Just Another Day...


"Just Another Day..." is a single released from Queen Latifah's 1993 third studio album Black Reign. The song was written by Queen Latifah and Apache. The CD single version features New Jack Swing remixes by Teddy Riley and Lil' Chris Smith of Blackstreet. There are a total of 2 promo CD singles, 1 official Maxi CD and a Cassette Single, 1 official vinyl single, and 2 promo vinyl singles. The song was recorded in New York City.
"Just Another Day..." peaked at no. 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week of April 2nd, 1994, and remained on the chart for 11 weeks.
The song recounts a seemingly average day in Latifah's neighborhood, which she refers to as the "hood". While Latifah's neighborhood may be dangerous, with stray bullets and the presence of police, Latifah is proud of where she is from and asserts that her neighborhood will be ok regardless of the what happens. The first line of the first verse is a play on the infamous children's television show song, "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" from Mr. Rodger's Neighborhood.

Sampling

The song contains uncredited samples of Herb Alpert's "Making Love In The Rain" and Slick Rick's "Hey Young World". Logic's 2011 mixtape Young Sinatra interpolates Latifah's song in "Just Another Day ". The song was also featured in the 1994 HBO documentary about street gangs in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Music Video

The music video was directed by Mark Gerard. Originally, the video shows Latifah lip syncing to the end of the third verse, where she mouths an explicit lyrics. On Viacom owned channels, that portion of the video was edited and an alternate scene was shown.

Formats and track listings

;Promo CD single # 1
  1. Radio Edit # LP version
  2. New Jack Remix Edit
  3. New Jack Remix Edit
  4. New Jack Remix
  5. New Jack Acapella # Instrumental
;Promo CD single 2
  1. Pop Radio Edit
  2. LP version
  3. New Jack Pop Radio Edit
  4. New Jack Acapella
  5. Instrumental
;Promo CD single # 3/Promo 12" vinyl single # 1
  1. It Feels Good, Yeah Remix edit
  2. It Feels Good, Yeah Remix
  3. New Jack Remix
  4. LP Version
  5. New Jack Acapella
;Promo 12" vinyl single # 2
;;Side A
  1. Radio Edit
  2. LP Edit
  3. New Jack Remix Edit
  4. New Jack Remix
;;Side B
  1. New Jack Extended Remix
  2. Instrumental
  3. New Jack Percapella
  4. New Jack Acapella
;US 12" vinyl single
;;Side A
  1. "Just Another Day..." LP Version
  2. "Just Another Day..." New Jack Remix
  3. "Just Another Day..." New Jack Percapella
;;Side B
  1. "Just Another Day..." New Jack Extended Remix
  2. "Just Another Day..." Instrumental
  3. "Just Another Day..." New Jack Acapella
;US CD/Cassette maxi single
  1. "Just Another Day..." LP Version
  2. "Just Another Day..." New Jack Remix
  3. "Just Another Day..." New Jack Percapella
  4. "Just Another Day..." New Jack Extended Remix
  5. "U.N.I.T.Y." Big Titty Mix