"5 O'Clock" is the lead single released from

Nonchalant Tanya Pointer, also known as Nonchalant ( born October 18, 1970) is an American female rapper, and songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of ...

's debut album, ''

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''.

Background

Produced by DeWayne "Bam" Staten, Sr., Kapin L. Ferguson, Jr., and Alonzo "Lonnie" Simmons, Jr. of B.L.A.K. (Bam, Lonnie, and Kapin) Productions (with additional remixes produced by

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and B.L.A.K. Productions) Co/Produced by StarrStrukk, "5 O'Clock" was released in early 1996 and eventually reached number 24 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 8 on the

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, spending 20 weeks on each chart, while also topping the

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at number one. The single also earned a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of 500,000 copies. Despite the success of "5 O'clock", neither her album ''Until the Day'' nor the follow-up single also titled "Until the Day" were able to achieve much success and to date she has yet to release another album.

Single track listing

#"5 O'Clock" (K-Def Remix)- 4:25 #"5 O'Clock" (B.L.A.K. Productions Remix)- 5:06 #"5 O'Clock" (Dusk 'til Dawn Remix)- 4:47 #"5 O'Clock" (DJ Heart Attack Remix)- 4:54 #"5 O'Clock" (LP Version)- 4:45 #"5 O'Clock" (Starrstrukk hot mix) - 4:56

Charts

References

{{authority control 1996 debut singles 1996 songs Songs written by Lonnie Simmons MCA Records singles