Wet Willie - Weekend

[dycusburgkid]

What happened to the world....the music, the talent...the good times....down the terlet. These were the greatest times of my life. I had the chicks, the coolest moves, and got invited to the best parties. Thanks to youtube we can ease back for a slice of the last crumb of Americana

[CarterAlabama]

Listen to this tune often especially on Friday... Great Memories...:-) Happy New Year!!!!

[Hugh983]

This song would only play on WRMF On Fridays 5:00 pm to start the Weekend to go see my girlfriend. Miss you Missy. 

[rickenbanger]

I saw Wet Willie back about 4 or 5 years ago and they played every song by them you could think of ....... except this one. Great tune. They should have played it.

[Tanjongbungha1]

See, this is how you do it, Rebecca Black.

[211bill]

I listen to this song every "Weekend"

[Hawkeye752]

As played on many a weekend afternoon at the top of the hour by Dennis Elsas on WNEW-FM in NYC!!

[mandarinlearner]

Hadn't heard this in years, thanks for posting it.

[heine71]

@mandarinlearner It doesn't appear on any currently in print Wet Willie Greatest Hits (20th. Century Masters) CD. Except for the Best of the Epic Wet Willie Years CD made in the mid 1990's or mid 2000's.

[heine71]

Does it have a disco beat or something like that?

[jimbobubbadj]

"Make the best of life while you're young!"

[heine71]

THE WEEKEND'S COMING...

[heine71]

Saturday night, feeling just right!

[heine71]

From the album "Which One's Willie?"

[heine71]

Also available in a longer 12" 7 minute disco version or something like that.

[heine71]

I don't think the harmonica part is played by Stevie Wonder...

[heine71]

Friday evening...

[heine71]

@heine71 What a feeling!

[heine71]

@heine71 Friday evening...what a feeling...

[heine71]

Heard this song on the 1979 AT40: The 70's episode recently.

[eskiewolf76]

I remember back in 1993, Y107 WYHY used this to start the "5 O'Clock Whistle" on Fridays. Such memories!!

[DaveWollenberg]

WW hit #29 in Billboard, 7-28-79. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx!

[blackandtanful]

南部野郎の血が騒ぎそうだが､これは洗練されたノリノリｽﾏｯｼ­ｭヒットﾁｭｰﾝ､ｳｪｯﾄ･ｳｨﾘｰ"WEEKEND"

[1961rody]

Been sometime since I have heard this song

[jeo2708]

Yes, a great song played on WABB FM radio in Mobile every Friday afternoon at 5:00 p.m. a while back. Didn't Wet Willie perform a few times at the old Trinity's bar across the street from the Mobile auditorium?

[svandewalker]

Who sings this song, Was looking for it on Itunes and cannot find it :(

[heine71]

@svandewalker Why doesn't iTunes carry this song? It may have by now...

[heine71]

@heine71 UPDATE: I checked iTunes and they don't have this Wet Willie song.

[svandewalker]

Who sings this song, Was looking for it on Itunes and cannot find it :(

[cashandcarey]

We love, love, love this song!!!

[Rockstaralan]

Woah! I know that history shows plenty of sorrowful cases where, by 1979, EVERYONE who was anyone either felt obligated or WERE forced by their record companies to cough up at least ONE disco track per album. The findings I have made on youtube today are bigger evidence than ever to that fact. I guess, as a stand-alone Disco cut, it's ok. But the fact that a fine southern rock band like Wet Willie were totally ROBBED of any shred of their musical identity to satisfy the Disco frenzy is just SAD!

[GhostryderRebel]

This song first came out the summer 1979 I was 9 years old at that time I remember this song was playing on one of my local radio of 79 it brings back a lot of memories !

[BluesBaby45]

I love this song....not the weekend...the words make the best of life....love it.

[jimbobubbadj]

Kiss 108 FM WXKS from Boston played this great song when I first heard it!

[hendersonkelly28]

Its the weekend!!!

[1mrmoose]

Michael Duke, one of the memebers of Wet Willie, is from my hometown, Thomasville, AL!!! Also, the song Street Corner Seranade is about Thomasville!!! WAY TO GO MIKE!!!

[brandiwarhol]

Thanks for this!

[kaijo7]

I just heard this yesterday on our local oldies station...what a great sentinment for a Friday afternoon! Thanks for posting!

[jimbobubbadj]

looks like a promo copy.

[jimbobubbadj]

@jimbobubbadj I was in high school when this great song came out. I miss those days!

[loudmusic67]

Livin' it up Friday Night (my bad) I was the one partying! lol

[loudmusic67]

Just listend to Livin' to party (friday night) by Bell & James and it reminded me of this song...I miss the 70's (for the music).

[gimaalways72]

Best description of how you feel when the work week is over! At least while you are young enough!! Oh, I remember those days. Still love the song, gets me moving!!

[georgiagin]

I used to have this 45....loved it.

[wendygirlie]

go GA!

[skeetwood]

Do you have the song Airport??

[CarterAlabama]

One of my ALL-Time Favorites, great time in my life. Good Feelings..... Been looking for this song for years.....1979 living in gadsden, alabama

[retrofever1969]

There are really 2 versions to this song. This one from 1979 and the other from the early 80's... The one from 79 is my favorite though.

[GhostryderRebel]

This is a great song i used to have a 8 Track player with 8 track of Wet Willie it's been many moons ago! dang i feel old!

[jimbobubbadj]

Remember this great song while I was in High School!

[RLucas3000]

Love this song! 101.7 in MD and DE still plays it every Fri. 5pm, love hearing it on my drive home. I've heard this my whole life on some station or other at 5pm on Fridays, so I figured it was a huge hit when it came out. But that doesn't seem to be the case. Went to try to buy it on Amazon, they have two or three greatest hits albums of Wet Willey, all songs I've never heard of, but don't have this one! If anyone knows where I can buy it please post or email me RLucas3000 @ aol . com

[hongryhawg]

Ah, the Seventies; the Weekend that lasted a decade. What a fitting song to wrap it up.

[jimbobubbadj]

Great song at 3:41 or 7:14!

[lennymo36]

wabb or was it ksg, or the old g100,used to play this song every friday at 5pm for like 10 yrs. great song. makes workin during the week a little easier BUT i work most weekends. lol

[sayhey2ray]

I saw 'em open for Lynyrd Skynyrd up at Saratoga, NY. That I understand. But ARS should have been the opening act for Wet Willie when you saw 'em.

RazorRay

[resq2106]

The very first concert I ever went to was Wet Willie opening for Atlanta Rhythm Section. When Wet Willie did "Weekend" the crowd went wild in a way that I have yet to see again in the 30 years of concerts I have attended since.

[lowfuellevel]

every weekend FM100-Memphis at 5pm quittin time they'd play this, I sure do miss those times and all my old friends...

[DaveWollenberg]

Hit #29 in Billboard. God bless!

[lowfuellevel]

I'd get off work on Friday late afternoon, light up a joint and this song would come on......ah I wish I could go back

[Janfan76]

Ultimate Friday Anthem!

[faberrimus]

Mille Grazie!!! Stavo proprio cercando "Week end" di Mick Jackson!!

Cari Saluti!

[utube44439]

Anybody know why you can't buy this song anywhere? There was obviously some dispute, probably over authorship/royalties, but I can't find anything on the 'net about it right now.

[stopstella]

I just took the time to translate faberrimus's post from italian to english which was actually easy to do. He says he recalls hearing an original version to this song and wants to know if anybody knows anything about it.

[CBum425]

THE BEST gitten offa work an drinkin a beer song!!

[faberrimus]

Io ricordo una versione di questo bel pezzo forse l'originale,molto più bella.

Qualcuno sa dirmi chi la canta?

[puchie82766]

The original was made by Mick Jackson...who also did the original version of "Blame It On The Boogie" which would later be recorded by Michael Jackson .

[DjJohnnyM68]

I used to get heat for liking this song cuz of it's disco sound. :You know how classic rock fans are...Gotta maintain that coolness and rock and roll purity, it can't sound like disco. It was a shame this song never cracked the top 40 chart cuz it's a winner all the way around..a 5 o'clock friday traffic jam right up there with Loverboy' working for the weekend. When Q104 in Gadsden,Al was still running they played it every friday afternoon.

[homegrowntomatoes1]

@DjJohnnyM68 I remember there was a pseudo war between Q-104 and a couple of Birmingham FMers over playing that song at 5 on Fridays. No matter. I listened to it on WQEN-FM!

[thewillismon]

Actually this song made #29 on the national charts. I don't remember hearing it very much when it was out though.

[MrTroyb1]

@DjJohnnyM68 better than Loverboy in my humble opine..........lol

[FilmsRreel]

Happy 30th birthday! A Lost ANTHEM!!!

[FilmsRreel]

TOTAL ANTHEM!!!!

[markmando333]

great song

[zackman86]

I heard an overnight radio show play this song this morning and this song is really good

[Rthomassc]

Disco is Dead

[soopertrucker2004]

No it's still alive in the minds and hearts of those of us who grew up with it. I believe it's your brain that's dead Rthomassc.

[stopstella]

I remember hearing this song on the radio in 1979. The local station only played it for about aweek or two but I loved it. They never identified the group and I wronfully thought it was the Village People. lol...anyway never heard the song again until a couple of years ago thanks to youtube.

[SunnyMissDee]

They were not big here in the UK, but I distinctly remember a friend having one of their vinyls. I didn't listen to it though.....wish I had.

Mick Jackson's version is on youtube aswell. He wrote the song.

[walts1fan]

Nice edit. Wouldn't know it was if I didn't use to play and dance to the long version with the expanded harmonica licks. Gotta have the harmonica!!! Can you download the full -dance version, as shown in the photo above?

[MixedManTN]

Oh yeah! And before I forget, the best time to me that this song was ever used was on the legendary WABB-FM in Mobile, Alabama as they did their wonderful "Five O'Clock Whistle" and that my friends was one of the BEST weekend montages I have ever heard in my life!! They took every song with either Fri, Sat, or Sun and put them together and blasted "Weekend" at the end of it!! I wonder if anyone has a recording of this??? I wished that they would post it if they did!!

[lemaevol]

Wow!!! I lived in Mobile in summer or 79 while I was in college, and remember WABB doing that weekend montage!! It WAS awesome, indeed!! I have looked for this song for the longest, and finally got it on CD from a friend. I also lived in Memphis in 80-82, and remember that FM 100 song you're talking about. I can't find it anywhere! If you find, PLEASE post....would LOVE to hear that again. Thanks for the memories!

[MixedManTN]

Will definitely do it if I can find it... I actually found Wet Willie's "Weekend" on a bargain CD that has been out for some time at the late Tower Records a few years ago in downtown Memphis, and also on the album "Which One's Willie" at an old album shop back in the 90s in Baltimore practically brand new! The fidelity is incredible! I may try to contact WABB-FM in Mobile and see if anyone down there has the weekend montage on tape somewhere... That would be a blast!!

[MrTroyb1]

@lemaevol me toooooooo.......you try WABB directly in Mobile .look up on the web you'll get their number and other contact info .BROTHER IN WET WILLIE-ISM .....MAKE THE BEST OF LIFE

[0cujo0]

Oh man, I wish I had that too!

It used to be epic :)

[hubbajuba]

Y102.9 here in Raleigh, NC plays this song every Friday at 5. I heard it there, and finally found it!!!

[edwardjames50]

hubba, there was a radio station in West Palm that also played it every Friday at 5; they must have been sister stations. They never identified who was singing it.. Thanks to youtube, I've finally found it.

[danielwaldrip]

@MixedManTN You can here this on 96.1 the rocket in movile,alabama at 5:00 on fridays! Awesome stuff

[MixedManTN]

@danielwaldrip That is excellent! My wife and I will be down towards that way soon... THANKS for the heads-up and I will have my recorder ready to roll! ;)

[79xlch]

@MixedManTN O yea I was there and still am, Mobile Alabama. WABB is still here but not the same. 96.1 the rocket is the station now for us. Keep on smiling, Roll Tide.

[MrTroyb1]

@MixedManTN WABB what a memory ...see if you can contact amazom or itunes type in mixes weekend wetwillie .....do you remeber the radio address was it 1450 or 97.5 fm .Enjoy cause this bama boy does.

[MixedManTN]

@MrTroyb1 Yes I definitely remember the times because it was 97.5 WABB-FM and I do believe that Ron Anthony was presiding over the festivities at 5:00 on every Friday afternoon... I know that someone is bound to have one of those mixes on cassette somewhere... That was the BEST Five O'Clock whistle ever!!

[jimbobubbadj]

@MixedManTN KISS-108(107.9FM) in Boston!

[jimbobubbadj]

@MixedManTN WXKS

[crfcm764]

@MixedManTN I lived in Mobile and I rememer that montage very well! It made me smile everytime I heard it! Thanks for reminding me!

[lowfuellevel]

It was either FM 100 or Rock 103 Memphis, back in the day, the early 80's that played this every Friday at 5pm, without fail. Thanks for the great memories...miss those times..

[MixedManTN]

I think that it was FM 100 with the legendary Tom Prestigiacomo... I remember tuning in to them on the road and getting to hear "Weekend"... Man, I miss those times also! Remember when FM 100 had their theme song: "My radio's picking up FM 100"??? That was classic indeed!

[lowfuellevel]

yep, you're right, I remember the FM 100 song, miss that too, sometimes I long for those days....

[MixedManTN]

I think that when I get a chance that I will go through my cassette collection and see if I can pull that FM100 song and will post it here if possible! I know that I have it somewhere...

[stringbean417]

Jimmy Hall used to be my landlord. He's a better frontman....no disrespect Jimmy

[mrvirginiabeach]

If you like this you'll hear it some Friday's on 94.9 the Surf in Myrtle Beach. They play alot of beach music. Beach music and southern rock were cornerstones of party time in the south during the '70's and 80's. I grew up in Franklin, Va (class of '79) we got some beach music in there but we listened to mostly southern rock like skynard, Snuff, Robin Thompson, Home Grown Vigilante Band. Anybody seen Lisa Edwards? Haven't seen her since the '80 up at tech somewhere. OOPs just had a flashback

[suggsstlouis]

would you happen to know who remade this song i heard a different version of this song years ago.thanks for posting...

[mjw0047]

Thanks for posting some Wet Willie. Always loved them. Will add this to my Wet Willie playlist.

~Melissa~

[kylebandit7]

In the 80's, every Friday at 5:00 p.m. a radio station in Richmond, Va where I lived played this. It' was the "official" start of the weekend. What great memories!

[dmainfla]

I just posted on my Facebook page this link and made reference to the fact that 94Q made this the 5PM on-the-dot song on Fridays for years. Maybe as late as 1985. How funny other people have that same memory. Loverboy would of course become the next big Friday song. Good post!

[cmulwee001]

LOVE Disco Music! It puts a smile on your face. This is also Blue Eyed Soul.

[kcmedical]

there was a remake of this song done maybe a year after this. does anyone know who did it? can anyone help me try to find out you did it? there was a disco version. I just don't know who did it.

Thanks for all your help

[tigqc016]

I think it was Billy More

[tigqc016]

sorry, search youtube for Mick Jackson - Weekend. that's the night club version. (Not Michael Jackson)

[Gabriaella]

rofl just aq good band

[LiamDCbhoy]

I haven't heard this song in probably 30 years (agh!). This was popular on the stations in Mobile when I was 10 years old, the Summer I really started getting into music.

Found out a few years later that my Dad taught a couple of these guys at Davidson High School and Mom taught another one at BC Rain, both in Mobile, Alabama. Pretty cool!

[punkdaddy71]

Hi Liam! Your right these guys are from Mobile and still play there every once in a while. Now it is just Jimmy Hall, but the music is still great. Nearly every station played this song fridays at Five. It was a great time to be in Mobile. Thank for the reminder of my childhood in Mobile.

Cheers

[mixedtrail]

Friday Evening What a feeling!!!

[castertunes1967]

Love this song forever--always wondered if the band embraced this song or street corner serenade. All the hype was over the harder edged "Keep on Smilin." I guess to each his/her own!

[retrofever1969]

Omg! I love this song! I used to listen to it every Friday @ 5:00! Still do!

[zachhoran]

Marty Cohen stole the Party Hearty line for use on his stand-up shticks on Solid Gold in the early 80s.

[jdmj61]

Brings back some great times:).. Great tune!!

[wurtner]

"from the Big 8...CKLW!"

[dadamomatt]

I was just telling my 13-year-old son about this song and my disco high school days.(actually singing this to my sone). He had a hard time understanding "party hearty." Too bad kids don't get it. :)

[russelljdj]

I remember playing this new as a young delusions of Granduer Disc Jockey. And as someone else pointed out, Radio pays now like they did in 1979!

[thenifeelnothing]

funny thing...i made more in 1978- than now...AWH...goog times

[al1967dude]

I noticed that the record label shown in this vid shows a run time of 7:14. Is the song on this record an extended version of "Weekend" but you played the radio edit for this vid? Just curious because I have never heard an extended version of this song and would be interested in hearing it on here if you have it to post.

[sund7cuU]

OK, I think I'm cross-eyed now, but if you read the fine print on the label it says "Special Dance Version". I've never heard an extended version either.

[domm1999]

UH UH I dubbed out the remaining 3 and a half minutes for a scaled down video ??? LOL. Hey hope you enjoy the video, but I hand it to you, if you aren't working for CSI you're missing your calling. That was a most astounding observation with little data to work with, LOL !!!

[al1967dude]

Thanks! I look at all the fine details of everything. Especially when it comes to nostalgic stuff such as this. :)

[Phillster2015]

GOOD PEOPLEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[dawnpatrol82]

Great song, I have this album! ive been told that this album and song are hard to find.

[JTPolo101]

Great memories from way back when. Flying home from work on Friday afternoon and partying my butt off all weekend. AHHHHHHH those were teh good old days

[roberthickerson]

I remember hearing this during the Orioles playoff quest in 1982 and hearing it on Friday after 5 PM in Frederick on WFMD AM 930

[domm1999]

Thanks for stopping in and giving your thoughts, and glad some nostalgia was revived

[ryan2u]

Brings back memories of a summer love in the summer of '79. Love it!!!

[domm1999]

Thanks for your input and what a great Summer 79' was, glad we can relive to some extent in YT world.

[JimmyShowstopper]

Really awesome song. 102.9 in Raleigh plays this every Friday @ 5. Good times. :-)

[domm1999]

They have obvious good taste in the awesome RTP area, greetings here from Upstate SC in Greenville-Spartanburg, thanks for viewing and commenting.

[Truelove6]

Yeah, they do that in Richmond, VA and Kansas City, MO too.

[Bruno7734]

@JimmyShowstopper WGN Radio plays this song every Friday morning at 4:00 am...

[Tomasina1616]

I LOVED this song! A co-worker, Lola--was her name, and I would sing what we could of this song--the best line, "It's party harty time again!' The BEST song! I've not heard it in forever--thank's for sharing!

[domm1999]

Thank YOU for viewing and for your thoughts, 70's were the best.

[tjw0099]

This tune rocks. Would hear this every Friday afternoon during the drive home block party. This song brings back some very nice memories and I've looked for 15 years trying to find it. Didn't know it was by 'Wet Willie'. Hadn't heard of the group before, but will never forget them now!!

Thanks for solving the mystery!!

Tom

[domm1999]

tjw0099 you're quite welcome and thanks for watching/listening - the 70's & 80's were just outstanding times for music weren't they? Glad with YT that we can refresh these memories.  Thanks again

[collinsjamesl]

Love it! Thanks so much for posting! Great hook! CHUM AM in Toronto. Lots of memories!

[reddog1959]

Great song from a cool southern rock band.

[sweetsweetdaddy]

Thanks For The Memories. Do you have Street Corner Serenade by Wet Willie?

[domm1999]

sweetsweetdaddy ... I do have Street Corner Serenade .... I'll compile a video over the next week or so and upload .... thanks for watching!!

[frank11262]

Still love this track! Thanks for posting!!!!

[domm1999]

Glad you enjoyed the music vid, and thanks for watching.