"Something Goin' On (In Your Soul)" is a song by American record producer

Todd Terry Todd Norton Terry (born April 18, 1967) is an American DJ, record producer and remixer in the genre of house music. His productions helped define the New York house scene in the 1990s and used extensive samples that blend the sounds of classi ...

featuring American singers

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and

Jocelyn Brown Jocelyn Lorette Brown (born November 25, 1950), sometimes credited as Jocelyn Shaw, is an American Rhythm and blues, R&B and dance music, dance singer. She has a Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart entry solely in her name. Brown sang ...

on vocals. It was released as the second single from Terry's debut album, '' Ready for a New Day'' (1997). The song peaked within the top 5 in both Italy and the UK, peaking at number four and five. It also reached number-one on the

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chart. The original song title was shortened to "Something Goin’ On" upon its release as a single, even though the full title was listed on the album. As the follow-up to their successful version of " Keep on Jumpin'", which also reached number-one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1996, it would become the second of two back to back number-ones on the chart for this collaboration between the three artists.

Critical reception

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'' magazine ranked "Something Goin' On (In Your Soul)" number 21 in their list of ''21 Diva-House Belters That Still Sound Incredible'' in 2014. Joe Muggs wrote, "There is DEFINITELY something wrong with you if you don’t get why this is incredible." ''

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'' rated the song four out of five, stating that "the master is back with a surefire hit. Featuring exquisite guest vocals from

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, this catchy number will get any dancefloor busy and blare from radios in the coming weeks." Daisy & Havoc from '' RM'' gave it five out of five, picking it as Tune of the Week. They added, "Starting with old-style spoken praise for

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, this track is a spirit-raising, feel-good number that moves along at quite a pace, helped by an emotional but not overdone sung vocal." A reviewer from ''

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'' commented, "Todd and the boys Keep on jumpin' with a fat

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number the like of which hasn't been seen since the last one they did. Serious diva vocals come courtesy of Jocelyn Brown and Martha Wash. Fine." David Sinclair from ''

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'' described it as an "infectious dancefloor stomp."Sinclair, David (July 5, 1997). "The week's top pop releases; Records". ''

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Track listings

* US maxi-CD # "Something Goin' On" (

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's radio edit) (3:35) # "Something Goin' On" (Tee's Freeze edit with Preacher) (3:35) # "Something Goin' On" (The DFA edit) (3:28) # "Something Goin' On" (Tee's Freeze mix with Preacher) (8:12) # "Something Goin' On" (

Rhythm Masters Rhythm Masters are an English house music duo composed of DJs Robert Chetcuti and Steve Mac, a.k.a. Steve McGuinness. Biography They began mixing together around 1993 after meeting in Malta, doing remixes for, among others, Todd Terry, Michae ...

mix) (8:35) # "Something Goin' On" (Vission & Lorimer Sweepin Stylee!) (5:59) * UK 12-inch :A1. "Something Goin' On" (Tee's remix) :A2. "Something Goin' On" (Rhythm Masters Master dub mix) :B1. "Something Goin' On" ( Loop Da Loop Uptown mix) :B2. "Something Goin' On" (Loop Da Loop Downtown mix) * US 12-inch :A1. "Something Goin' On" (Tee's Freeze mix with Preacher) (8:12) :A2. "Something Goin' On" (The DFA mix) (6:38) :A3. "Something Goin' On" (Preacher vocal) (1:26) :B1. "Something Goin' On" (Rhythm Masters mix) (8:35) :B2. "Something Goin' On" (Vission & Lorimer Sweepin Style) (5:59)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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