Weekend (Earth and Fire song)

"Weekend"
Single by Earth and Fire
from the album Reality Fills Fantasy
B-side"Answer Me"
ReleasedNovember 1979 (1979-11)
GenreDisco
Length3:35
LabelVertigo
Songwriter(s)Gerard Koerts
Producer(s)Earth and Fire
Gerrit-Jan Leenders
Earth and Fire singles chronology
"7, 8th Avenue"
(1977) 		"Weekend"
(1979) 		"Fire of Love"
(1980)

"Weekend" is a song by Dutch band Earth and Fire. It was released by Earth and Fire as a single in November 1979 and reached the number one spot in the singles charts in the Netherlands, Switzerland, West Germany, Denmark and Portugal.[1] It was written by keyboard player Gerard Koerts for the album Reality Fills Fantasy.

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Weekend"Gerard Koerts3:35
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
2."Answer Me"Chris Koerts, Bert Ruiter5:16

Chart performance

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Sales and certifications

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Certifications for Weekend
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Netherlands (NVPI)[16] Platinum 150,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Chips version

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"Weekend"
Single by Chips
from the album Chips and 20 bästa låtar
ReleasedJanuary 1997
Length3:35
LabelMariann Grammofon AB
Songwriter(s)Gerard Koerts
Producer(s)Chips
Chips singles chronology
"Dag efter dag"
(1982) 		"Weekend"
(1997)

Weekend was first covered by the Swedish group Chips on their eponymously titled debut-album. Originally, the version was recorded in 1980, but was only available on the album's first printed issues, as all subsequent releases (now called "Sweets'n Chips") replaced the song with the track "Good Morning". It wasn't until the release of the 1997 Greatest Hits-album "20 bästa låtar" that the song became widely available again. The B-Side on the single was the Instrumental track "Tokyo".

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Weekend"Gerard Koerts3:35
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
2."Tokyo"Lasse Holm3:00

Scooter version

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"Weekend!"
Single by Scooter
from the album The Stadium Techno Experience
B-side"Curfew"
Released24 February 2003 (2003-02-24)
Length3:35
LabelSheffield Tunes
Songwriter(s)Gerard Koerts, H. P. Baxxter, Rick J. Jordan, Jay Frog, Jens Thele
Producer(s)Scooter
Scooter singles chronology
"Nessaja"
(2002) 		"Weekend!"
(2003) 		"The Night"
(2003)

"Weekend" was also covered by German techno group Scooter as "Weekend!". It was released on 24 February 2003 as the first single from their ninth studio album, The Stadium Techno Experience (2003). The single reached number two in Germany and was a top-10 hit in Austria, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. In Norway, the song is certified Platinum for sales exceeding 10,000.

Music video

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The video for the song takes place on an illuminated part of a loam-covered floor encircled by dark. While Scooter are performing the song, there are Buddhist and Christian monks, nuns, Asian martial artists, topless women dancing and making out, traditional Indian female dancers and Ganesha dancing around them. H. P. Baxxter can also be seen wearing a costume resembling those worn by the Roman centurions. The video was censored in the multimedia part of the CD single released in Germany.

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Weekend!" (Radio Edit)3:35
2."Weekend!" (Extended)5:10
3."Weekend!" (Club Mix)6:02
4."Curfew"3:14

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Norway (IFPI Norway)[44] Platinum 10,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Germany 24 February 2003 CD Sheffield Tunes [23]
United Kingdom 24 March 2003
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 [45]
Australia 14 April 2003 CD Addiction [46]

Other versions

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In 1980 the Belgian band De Strangers released a Dutch-language version of the song under the title "Pluchke".[47]

The song was released in German version as "Kein Mädchen für das Wochenende" which was first sung by Conny Morin and later was covered by Daniela Dilow.[48]

In 2002 Kid Q released the single "This Feeling", which contains a sample of "Weekend".[49]

In 2008 Bloodhound Gang released a cover version of the Scooter cover for "Weekend!"

In 2012, Belgian electro producer Mickey released a cover version of the original track featuring Sylvie 'Billie' Kreusch.

In 2017, Dutch artist De Ambassade released a New wave/Synth-pop rendition of the song under the title "Jerney", after the lead singer of Earth and Fire Jerney Kaagman.[50]

In 2019, German DSDS Star Sarah Lombardi released Weekend, a collaboration with DJ Herzbeat, as Schlager Song.[51] The Song started on place 93 of the GfK Entertainment Charts and reached in the ITunes charts the Number 1, after only one week.[52]

In 2019 Cordon Rouge released a cover version Le Weekend [53]

In 2020, German DJ LIZOT released a cover version of Weekend.[54]

References

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  48. ^ ZDF-Hitparade (Live - Berliner Union Film Studios) Sendung Nr. 125
  49. ^ Kid Q - This Feeling at Discogs.com
  50. ^ De Ambassade - Verloren at Discogs.com
  51. ^ VIP: Sarah Lombardi gibt mit „Weekend“-Cover ihr Schlager-Debüt from 20. March 2019
  52. ^ Sarah Lombardi erobert mit Berliner Club-DJ den Schlagerolymp
  53. ^ "'Le Weekend' LYRIC VIDEO by Cordon Rouge". YouTube. 5 November 2019.
  54. ^ "LIZOT - Weekend (Official Video)". YouTube. 8 May 2020.
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