand grew for the song, Beyoncé shot a music video serving as promotion for both #1's and The Pink Panther. The music video was directed by Hype Williams, and premiered on December 16 2005. The video remix features a rap from Bun B and scenes from The Pink Panther. The music video features a "pink" theme, where Beyoncé is shown in mostly all pink (to fit in with the Pink Panther motion picture). It was also one of the first to start the picture-widescreen fad. There is video moving in the backround whilst the music video is still maintained in widescreen ratio. Her provocative dancing matches the chorus to the song "Oooh boy you looking like you like what you see," which suggests the title of the song.

Chart performance

Because of its heavy radio airplay, "Check on It" managed to debut on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 2005. The single reached the Billboard Hot 100 peak in its twelfth week (replacing Nelly's "Grillz", on which Knowles also has writing credit), becoming Beyoncé's third number-one as a solo artist, and Slim Thug's first. The single remained at number-one for five consecutive weeks. It has been certified four times platinum by the RIAA for net shipment of 800,000 paid downloads. It became Beyoncé's fifth top-twenty hit in Canada in late 2005, and in early 2006, it debuted in the UK top five. On January 31, 2006, "Check on It" passed the 200 million audience impressions mark in the United States, according to Mediabase. In February 2006, the song climbed to #20 on the Canadian airplay chart for a second time.

Charts

Chart (2005 & 2006)	Peak Position
Canadian BDS Airplay Chart	20
Chart (2006)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	1
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	1
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Airplay	1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	3
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales	1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Airplay	3
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Airplay	4
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Video Clip Tracks	1
Official UK Singles Chart	3
Official UK Urban Singles Chart (R&B/Hip-Hop)	1
Official UK Download Sales Chart	4
Official UK Physical Sales Chart	2
Official UK Television Airplay Chart	1
Official UK Radio Airplay Chart	7
New Zealand Singles Chart (RIANZ)	1
Irish Singles Chart	2
Norwegian Singles Chart	3
Swiss Singles Chart	7
Finnish Singles Chart	6
Irish Singles Chart	2
French Singles Chart	32
Belgium UltraTop 50	9
Dutch Top 40	5
European Singles Chart	6
German Singles Chart	9
Hot 100 Brasil	10
Latvian Airplay Top	11
United World Tracks Chart 1	2
World Top 100 Airplay 2	1
World Physical Sales Chart	1
World R&B Singles Chart	1

¹: The United World Tracks Chart is compiled by the data of global airplay, single-sales data, paid downloads and vote from over 40 official music industry chart countries. (eg. Billboard from the US, The Official UK Chart Company from the UK, ARIA from Australia and so forth). Both United World Tracks and Sales Chart are compiled by Media Traffic.

²: The World Airplay Official Top 100 Chart is compiled by top40-charts.com based on a worldwide sample of 2650 radio stations' airplay count data on their playlist chart.

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart trajectory
Week	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Chart position	72	55	34	27	21	18	8	7	10	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	5	8	10	12	15	19	27	35	36	41	48

External links

• About.com's page on the song