--- description: Last night, on his second evening as the new host of the Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon presented another throwback: this time, to the early '00s.... title: Jimmy Fallon Covers R. Kelly's "Ignition (Remix)" image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt961890570c5202b7/698a8d37c9e9419836122eef/screen-shot-2014-02-19-at-10-31-01-am.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) # Watch: Jimmy Fallon Nails the Barbershop Quartet Cover of "Ignition (Remix)" by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Feb 19, 2014 4:22 PM CUT  Jimmy Fallon and his barbershop quartet, The Ragtime Gals, sing a cover of R. Kelly's "Ignition (Remix)" Jimmy Fallon and his barbershop quartet, The Ragtime Gals, sing a cover of R. Kelly's "Ignition (Remix)"NBC / The Tonight Show by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Feb 19, 2014 4:22 PM CUT Last night, on his second evening as the new host of the [_Tonight Show_](http://search.time.com/results.html?Ntt=tonight+show&N=0&Nty=1&p=0&cmd=tags&x=-1160&y=-52 "undefined"), Jimmy Fallon presented [another throwback](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/02/18/jimmy-fallon-will-smith-dance-the-evolution-of-hip-hop/ "undefined"): this time, to the early ’00s. Fallon, along with his barbershop quartet The Ragtime Gals, presented a smooth (although somewhat less sultry than the original) rendition of R. Kelly’s iconic 2003 single “[Ignition (Remix)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O29YcBHpH5E#t=46 "undefined").” The most memorable parts include the sophisticated “Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce” from Fallon’s solo, as well as the harmonized “toot-toots” and “beep-beeps.” A new spin on a familiar tune, with some old-time flavor? Yes, please. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7114171/watch-jimmy-fallon-nails-the-barbershop-quartet-cover-of-ignition-remix/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7114171/watch-jimmy-fallon-nails-the-barbershop-quartet-cover-of-ignition-remix/"},"headline":"Watch: Jimmy Fallon Nails the Barbershop Quartet Cover of \"Ignition (Remix)\"","datePublished":"2014-02-19T16:22:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-25T06:11:39.296Z","description":"Last night, on his second evening as the new host of the Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon presented another throwback: this time, to the early '00s....","url":"https://time.com/archive/7114171/watch-jimmy-fallon-nails-the-barbershop-quartet-cover-of-ignition-remix/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt961890570c5202b7/698a8d37c9e9419836122eef/screen-shot-2014-02-19-at-10-31-01-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt961890570c5202b7/698a8d37c9e9419836122eef/screen-shot-2014-02-19-at-10-31-01-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jimmy-Fallon-barbershop-R-Kelly-Ignition","caption":"Jimmy Fallon and his barbershop quartet, The Ragtime Gals, sing a cover of R. Kelly's \"Ignition (Remix)\"","creditText":"NBC / The Tonight Show","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7114171/watch-jimmy-fallon-nails-the-barbershop-quartet-cover-of-ignition-remix/","name":"Watch: Jimmy Fallon Nails the Barbershop Quartet Cover of \"Ignition (Remix)\""}}]}] ```