Let's Go Through the Motions

{{Infobox song | name = Let's Go Through the Motions | cover = Jodeci- LGTTMSingle.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Jodeci]] | album = [[Who's the Man? (soundtrack)|Who's the Man?: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]] | released = {{Start date|1993|04|06}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]|[[hip hop soul]]|[[new jack swing]]}} | length = 5:13 | label = {{hlist|[[Uptown Records|Uptown]]|[[MCA Records|MCA]]}} | writer = | lyricist = [[DeVante Swing|Donald Earle DeGrate Jr.]] | producer = [[DeVante Swing]] | prev_title = [[I'm Still Waiting (Jodeci song)|I'm Still Waiting]] | prev_year = 1992 | next_title = [[Lately (Stevie Wonder song)|Lately]] | next_year = 1993 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = ''[[Who's the Man? (soundtrack)|Who's the Man?: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' | type = single | prev_title = | prev_year = | title = Let's Go Through the Motions | year = 1993 | next_title = [[Hittin' Switches]] | next_year = 1993 }} }} "'''Let's Go Through the Motions'''" is a song written and produced by [[DeVante Swing]] and performed by American [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] group [[Jodeci]]. It was released on April 6, 1993, through [[Uptown Records|Uptown]]/[[MCA Records]] as the [[lead single]] off the original motion picture soundtrack of [[Ted Demme]]'s film ''[[Who's the Man?]]''

In the United States, the song peaked at number 65 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], number 53 on the [[Radio Songs (chart)|Radio Songs]], number 31 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]], number 43 on the [[R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay]], number 34 on the [[Rhythmic (chart)|Rhythmic Airplay]] and number 23 on the [[Dance Singles Sales]].

==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = [[CD single|CD]] [[Maxi single|Maxi-Single]] | all_writing = | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Let's Go Through the Motions | note1 = Radio | lyrics1 = [[DeVante Swing|Donald Earle DeGrate Jr.]] | music1 = {{hlist|[[DeVante Swing|Donald Earle DeGrate Jr.]]|[[Chad Elliott]]}} | extra1 = | length1 = 4:15 | title2 = Let's Go Through the Motions | note2 = Instrumental | lyrics2 = DeGrate Jr. | music2 = {{hlist|DeGrate Jr.|Elliott}} | extra2 = | length2 = 4:15 | title3 = Let's Go Through the Motions | note3 = Intro Radio | lyrics3 = DeGrate Jr. | music3 = {{hlist|DeGrate Jr.|Elliott}} | extra3 = | length3 = 4:52 | total_length = }}

==Personnel== *Joel "JoJo" Hailey – vocals *Cedric "[[K-Ci]]" Hailey – vocals *Donald "[[DeVante Swing]]" DeGrate Jr. – lyrics, music, vocals, producer *Dalvin "[[Dalvin DeGrate|Mr. Dalvin]]" DeGrate – vocals *Chad "[[Chad Elliott|Dr. Ceuss]]" Elliott – music *[[Darryl Pearson]] – additional producer *Tim "Buttnaked Tim Dawg" Patterson – associate producer *James Earl Jones Jr. – associate producer *[[Andre Harrell]] – executive producer *[[Sean "Puffy" Combs]] – executive producer *Mark Siegel – executive producer *Kathy Nelson – music supervisor *[[Toby Emmerich]] – music supervisor

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1993) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|65|artist=Jodeci|rowheader=true|access-date=April 1, 2024}} |- {{single chart|Billboardradiosongs|53|artist=Jodeci|rowheader=true|access-date=April 1, 2024}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|31|artist=Jodeci|rowheader=true|access-date=April 1, 2024}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphopairplay|43|artist=Jodeci|rowheader=true|access-date=April 1, 2024}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrhythmic|34|artist=Jodeci|rowheader=true|access-date=April 1, 2024}} |- !scope="row"|US [[Dance Singles Sales]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jodeci/chart-history/dsa/ |title=Jodeci Chart History (Dance Singles Sales) |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=April 1, 2024}}</ref> | 23 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Discogs master|98971|Let's Go Through The Motions|type=single}}

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[[Category:1992 songs]] [[Category:1993 singles]] [[Category:Jodeci songs]] [[Category:Uptown Records singles]] [[Category:Songs written for films]] [[Category:Songs written by DeVante Swing]] [[Category:Song recordings produced by DeVante Swing]]

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