On & On (Erykah Badu song)
| "On & On" | ||||
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US CD maxi-single | ||||
| Single by Erykah Badu | ||||
| from the album Baduizm | ||||
| A-side | "Next Lifetime" (Japan only) | |||
| B-side | "Certainly (Flipped It)" | |||
| Released | December 10, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | January 1996 | |||
| Studio | Battery Studios (New York, NY) | |||
| Genre | Neo soul | |||
| Length | 3:45 | |||
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| "On & On" on YouTube | ||||
"On & On" is a song by American singer-songwriter Erykah Badu, released on December 10, 1996, by Kedar Records and Universal Records as the lead single from Badu's debut studio album, Baduizm (1997). It was written by her with JaBorn Jamal. A neo soul song, it features teachings of the Five-Percent Nation in its lyrics. A commercial success, it spent two weeks atop the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart, while peaking at number 12 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart. Critically acclaimed, the song won Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards (1998). Its accompanying music video was nominated in the categories for Best Female Video and Best R&B Video at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards. In 2022, Pitchfork included "On & On" in their list of "The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s".