"I Know Where It's At" is a song by All Saints

All Saints (band)

All Saints were a British/Canadian girl group. Founded in 1993 as All Saints 1.9.7.5, the group consisted of founding members Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis, and sisters Nicole Appleton and Natalie Appleton...

 released as the debut single from their self titled album: All Saints. On 9 August 1997 the song was debuted on the National Lottery

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 Live and the first performance on Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...

 was on 2 September 1997.

The song was released in 1997 and became their first Top 10 hit topping at #4. A total of 158,769 copies have been sold. The single was released in the US after All Saints scored their first number one hit with Never Ever. The track was originally released in Australia to coincide with the UK release, where it peaked at #67. After the second single Never Ever reached #1, the track was re-released where it peaked at #12.

In Asia

Asia

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, the song peaked at the top spot for 4 weeks, and it was the only song from a girl-group to have reached the pole position during that time second to the Spice Girls

Spice Girls

The Spice Girls were a British pop girl group formed in 1994. The group consisted of Victoria Beckham , Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell. They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe" in 1996, which hit number-one in more than 30...

' Wannabe

Wannabe (song)

"Wannabe" is the debut song by British pop group Spice Girls. Written by the group members with Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard during the group's first professional songwriting session, it was produced by Rowe and Stannard for the group's debut album Spice, released in November 1996...

, making both acts rivals.

The song samples elements from Steely Dan

Steely Dan

Steely Dan is an American rock band; its core members are Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. The band's popularity peaked in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock, funk, R&B, and pop...

's "The Fez".

Song information

Lyrics and Music	Shaznay Lewis Shaznay Lewis Shaznay Lewis is a British female singer-songwriter and a former member of All Saints.-Biography:... , Karl Gordon, Becker and Fagan
Producer	Karl Gordon

Track listing and formats

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "I Know Where It's At".

CD 1
1.	"I Know Where It's At" (Culfather and Jo's Alternative Mix - Radio)	4.03
2.	"I Know Where It's At" (Original Radio Mix)	4.00
3.	"I Know Where It's At" (Culfather and Jo's Alternative Mix)	4.46
4.	"I Know Where It's At" (Original Mix)	5.02
CD 2
1.	"I Know Where It's At" (K-Gee's Bounce Mix)	5.01
2.	"I Know Where It's At" (Nu Birth Riddum Dub)	6.30
3.	"I Know Where It's At" (Colour System inc. Vox)	7.40
4.	"Alone"	3.31
Cassette/Two track
1.	"I Know Where It's At" (Culfather and Jo's Alternative Mix - Radio)	4.03
2.	"Alone"	3.31
Australian CD
1.	"I Know Where It's At" (Original Mix)	5:04
2.	"I Know Where It's At" (Original Radio Mix)	4.01
3.	"I Know Where It's At" (Nu Birth Riddum Dub)	6.30
4.	"Never Ever" (Booker T's Vocal Mix)	6.19
4.	"Alone"	3.35

Charts

Country	Date	Position	Certification	Copies
Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	20 March 1998	2
United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	September 1997	4		165,000
New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	19 October 1997	8
Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	19 July 1998	12	Gold
Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...	4 September 1997	19
France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	14 February 1998	20
Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	12 October 1997	25
Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	27 September 1997	33
United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	23 February 1998	36
Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	10 October 1997	37

Music video

I Know Where It's At was the first video released from the All Saints

All Saints (band)

All Saints were a British/Canadian girl group. Founded in 1993 as All Saints 1.9.7.5, the group consisted of founding members Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis, and sisters Nicole Appleton and Natalie Appleton...

. It was to show the girls in an urban setting as the more streetwise variants of girl groups. The video has been shot with very little colour with the girls almost in black and white. It was directed by Alex Hemming.

Remixes

• Colour System inc. Vox
• Cutfather and Jo Alternative Mix
• Cutfather and Jo Alternative Mix - Radio
• Extended Mix
• Groovy Mix
• Instrumental
• K-Gee's Bounce Mix
• Nu Birth Riddum Dub
• Original Mix
• Original Radio Mix