SONG & HIT DETAILS
Artist Name: WILL SMITH
Song Author: Nasir “Nas” Jones, Samuel Barnes, Bernard Edwards, Joe Robinson, Nile Rodgers, Will Smith
Year Recorded: 1997
SONG PROFILE
“Gettin’ Jiggy
Released January 27, 1998
Format CD single
Recorded 1997
“Gettin’ Jiggy wit It” is a single by Will Smith from his album Big Willie Style.
Released in early 1998 and co-written by Nas, it was Smith’s first hit produced by Poke & Tone, who replaced his long-time partner Jazzy Jeff, though the record-scratching techniques of Jazzy Jeff can be heard in the song.
The record spent three weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart from March 14, 1998. This song also won a Grammy Award in 1999 for the Best Rap Solo Performance.
It was ranked the 68th greatest song of the 1990s by VH1. “Gettin’ Jiggy wit It” Hit Number 1 on March 11, 1998.