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{{Short description|2005 single by Beyoncé}}
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| name          = Check on It
| cover         = Beyonce - Check on It (single).png
| border        = yes
| caption       = US and Japanese editions cover<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Check-Beyonce/dp/B000EWBCI8/|title=Check on It|publisher=Amazon|access-date=August 3, 2019|archive-date=August 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803034802/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Check-Beyonce/dp/B000EWBCI8|url-status=live}}</ref>
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Beyoncé]] featuring [[Slim Thug]] and [[Bun B]]
| album         = [[Number 1's (Destiny's Child album)|#1's]] and [[B'Day]] <!--Do NOT remove B'Day, as it's listed as a single from B'Day.-->
| released      = {{start date|2005|10|11}}
| recorded      = 2005
| studio        = {{hlist|[[Sony Music Studios|Sony]] (New York City)|The Jim Henson Company (Los Angeles)}}
| genre         = {{hlist|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]|[[Hip hop music|hip hop]]}}
| length        = 3:30
| label         = {{hlist|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]|[[Mathew Knowles|Music World]]}}
| writer        = {{hlist|Beyoncé Knowles|[[Swizz Beatz|Kasseem Dean]]|[[Bun B|Bernard Freeman]]|[[Sean Garrett]]|[[Angela Beyincé]]|[[Slim Thug|Stayve Thomas]]}}
| producer      = [[Swizz Beatz]]
| chronology    = [[Beyoncé]]
| prev_title    = [[Wishing on a Star#Beyoncé version|Wishing on a Star]]
| prev_year     = 2005
| next_title    = [[Déjà Vu (Beyoncé song)|Déjà Vu]]
| next_year     = 2006
| misc          = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[Slim Thug]]
 | type       = singles
 | prev_title = [[Luxurious]]
 | prev_year  = 2005
 | title      = Check on It
 | year       = 2005
 | next_title = [[Wamp Wamp (What It Do)]]
 | next_year  = 2006
}}
{{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[Bun B]]
 | type       = singles
 | prev_title = [[Get Throwed]]
 | prev_year  = 2005
 | title      = Check on It
 | year       = 2005
 | next_title = [[Git It]]
 | next_year  = 2006
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  | header  = Alternative cover
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  | cover   = Checkonit.jpg
  | caption = International editions cover<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Check-Vinyl-Beyonce-Slim-Thug/dp/B000CR8R74/|title=Beyonce & Slim Thug - Check on It|publisher=Amazon|access-date=August 3, 2019}}</ref>
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"'''Check on It'''" is a song recorded by American singer [[Beyoncé]]. It was written by her, [[Swizz Beatz]], [[Sean Garrett]], [[Angela Beyincé]] and [[Slim Thug]], and produced by Swizz Beatz. Serving as the main theme of the 2006 film ''[[The Pink Panther (2006 film)|The Pink Panther]]'', in which Beyoncé co-starred as Xania, it was supposed to be featured on the film's [[The Pink Panther (2006 soundtrack)|soundtrack]]. As it was ultimately not included on the soundtrack, the version with additional vocals from Slim Thug was placed on the 2005 [[Destiny's Child]]'s greatest hits album ''[[Number 1's (Destiny's Child album)|#1's]]''. [[Columbia Records]] released a remix version of "Check on It" featuring both Slim Thug and [[Bun B]] as the second single from ''#1's'' on October 11, 2005.

"Check on It" is an [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] and [[hip hop music|hip hop]] song, which is instrumentally complete with a heavy [[bassline]], [[String instrument|strings]], and [[wind instrument]]. The song consists of two [[Song structure (popular music)|verse-raps]] by Slim Thug. "Check on It" was mostly well received by music critics, who complimented the arrangement and the vocal deliveries.

"Check on It" was not originally intended as a single from ''#1's''. However, it received some rotation on US radio stations, after the release of the first single "[[Stand Up for Love]]" (2005), which failed to chart on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. Eventually, "Check on It" was released as a single; it debuted on the US Hot 100 in November 2005. The song peaked at number one for five consecutive weeks, becoming one of the two longest-running number-one singles of 2006, and Beyoncé's credited third US number-one single. Internationally, it reached number one in New Zealand and the top ten in Canada and several European countries.

The accompanying [[music video]] for "Check on It" was directed by [[Hype Williams]],<ref name="MTV" /> and premiered on November 8, 2005, on [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]]. The version of the song used in the video features a remix of "[[The Pink Panther Theme]]". Incorporating 1950s influences, the video was shot in pink to brand the relationship with ''The Pink Panther''. It won [[MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video|Best R&B Video]] at the [[2006 MTV Video Music Awards]], and was nominated for Video of the Year at the [[BET Awards 2006]]. Beyoncé did include the song in her [[set list]] on the tours [[The Beyoncé Experience]] (2007) and [[I Am... (Beyoncé tour)|I Am... World Tour]] (2009–2010). She also included it in her [[Beyoncé 2018 Coachella performance|Coachella performance]] (2018).

==Background and release==
"Check on It" was written by Beyoncé, [[Slim Thug]], Angela Beyincé and [[Sean Garrett]]. Production was handled by [[Swizz Beatz]], who also co-wrote the song.<ref name="credits">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/check-on-it-single-r813374/credits |title=Check on It &#91;Single&#93; |publisher=[[Allmusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]] |access-date=December 13, 2010}}</ref> Matt Hennessy, Dave Pensado, and Dexter Simmons mixed "Check on It" with assistance from Geoffrey Rice, and Matt Serrecchio.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/check-on-it-single-r813374 |title=Check on It &#91;Single&#93; |publisher=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation |access-date=December 13, 2010 |archive-date=November 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101102051146/http://allmusic.com/album/check-on-it-single-r813374 |url-status=live }}</ref> Beyoncé said that the song's title, "Check on It", was a phrase that she and her management jokingly used several times before they decided to turn it into a song.<ref name="WilliamsCheck">{{cite video |people=[[Hype Williams|Williams, Hype]] (Director)|date=2005|title=The making of "Check on It"|medium=Documentary|publisher=[[Sony BMG]]|location=United States}}</ref> Originally recorded by Beyoncé only, the song was supposed to be included on the track-listing of the [[soundtrack album]] for the remake of ''[[The Pink Panther (2006 film)#Music|The Pink Panther]]'' (2006), starring [[Steve Martin]], [[Kevin Kline]] and Beyoncé.<ref name="Lamb"/> However, it was never used for the [[The Pink Panther (2006 soundtrack)|soundtrack album]] at the last minute,<ref name=SoundtrackAlbum>Beck, C. (2003). ''The Pink Panther'' [[Compact Disc|CD]]. Studio City: Varese Sarabande. Retrieved January 7, 2011</ref> and the song with added vocals from Slim Thug,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2290-1s/ |title=Destiny's Child |last=Harvel |first=Jess |date=October 26, 2005 |work=[[Pitchfork Media]] |publisher=Ryan Schreiber |access-date=January 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216201618/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/16985-1s |archive-date=February 16, 2008 }}</ref> was then added on Beyoncé's former group [[Destiny's Child]]'s greatest hits, ''[[Number 1's (Destiny's Child album)|#1's]]'' (2005).<ref name="pinkk">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/61360/destinys-child-rounds-up-hits-new-songs|title=Destiny's Child Rounds Up Hits, New Songs|last=Cohen|first=Jonathan|date=September 22, 2005|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 26, 2011|archive-date=September 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140918044255/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/61360/destinys-child-rounds-up-hits-new-songs|url-status=live}}</ref> "Check on It" was nevertheless played during ''The Pink Panther''{{'}}s end credits and used in TV spots to promote the film.<ref name="pinkk"/>

"Check on It" was not originally intended for release as a [[single (music)|single]] from the album ''#1's''. However, it received heavy [[Rotation (music)|rotation]] from US [[radio broadcasting|radio stations]] after the release of the first single "[[Stand Up for Love]]" (2005), which recorded by all members of [[Destiny's Child]] was a commercial failure.<ref name="Lamb"/> Meanwhile, "Check on It" debuted on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart in November 2005, that is, before its official release as it had amassed considerable listener impressions.<ref name="gai"/> A remix of the song featuring hip-hop rapper [[Bun B]] was recorded prior to its release.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60339/bun-b-collaborates-with-beyonce-snoop|title=Bun B Collaborates With Beyonce, Snoop|last=Cohen|first=Jonathan|date=December 15, 2005|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 7, 2011|archive-date=April 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420060200/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60339/bun-b-collaborates-with-beyonce-snoop|url-status=live}}</ref> The task of remixing the song was undertaken by Maurice Joshua with further assistance from Junior Vasquez who helped in its production.<ref name="allmusic"/>

"Check on It" was first [[Music download|digitally released]] in the US on December 13, 2005.<ref name="aol">{{cite web|url=http://music.aol.com/song/check-on-it-album-version/7337974|title='Check on It (Album Version)' – Beyoncé|publisher=[[AOL Music]]. AOL Inc|access-date=December 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008091454/http://music.aol.com/song/check-on-it-album-version/7337974|archive-date=October 8, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, a CD single was issued on January 16, 2006.<ref name="ukcdrel">{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=31|date=January 14, 2006}}</ref> "Check on It" was never released in Australia but charted as a digital track. The song was included as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of Beyoncé's second studio album, ''[[B'Day (Beyoncé album)|B'Day]]'' in European countries on April 3, 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://music.aol.com/album/bday-eu-bonus-tracks/1508738|title=B'day [EU Bonus Tracks] - Beyoncé|work=[[AOL]]|access-date=January 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101016133357/http://music.aol.com/album/bday-eu-bonus-tracks/1508738|archive-date=October 16, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Though the song was a commercial success worldwide, Beyoncé has revealed that she dislikes the song.<ref name="WilliamsCheck"/> She has explained that she was surprised at the commercial reception of "Check on It" as according to her, it is too simple, and not catchy like some of her previous singles.<ref name="WilliamsCheck"/>

==Composition==
"Check on It" is a [[tempo|midtempo]] [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] and [[hip hop music|hip hop]] song,<ref name="Lamb"/> which makes use of a heavy [[bassline]],<ref name="contact"/> [[String instrument|strings]], [[wind instrument]],<ref name="hype"/> and frequent "swinging pelvic taunts".<ref name="bob"/> According to the sheet music published by [[Sony/ATV Music Publishing]] at Musicnotes.com, the song is written in the [[Key (music)|key]] of [[G major]] and is set in [[Time signature|common time]] at 166 [[beats per minute]]. Beyoncé's vocal range spans from the low note [[A (musical note)|A<sub>3</sub>]] to the high note [[B (musical note)|B<sub>4</sub>]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0075649 |title=Beyoncé – Check On It Sheet Music |date=2 November 2009 |publisher=[[Sony/ATV Music Publishing]]. Musicnotes.com |access-date=April 14, 2022 |archive-date=April 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414222911/https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0075649 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to Bill Lamb of [[About.com]], Beyoncé adopts smooth and alluring vocals throughout "Check on It".<ref name="Lamb"/> Lyrically, the song takes place in a dance club, where the female protagonist is letting the male patrons know that they are welcome to come and look at her body when she is dancing.<ref name="bob">{{cite news|url=http://bob.citypaper.com/music/review.asp?rid=9672 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110814162913/http://bob.citypaper.com/music/review.asp?rid=9672 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 14, 2011 |title=Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug: "Check On It" |first=Bret |last=McCabe |work=[[Baltimore City Paper]] |publisher=[[Times-Shamrock Communications]] |date=December 14, 2005 |access-date=December 13, 2010 }}</ref> "Check on It" starts with a [[Song structure (popular music)|verse-rap]] from Slim Thug: "Good girls gotta get down with them gangstas / Go head girl put some back and some neck up on it..."<ref name="bob"/> The rapper sounds like a 1975 [[Mercury Cougar]] turning over as he growls in his burly purr, as written by Bret McCabe of ''[[Baltimore City Paper]]''.<ref name="bob"/>

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In the first [[Song structure (popular music)|verse]], Beyoncé sings to the "sexual teasing" lyrics, which are addressed to the men looking at her: "I can be a tease, but I really wanna please you [...] Oohhh you watchin[g] me shake it,  Ya can't take it, it’s blazin[g] ...".<ref name="Lamb">{{cite web |url=http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/checkonit.htm |title=Beyonce feat. Slim Thug - Check On It |first=Bill |last=Lamb |publisher=[[About.com]]. [[The New York Times Company]] |year=2006 |access-date=December 13, 2010 |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629204541/http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/checkonit.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="contact">{{cite web |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/webpages/beyoncex31x01x06 |title=Beyonce - Check On It Single Review |publisher=[[Contactmusic.com]] |access-date=December 13, 2010 |date=January 31, 2006 |archive-date=December 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227152429/http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/webpages/beyoncex31x01x06 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Refrain|chorus]] lines; "Dip it, pop it, twerk it, stop it, check on me tonight" are sung in a very quick and breathless manner by Beyoncé.<ref name="bob"/> Bret McCabe noted that her pace could be compared to that of R&B singer [[Donna Summer]].<ref name="bob"/> Slim Thug appears again after the second verse to perform another different verse rap: "I’m checking on you boo, do what’chu do / And while you dance I’ma glance at this beautiful view / I’m keep my hands in my pants, I need to glue ’em with glue ...".<ref name="bob"/> Before the song ends, Beyoncé repeats the chorus lines four times as additional vocals of hers are played in the background.<ref name="bob"/>

==Critical reception==
Music critics received the song positively, complimenting Beyoncé's vocal performance, and the easiness as well as the confidence she displays while singing her lyrics. A reviewer from the UK website [[Contactmusic.com]] described "Check on It" as a "booty shaking anthem" and complimented Beyoncé for switching to a club song after "Stand Up for Love".<ref name="contact"/> Bret McCabe of ''Baltimore City Paper'' noted that the song is "less a DC joint than a Beyoncé sex-kitten solo". He praised the lyrics of the song and the easiness with which Beyoncé sings, highlighting her "million-selling R&B pipes".<ref name="bob"/> James Blake of [[BBC Music]] wrote that the lyrics are pleasantly aggressive and critical of women.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/rw54|title=Destiny's Child #1's Review|last=Blake|first=James|publisher=[[BBC Music]]. [[BBC]]|date=October 24, 2005|access-date=January 7, 2011|archive-date=September 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140923084838/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/rw54|url-status=live}}</ref>

Jaime Gill of [[Yahoo! Music]] described "Check on It" as "sinuously brilliant".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/060907/33/20nfi.html |title=Yahoo! Music Album Review: Beyonce - B'day |last=Gill |first=Jaime |publisher=[[Yahoo! Music]]. [[Yahoo!]] |date=September 7, 2006 |access-date=January 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718135601/http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/060907/33/20nfi.html |archive-date=July 18, 2011 }}</ref> James Anthony of the British newspaper ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote that the song "espouses a blissful disregard for traditional songwriting conventions. No Hova ([[Jay-Z]]) this time, but Houston rapper [[Slim Thug]]'s lazy southern drawl suits the fractionally slower tempo."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anthony |first=James |title=Of course you can lose yourself |url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1852025,00.html |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=August 18, 2006 |access-date=March 2, 2011 |archive-date=September 16, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916064606/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2006/aug/18/urban.popandrock |url-status=live }}</ref> In the July 2006 issued copy of ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' magazine, Nick Duerden ranked the song at the seventh place on his list of The ten Beyoncé tracks you need to download, writing that "Check on It" is Beyoncé's sexiest song to date.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Nick |last=Duerden |title=Bedazzled From Destiny's Child to destiny fulfiller, 24-year-old Beyoncé Knowles tops Spin's list |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s5jfV6kXmTEC&q=beyonce+Check+on+it&pg=PA79 |page=79 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] LLC |date=July 31, 2006 |access-date=January 25, 2011}}</ref> "Check on It" was nominated in for Best Duet/Collaboration at the 2006 [[BET Awards]],<ref name=dance/> and for the Best Rap/Hip Hop Dance Track at the 2007 [[Winter Music Conference|22nd Annual International Dance Music Awards]] in 2007.<ref name=dan>{{cite web |url=http://dancemusic.about.com/od/conference/a/IDMA2k7Vote.htm |title=22nd Annual International Dance Music Awards - Time to Vote |first=DJ Ron |last=Slomowicz |publisher=About.com. The New York Times Company |access-date=January 6, 2011 |archive-date=April 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403091447/http://dancemusic.about.com/od/conference/a/IDMA2k7Vote.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> It also received a [[Broadcast Music, Inc.]] (BMI) Award for "Award-Winning Song".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=7886091&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |title=BMI - Repertoire: Check On It (Legal Title) |work=[[Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI]] |publisher=[[Broadcast Music, Inc.]] |access-date=April 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061124190538/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=7886091&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |archive-date=November 24, 2006 }}</ref>

==Chart performance==
"Check on It" debuted at number 72 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart issue dated November 19, 2005.<ref name="gai">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2005-11-19/hot-100?order=gainer |title=Hot 100 – Week of November 19, 2005 |magazine=Billboard  |date=November 19, 2005 |access-date= January 6, 2011}}</ref> After 12 weeks on the chart, the song received the airplay gainer title, and reached number one on the Hot 100 chart issue dated February 4, 2006, becoming Beyoncé's third Hot 100 number-one as a solo artist and Slim Thug's first Hot 100 single.<ref name="lik">{{cite magazine |url=http://login.vnuemedia.com/bbbiz/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001918989 |title=Beyoncé, Slim Thug Battle Their Way To No. 1 |first=Clover |last=Hope |magazine=Billboard |date=January 26, 2006 |access-date=January 6, 2011 |archive-date=March 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316111232/http://login.vnuemedia.com/bbbiz/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001918989 |url-status=live }}</ref> For the same week ending, "Check on It" was also at the top of the US [[Hot Digital Songs]] and the US [[Pop 100]] charts.<ref name="lik"/> The single remained at number-one for on the Hot 100 chart for five consecutive weeks before being unseated by "[[You're Beautiful]]" by [[James Blunt]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/59610/no-budging-beyonce-from-hot-100-no-1|title=No Budging Beyoncé From Hot 100 No. 1|first=Clover|last=Hope|magazine=Billboard|date=February 23, 2006|access-date=January 26, 2006|archive-date=March 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322041058/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/59610/no-budging-beyonce-from-hot-100-no-1|url-status=live}}</ref> tying Beyoncé with [[Jennifer Lopez]] for having her first three number-one Hot 100 singles stay on top for five weeks or more.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Bonson |first=Fred |title=Chart Beat Chat |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/59655/chart-beat-chat |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061020072821/http://billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002035011 |archive-date=October 20, 2006 |magazine=Billboard  |date=February 17, 2006 |access-date=April 16, 2011}}</ref> "Check on It" also tied with Canadian singer [[Daniel Powter]]'s single "[[Bad Day (Daniel Powter song)|Bad Day]]" for the longest-running number-one single in 2006.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58613/chart-beat|title=Chart Beat|last=Bonson|first=Fred|magazine=Billboard|date=February 23, 2006|access-date=April 27, 2006|archive-date=September 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930110735/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58613/chart-beat|url-status=live}}</ref> "Check on It" spent a total of 28 weeks on the Hot 100.

The song also topped the US [[Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs)|Pop Songs]], the US [[Hot Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Club Play]], the US [[Rhythmic Airplay Chart|Rhythmic Top 40]], and the [[Hot 100 Airplay (Radio Songs)|Hot 100 Airplay]] charts. It reached number three on the US [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart.<ref name="allmusiccharts"/> According to [[Mediabase]] and [[Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems]], "Check on It" passed the 200 million audience impressions mark in on January 31, 2006.<ref name="media"/> Another single of Beyoncé, "[[Irreplaceable]]" also passed this mark on December 11, 2006.<ref name="media"/> Beyoncé thus became the second female singer to achieve this feat in the US after [[Mariah Carey]]'s two singles "[[We Belong Together (Mariah Carey song)|We Belong Together]]" and "[[Shake It Off (Mariah Carey song)|Shake It Off]]" both passed the same mark within 2005.<ref name="media">{{cite news|url=http://aagizer888.wordpress.com/|title=Top Female Artist of 2007|publisher=Aagizer 888|access-date=January 7, 2011|archive-date=May 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519110540/http://aagizer888.wordpress.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> At the end of 2006, "Check on It" emerged as the tenth best selling,<ref name="po">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2006/hot-100-airplay |title=The Billboard Hot Radio Songs - 2006 Year End Charts |magazine=Billboard |date=January 26, 2006 |access-date=January 6, 2011 |archive-date=October 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003174001/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2006/hot-100-airplay |url-status=live }}</ref> and fourth most played song on radio stations in the US.<ref name="pi">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2006/hot-100-songs |title=The Billboard Hot 100 Singles & Tracks - 2006 Year End Charts |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=January 26, 2006 |access-date=January 1, 2011 |archive-date=October 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003173142/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2006/hot-100-songs |url-status=live }}</ref> It was [[RIAA certification|certified]] double platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) for sales and streams of over 2,000,000 units.<ref name="RIAAcert"/> As of October 2012, it has sold 1,438,000 paid digital downloads in the US.<ref name="ussales">{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/chartbeat/474549/ask-billboard-the-twitter-sized-edition |title=Ask Billboard: The Twitter-Sized Edition |first=Gary |last=Trust |date=October 20, 2012 |access-date=October 20, 2012 |publisher=Billboard |archive-date=February 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209052636/http://www.billboard.com/articles/chartbeat/474549/ask-billboard-the-twitter-sized-edition |url-status=live }}</ref>

"Check on It" debuted at number four on the [[UK Singles Chart]] on January 28, 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/ |title=UK Top 100 Singles Chart (January 28, 2006) |date=January 28, 2006 |access-date=January 6, 2011 |publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]]. [[UKChartsPlus|ChartsPlus]] |archive-date=January 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113053538/http://www.officialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/1/2011-10-15/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The following week, it peaked at number three and charted for 12 weeks in the top 75 positions of the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="chstat">{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Yo%20%28Excuse%20Me%20Miss%29 |title=The Official Charts Company – Beyoncé – Check on It |access-date=January 6, 2011 |publisher=The Official Charts Company. ChartsPlus |archive-date=April 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406000909/http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/YO%20(EXCUSE%20ME%20MISS)/ |url-status=live }}</ref> "Check on It" debuted at number 35 on the [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand Singles Chart]] on January 30, 2006,<ref>{{Cite web|title=New Zealand Singles Chart (January 28, 2006)|url=https://charts.nz/weekchart.asp?year=2006&date=20060130&cat=s|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand]]. Hung Medien|access-date=January 6, 2006|archive-date=May 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501065730/http://charts.nz/weekchart.asp?year=2006&date=20060130&cat=s|url-status=live}}</ref> and reached number one for two consecutive weeks.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New Zealand Singles Chart (March 13, 2006)|url=https://charts.nz/weekchart.asp?year=2006&date=20060313&cat=s|publisher=Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Hung Medien|access-date=January 6, 2006|archive-date=April 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430061317/http://charts.nz/weekchart.asp?year=2006&date=20060313&cat=s|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=New Zealand Singles Chart - Check on It |url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Beyonc%E9+feat%2E+Slim+Thug&titel=Check+On+It&cat=s |publisher=Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Hung Medien |access-date=January 6, 2006 |archive-date=April 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417014131/http://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Beyonc%E9+feat%2E+Slim+Thug&titel=Check+On+It&cat=s |url-status=live }}</ref> In mainland Europe, "Check on It" reached the top five in Norway and the Netherlands, the top 10 in Switzerland, Denmark, and Austria, and the top 20 in Germany and Sweden.<ref name="Hung Medien">{{Cite web|title=Check on It|url=https://danishcharts.dk/showitem.asp?interpret=Beyonc%E9+feat%2E+Slim+Thug&titel=Check+On+It&cat=s|publisher=[[Tracklisten]]. Hung Medien|access-date=January 7, 2011|archive-date=August 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808173455/https://danishcharts.dk/showitem.asp?interpret=Beyonc%E9+feat.+Slim+Thug&titel=Check+On+It&cat=s|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Music video==
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When demand was growing for the song, Beyoncé decided to make a [[music video]] for it, serving as promotion for both ''#1's'' and ''The Pink Panther''.<ref name="WilliamsCheck"/> It was directed by [[Hype Williams]].<ref name="MTV" /> The version of "Check on It" used in the clip features a remix of "[[The Pink Panther Theme]]" and a verse-rap from Bun B.<ref name="WilliamsCheck"/> The video premiered on December 12, 2005, on [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]], and was included on the DVD of ''The Pink Panther''.<ref name="WilliamsCheck"/> The video was shot in 12 hours and features Beyoncé in 12 different set-ups and outfits.<ref name="WilliamsCheck"/> It incorporates 1950s influences.<ref name="making"/> Hype Williams told Margeaux Watson of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' that the concept was to make everything pink to brand the relationship with ''The Pink Panther''. He added that the pink sails reflect the wind instrument sound of the string section.<ref name="hype">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2006/04/14/harold-hype-williams-talks-about-his-music-videos/|title=Harold ''Hype'' Williams talks about his music videos|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|first=Margeaux|last=Watson|date=April 14, 2006|access-date=January 6, 2011|archive-date=October 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018053739/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1183617,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Speaking about the video to [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]], Beyoncé said:

<blockquote>
['Check on It'] is so fun, it makes you feel like a child again and we wanted to put some of that in the choreography and the feel of the video. It's all about checking on yourself and making sure you're moving tight and your man admiring how you move. It's simple."<ref name="making">{{cite episode|title=Check on It |series=[[Making the Video]] |network=[[MTV]] |season=12 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS5duzAZtAw | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/rS5duzAZtAw| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|access-date=January 6, 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
</blockquote>

In the video, Beyoncé is seen mostly in all pink, and the dancers wear PVC jackets and dance around rippling satin sheets. She occasionally bends over and grabs her behind. The video cuts to Beyoncé wearing a polka dot corset against a hot pink polka-dotted wall, wearing a pink wig and pink lipstick. Where black bars normally appear on a [[Aspect ratio (image)|4:3]] (full screen) television showing a [[widescreen]] production, footage is displayed of curtains moving in the background. This was a trend in the videos directed by Williams during that year, with the effect being used in [[Ne-Yo]]'s 2006 single "[[So Sick]]" and [[Jamie Foxx]]'s 2005 single "[[Unpredictable (Jamie Foxx song)|Unpredictable]]".<ref name="MTV">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1528169/20060407/ll_cool_j.jhtml |title=Hype Williams — Video Director For Beyonce, Ne-Yo — Changing Up His Style |publisher=[[MTV News]]. [[MTV Networks]] |first1=Shaheem |last1=Reid |first2=Yasmine |last2=Richard |date=April 7, 2006 |access-date=December 10, 2010 |archive-date=August 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813120227/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1528169/20060407/ll_cool_j.jhtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> "Check on It" won the [[MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video|Best R&B Video]] at the [[2006 MTV Video Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5301040.stm|title=Newcomers scoop MTV award glory|date=September 1, 2006|publisher=BBC Music. BBC|access-date=January 6, 2011|archive-date=November 23, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123151102/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5301040.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> It was also nominated for Video of the Year at the 2006 BET Awards.<ref name=dance>{{cite web |url=http://rap.about.com/od/awards/a/BETAwards2006.htm |title=BET Awards 2006 &#124; A List of Nominees and Winners &#124; 2006 BET Awards |first=Henry |last=Adaso |publisher=About.com. The New York Times Company |access-date=January 6, 2011 |archive-date=May 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515200808/http://rap.about.com/od/awards/a/BETAwards2006.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Live performances==
Although Beyoncé did not perform "Check on It" on televised appearances, it was a part of her [[set list]] on [[The Beyoncé Experience]] at the [[Staples Center]] in Los Angeles and [[I Am... (Beyoncé tour)|I Am... World Tour]] during various stops.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nuts.co.uk/video/search/all?term=Check+on+it+by+beyonce&x=0&y=0 |title=Beyoncé - Check on It |work=[[Nuts (magazine)|Nuts]]  |access-date=January 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724121348/http://www.nuts.co.uk/video/search/all?term=Check+on+it+by+beyonce&x=0&y=0 |archive-date=July 24, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://perezhilton.com/tv/Beyonce_Diva_live_from_the_I_Am_World_Tour_DVD/?ptvid=08a3270cd5c8c&category_id=newest&category_start=0&category_end=4 |title=Beyoncé - Diva (live from the "I Am..." World Tour DVD) |publisher=Perez TV |date=November 15, 2010 |access-date=January 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116155809/http://perezhilton.com/tv/Beyonce_Diva_live_from_the_I_Am_World_Tour_DVD/?ptvid=08a3270cd5c8c&category_id=newest&category_start=0&category_end=4 |archive-date=November 16, 2010 }}</ref> In Los Angeles, Beyoncé performed segments of the song, dressed in a golden, translucent slip and golden, sparkling panties. It was executed without backup dancers or live instrumentation, only backup singers toward the performance's conclusion.<ref>{{cite video|people=Beyoncé Knowles|title=[[The Beyoncé Experience Live]]|date=2007|publisher=[[Columbia Records]]}}</ref> When Beyoncé performed the song in [[Sunrise, Florida]] on June 29, 2009, she was wearing a glittery, golden leotard. As she sang, animated graphics of turntables, faders and other club equipment were projected behind Beyoncé, her dancers and musicians.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/06/28/article/beyonce_is_fierce_talent |title=Review: Beyonce is ... Fierce talent |first=Parke |last=Puterbaugh |work=[[News & Record (Greensboro)|News & Record]]  |date=June 29, 2009 |access-date=January 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120308121341/http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/06/28/article/beyonce_is_fierce_talent |archive-date=March 8, 2012 }}</ref> "Check on It" was subsequently included as the sixteenth track and the twentieth track on her live albums ''[[The Beyoncé Experience Live]]'' (2007),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/be/album/the-beyonce-experience-live/268305666 |title=The Beyoncé Experience (Live) [Audio Version] |language=nl |publisher=iTunes Store (Belgium). Apple Inc |date=November 19, 2007 |access-date=January 7, 2011 |archive-date=November 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111011518/https://itunes.apple.com/be/album/the-beyonce-experience-live/id268305666 |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''[[I Am... World Tour (album)|I Am... World Tour]]'' (2010) respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/be/preorder/i-am-world-tour/id399896699 |title=I Am...World Tour |language=nl |publisher=iTunes Store (Belgium). Apple Inc |date=November 26, 2010 |access-date=January 7, 2011 |archive-date=April 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424172750/https://itunes.apple.com/be/preorder/i-am-world-tour/id399896699 |url-status=live }}</ref> Beyoncé also performed the song as part of her acclaimed [[Beyoncé 2018 Coachella performance|performance at Coachella]] in April 2018.

==Formats and track listing==
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* '''International remixes EP (feat. Bun B & Slim Thug)'''
# "Check on It" – 3:30
# "Check on It" (Junior Vasquez Club Mix) – 8:31
# "Check on It" (Maurice's Nu Soul Mix) – 5:59
# "Check on It" (King Klub Mix) – 6:48
# "Check on It" ([[Bama Boyz]] Remix) – 3:54

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* '''Canada and Europe single (feat. Slim Thug)'''
# "Check on It" – 3:31
# "Check on It" (No Rap Version) – 3:08

* '''US single (feat. Voltio)'''<ref>"[https://music.apple.com/us/album/251044155 iTunes Store – Beyoncé – Check on It – Single] ". iTunes Store (US). Apple Inc Retrieved December 26, 2011.</ref>
# "Check on It" (Bama Boyz Reggaeton Remix) – 3:28
# "Check on It" (Bama Boyz Reggaeton Remix Instrumental) – 3:28
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==Personnel==
Credits are lifted from the official booklet of ''#1's'' and ''B'Day''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.beyonceonline.org/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=97170 |title="Check on It" [EU] - Beyoncé Online Photo Gallery |website=www.beyonceonline.org |access-date=May 26, 2022}}</ref>
* Vocals –  [[Beyoncé Knowles]], [[Slim Thug]], [[Bun B]]
* Background Vocals - [[Kelly Rowland]] (uncredited), [[Michelle Williams (singer)|Michelle Williams]] (uncredited)<ref>{{Cite web |last=David |date=Feb 21, 2020 |title=Michelle Williams Clarifies Destiny's Child Rumor |url=https://thatgrapejuice.net/2020/02/michelle-williams-clarifies-destinys-child-rumour/ |access-date=November 17, 2024 |website=That Grape Juice}}</ref>
* Songwriting – Beyoncé Knowles, Angela Beyince, [[Swizz Beatz]], [[Sean Garrett]], [[Slim Thug]]
* [[Record producer|Production]] – Beyoncé Knowles, Swizz Beatz
* Vocal production – Beyoncé Knowles
* Recording engineers – Jim Caruana, Nathan Jenkins
** Assistance – Geoffrey Rice, Matt Serrecchio
* [[Mixing engineer|Mix engineering]] –  Dave Pensado, Dexter Simmons

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
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|+Weekly chart performance for "Check on It"
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!scope="row"| Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA Digital Tracks]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue842.pdf |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060519140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20060520-0000/issue842.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 19, 2006 |title=- issue842.pdf |publisher=webarchive.nla.gov.au |date=April 24, 2006 |access-date=March 9, 2015}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
| 15
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!scope="row" {{single chart|Austria|10|artist=Beyoncé feat. Slim Thug|song=Check on It|access-date=June 17, 2019}}
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!scope="row" {{single chart|Flanders|9|artist=Beyoncé feat. Slim Thug|song=Check on It|access-date=June 17, 2019}}
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!scope="row" {{single chart|Wallonia|31|artist=Beyoncé feat. Slim Thug|song=Check on It|access-date=June 17, 2019}}
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!scope="row"| Canada ([[Canadian Singles Chart|Nielsen SoundScan]])<ref name="allmusiccharts">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/beyonc-p349078/charts-awards/billboard-singles |title=Beyoncé – Billboard Singles |publisher=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation |access-date=December 11, 2010 |archive-date=May 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522130908/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/beyonc%C3%A9-mn0000761179/awards |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 5
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!scope="row"| Canada CHR/Pop Top 30 (''[[Radio & Records]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2006/RR-2006-01-13.pdf|title=R&R Canada CHR/Pop Top 30|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|issue=1640|page=27|date=January 13, 2006|access-date=October 16, 2020|archive-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020052217/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2006/RR-2006-01-13.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
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!scope="row" {{single chart|Czech Republic|7|artist=Beyoncé|song=Check on It|week=16|year=2006}}
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!scope="row"| [[European Hot 100 Singles]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2006/BB-2006-02-11.pdf|title=Hits of the World – Eurocharts|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=118|issue=6|page=99|date=February 11, 2006|access-date=July 24, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724212917/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2006/BB-2006-02-11.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 8
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!scope="row" {{single chart|Finland|6|artist=Beyoncé feat. Slim Thug|song=Check on It|access-date=June 17, 2019}}
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!scope="row" {{single chart|France|32|artist=Beyoncé feat. Slim Thug|song=Check on It|access-date=June 17, 2019}}
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!scope="row"| France Airplay ([[Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique|SNEP]])<ref name="snep">{{cite web|url=http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-259838-Radio.html?list=true |title=Disque en France - Le classement radio |publisher=[[SNEP]] |access-date=June 3, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207024658/http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-259838-Radio.html?list=true |archive-date=February 7, 2012}}</ref>
| 5
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!scope="row" {{single chart|Germany|11|artist=Beyoncé feat. Slim Thug|song=Check On It|songid=154086|refname="ger"}}
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!scope="row"| Global Dance Songs (''[[Billboard Magazine|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/beyonce/chart-history/dgl/ |title= Beyoncé – Global Dance Songs |magazine= Billboard |access-date= May 19, 2020 |archive-date= November 27, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201127064555/https://www.billboard.com/music/beyonce/chart-history/DGL |url-status= live }}</ref>
| 5
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!scope="row" {{single chart|Hungary|3|year=2006|week=19}}
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!scope="row" {{single chart|Ireland2|2|song=Check On It|access-date=January 15, 2020}}
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!scope="row"| Japan ([[Oricon]])<ref name="jp">{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/134012/ranking/cd_single/|title=ビヨンセのCDシングルランキング、ビヨンセのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE|work=Oricon Style|publisher=[[Oricon]]|language=ja|access-date=August 26, 2011|archive-date=August 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807212201/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/134012/ranking/cd_single/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 45
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!scope="row" {{single chart|Dutch40|5|year=2006|week=6|access-date=June 17, 2019}}
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!scope="row" {{single chart|Dutch100|3|artist=Beyoncé feat. Slim Thug|song=Check on It|access-date=June 17, 2019}}
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!scope="row" {{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Beyoncé feat. Slim Thug|song=Check on It|access-date=June 17, 2019}}
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!scope="row" {{single chart|Norway|2|artist=Beyoncé feat. Slim Thug|song=Check on It|access-date=June 17, 2019}}
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!scope="row"| Romania ([[Romanian Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html |title=Romanian Top 100 Issue nr: 14/2006 |publisher=[[Romanian Top 100]] |language=ro |access-date=September 7, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060412170045/http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html |archive-date=April 12, 2006 }}</ref>
| 3
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! scope="row"| Russia Airplay ([[TopHit]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/weekly/20060526-20060601|title=Top Radio Hits Russia Weekly Chart: Jun 1, 2006|publisher=[[TopHit]]|access-date=April 25, 2024}}</ref>
| 33
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!scope="row" {{single chart|Scotland|3|date=20060204|refname=scotland|access-date=August 16, 2015}}
|-
!scope="row" {{single chart|Sweden|11|artist=Beyoncé feat. Slim Thug|song=Check on It|access-date=June 17, 2019}}
|-
!scope="row" {{single chart|Switzerland|7|artist=Beyoncé feat. Slim Thug|song=Check on It|access-date=June 17, 2019}}
|-
!scope="row" {{single chart|UK|3|date=20060204|access-date=June 17, 2019}}
|-
!scope="row" {{single chart|UKrandb|2|date=20060128|access-date=June 17, 2019}}
|-
!scope="row" {{single chart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=Beyonce}}
|-
!scope="row" {{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|36|artist=Beyonce|access-date=September 15, 2018}}
|-
!scope="row" {{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|1|artist=Beyonce|access-date=September 15, 2018}}
|-
!scope="row" {{single chart|Billboardlatinsongs|44|artist=Beyonce|access-date=September 15, 2018}}
|-
!scope="row" {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|3|artist=Beyonce}}
|-
!scope="row" {{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|1|artist=Beyonce}}
|-
!scope="row"| US [[Pop 100]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="pacn">{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=beyoncé|chart=Pop Songs B}}|title=Beyonce Chart History (Pop 100)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 15, 2010}}</ref>
| 1
|-
!scope="row" {{single chart|Billboardrhythmic|1|artist=Beyonce|access-date=September 15, 2018}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Year-end chart performance for "Check on It"
!scope="col"| Chart (2006)
!scope="col"| Position
|-
!scope="row"| Australia (ARIA Digital Tracks)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aria.com.au/pages/DigitalTracks2006.htm|title=ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Top 50 Digital Tracks 2006|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831035949/http://aria.com.au/pages/DigitalTracks2006.htm|archive-date=August 31, 2007|access-date=April 10, 2022}}</ref>
| 46
|-
!scope="row"| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/2006_single.asp |title=Austria Top 75 Singles of 2006 |publisher=[[Ö3 Austria Top 40]]. Hung Medien |access-date=January 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404003046/http://austriancharts.at/2006_single.asp |archive-date=April 4, 2012 }}</ref>
| 52
|-
!scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2006 |title=Jaaroverzichten 2006 (Flanders) |publisher=[[Ultratop 50]]. Hung Medien |language=nl |access-date=January 29, 2011 |archive-date=October 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017041740/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2006 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 46
|-
!scope="row"| Brazil ([[Crowley Broadcast Analysis|Crowley]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maistocadas.mus.br/2006/|title=Brazilian Top 100 Year-End 2006|publisher=[[Crowley Broadcast Analysis]]|date=April 3, 2018|access-date=January 30, 2022}}</ref>
| 47
|-
!scope="row"| European Hot 100 Singles (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/european_hot_100_singles.jsp|title=European Hot 100 Songs|magazine=Billboard|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114134432/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/european_hot_100_singles.jsp|archive-date=November 14, 2007|access-date=January 9, 2022}}</ref>
| 44
|-
!scope="row"| Germany (Media Control GfK)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2006 |title=Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts (2006) |language=de |publisher=offiziellecharts.de |access-date=May 8, 2015 |archive-date=May 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509005509/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2006 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 63
|-
!scope="row"| Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=eves_osszesitett_listak&id=radios&ev=2006|title=Éves összesített listák – MAHASZ Rádiós TOP 100 (súlyozott)|language=hu|publisher=Mahasz|access-date=December 15, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009051418/http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak|archive-date=October 9, 2012}}</ref>
| 18
|-
!scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2006|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2006|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=April 9, 2020|archive-date=June 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616101827/https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2006|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 51
|-
!scope="row"| Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2006&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 2006|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=April 9, 2020|archive-date=April 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415164605/https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2006&cat=s|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 51
|-
! scope="row"| Romania (Romanian Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|title=Romanian Top 100 - Top of the Year 2006|url=http://www.rt100.ro/romanian-top-100-2006.html|access-date=December 17, 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212090641/http://www.rt100.ro/romanian-top-100-2006.html|archive-date=February 12, 2007}}</ref>
| 13
|-
! scope="row"| Russia Airplay (TopHit)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/annual/2006|title=Top Radio Hits Russia Annual Chart: 2006|publisher=[[TopHit]]|access-date=April 25, 2024|archive-date=April 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425163344/https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/annual/2006|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 103
|-
!scope="row"| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2006|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2006|website=hitparade.ch|access-date=April 9, 2020|archive-date=November 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105211038/http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2006|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 45
|-
!scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2006.pdf |title=2006's Best-Selling Singles |work=[[UKChartsPlus]] |access-date=July 24, 2013 |archive-date=March 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331161928/http://ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2006.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 53
|-
!scope="row"| UK Urban (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2007/Music-Week-2007-01-13.pdf |title=2006 Urban Top 40|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=26|date=January 13, 2007|access-date=August 6, 2023}}</ref>
| 38
|-
!scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/hot-100-songs|title=Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 2006|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 9, 2020|archive-date=June 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613033217/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/hot-100-songs|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 10
|-
!scope="row"| US Dance Club Play (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/dance-club-songs|title=Dance Club Songs – Year-End 2006|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 9, 2020|archive-date=November 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107033901/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/dance-club-songs|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 3
|-
!scope="row"| US Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2006/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs-titles |title=The Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles & Tracks - 2006 Year End Charts |magazine=Billboard  |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112023929/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2006/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs-titles |archive-date=January 12, 2011}}</ref>
| 19
|-
!scope="row"| US Pop 100 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2006/pop-100-songs |title=The Billboard Pop 100 - 2006 Year End Charts |magazine=Billboard  |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003173619/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2006/pop-100-songs |archive-date=October 3, 2012}}</ref>
| 9
|-
!scope="row"| US Rhythmic Airplay (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/rhythmic-songs|title=Rhythmic Songs – Year-End 2006|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 9, 2020|archive-date=October 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029213428/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/rhythmic-songs|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 14
|}

===Decade-end charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Decade-end chart performance for "Check on It"
!Chart (2000–2009)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/decadeendcharts/2009/hot100-songs |title=The Billboard Hot 100 Singles & Tracks – Decade Year End Charts |magazine=Billboard  |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326034137/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/decadeendcharts/2009/hot100-songs |archive-date=March 26, 2011}}</ref>
| 88
|-
!scope="row"| US Mainstream Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/decadeendcharts/2009/pop-songs |title=The Billboard Pop Songs – Decade Year End Charts |magazine=Billboard  |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427231559/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/decadeendcharts/2009/pop-songs |archive-date=April 27, 2011}}</ref>
| 41
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for "Check on It"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Beyoncé|title=Check on It|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2005|certyear=2021|access-date=August 10, 2022}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=single|digital=true|region=Canada|artist=Beyoncé|title=Check on It|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2005|certyear=2007|access-date=October 28, 2014|note=Mastertone|refname=Platinum2005}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Beyonce feat. Slim Thug|title=Checkn on It|award=Platinum|relyear=2005|certyear=2024|refname=nzcert|source=radioscope|access-date=2024-12-17}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United Kingdom|artist=Beyonce Ft Slim Thug|title=Check on It|award=Silver|relyear=2005|certyear=2018|id=14897-4644-1|access-date=April 13, 2018}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United States|artist=Beyoncé|title=Check on It|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2005|certyear=2022|salesamount=1,438,000|salesref=<ref name="ussales" />|access-date=August 8, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|relyear=2005|certyear=2006|title=Check on It|artist=Beyoncé|type=single|award=Platinum|digital=true|refname="RIAAcert"|note=Mastertone|access-date=September 17, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

==Release history==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Release dates and formats for "Check on It"
! scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col"| Version(s)
! scope="col"| Format(s)
! scope="col"| Label(s)
! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
! scope="row"| United States
| October 11, 2005
| {{hlist|Original|remix}}
| {{hlist|[[Twelve-inch single|12-inch vinyl]]|[[Music download|digital download]]}}
| {{hlist|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]|[[Mathew Knowles|Music World]]}}
| {{center|<ref>{{cite AV media|author=[[Beyoncé]]|year=2005|title=Check on It|type=12-inch single|location=United States|publisher=[[Columbia Records]]|id=82876 77046 1}}</ref><ref name="aol"/>}}
|-
! scope="row"| Brazil
| January 14, 2006
| rowspan="3"| Original
| Digital download
| rowspan="2"| [[Sony BMG]]
| {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/br/album/check-on-it-single/298263533|title=Check On It &ndash; Single de Beyoncé|publisher=[[Apple Music]]|location=Brazil|language=pt|date=January 14, 2006|access-date=September 16, 2022|archive-date=September 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920175033/https://music.apple.com/br/album/check-on-it-single/298263533|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
|-
! scope="row"| Germany
| rowspan="2"| January 16, 2006
| rowspan="2"| [[CD single|CD]]
| {{center|<ref name="ger"/>}}
|-
! scope="row"| United Kingdom
| [[RCA Records|RCA]]
| {{center|<ref name="ukcdrel"/>}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| United States
| January 31, 2006
| rowspan="2"| Remix
| Digital download {{small|(EP)}}
| rowspan="2"| {{hlist|Columbia|Music World}}
| {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/check-on-it-feat-bun-b-slim/159711925|title=Check On It (feat. Bun B & Slim Thug) [Remixes] – EP|date=January 31, 2006|publisher=[[iTunes Store]]|location=United States|access-date=March 24, 2023|archive-date=June 19, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140619063039/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/check-on-it-feat-bun-b-slim/id159711925}}</ref>}}
|-
| February 7, 2006
| [[Maxi single|Maxi CD]]
| {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Check-Beyonce/dp/B000E5LF5A|title=Beyoncé feat. Bun B and Slim Thug &ndash; Check On It|publisher=[[Amazon Music]]|location=United States|access-date=September 16, 2022|archive-date=August 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827073813/http://www.amazon.com/Check-Beyonce/dp/B000E5LF5A|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
|-
! scope="row"| France
| April 3, 2006
| Original
| CD
| rowspan="2"| Sony BMG
| {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fnac.com/a1818169/Beyonce-Check-on-it-CD-single|title=Check on it &ndash; Beyoncé &ndash; CD single|publisher=[[Fnac]]|location=France|language=fr|date=April 3, 2006|access-date=September 16, 2022}}</ref>}}
|-
! scope="row"| Japan
| May 3, 2006
| Remix
| Maxi CD
| {{center|<ref name="jp"/>}}
|}

==See also==
* [[List of number-one singles from the 2000s (New Zealand)#2006|List of number-one singles from the 2000s (New Zealand)]]
* [[List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2006 (U.S.)]]
* [[List of number-one dance singles of 2006 (U.S.)]]

==References==
{{Reflist|3}}

==External links==
* {{YouTube|id=Q1dUDzBdnmI|title=Official music video}}

{{Beyoncé songs}}
{{Slim Thug}}
{{Bun B}}
{{Pink Panther}}
{{MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video}}
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