Weekend (Earth and Fire song)

"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, Germany, Denmark and Portugal.[1] It was written by keyboard player Gerard Koerts for the album Reality Fills Fantasy.

"Weekend"
Single by Earth and Fire
from the album Reality Fills Fantasy
B-side	"Answer Me"
Released	November 1979 (1979-11)
Genre	Disco
Length	3:35
Label	Vertigo
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)

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Weekend"	Gerard Koerts	3:35

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
2.	"Answer Me"	Chris Koerts, Bert Ruiter	5:16

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1979-1980) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] 14 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] 1 Denmark (IFPI)[1] 1 Germany (Official German Charts)[4] 1 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[5] 1 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 1 Portugal (AFP)[1] 1 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1979) Position Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 61 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[9] 66 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] 28 Chart (1980) Position Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 74 Germany (Official German Charts)[12] 8 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[13] 94 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14] 89 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 5

Chips version

"Weekend"
Single by Chips
from the album Chips and 20 bästa låtar
Released	January 1997
Length	3:35
Label	Mariann 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

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Weekend"	Gerard Koerts	3:35

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
2.	"Tokyo"	Lasse Holm	3:00

Scooter version

"Weekend!"
Single by Scooter
from the album The Stadium Techno Experience
B-side	"Curfew"
Released	24 February 2003 (2003-02-24)
Genre	Happy hardcore, jumpstyle, eurodance
Length	3:35
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 in February 2003 as the first single from their 2003 album The Stadium Techno Experience.[16] The single reached number two in Germany and was a top-ten hit in Austria, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. In Norway, the song is certified Platinum for sales exceeding 10,000.

Music video

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, 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

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

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2003) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[17] 37 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[18] 4 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[19] 35 Denmark (Tracklisten)[20] 4 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[21] 10 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[22] 7 Germany (Official German Charts)[23] 2 Hungary (Single Top 40)[24] 1 Ireland (IRMA)[25] 14 Ireland Dance (IRMA)[26] 1 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[27] 17 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[28] 7 Norway (VG-lista)[29] 3 Romania (Romanian Top 100)[30] 97 Scotland (Official Charts Company)[31] 4 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[32] 9 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[33] 33 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[34] 12 UK Dance (Official Charts Company)[35] 12 UK Indie (Official Charts Company)[36] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2003) Position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[37] 54 Germany (Official German Charts)[38] 44 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[39] 96 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[40] 44 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[41] 53 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[42] 121

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Norway (IFPI Norway)[43]	Platinum	10,000^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone

Other versions

In 1980 the Belgian band De Strangers released a Dutch-language version of the song under the title "Pluchke".[44]

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.[45]

In 2002 Kid Q released the single "This Feeling", which contains a sample of "Weekend".[46]

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.[47]

In 2019, German DSDS Star Sarah Lombardi released Weekend, a collaboration with DJ Herzbeat, as Schlager Song.[48] The Song started on place 93 of the GfK Entertainment Charts and reached in the ITunes charts the Number 1, after only one week.[49]

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25. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Weekend!". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
26. "Top 10 Dance Singles, Week Ending 6 March 2003". GfK Chart-Track. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
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45. ZDF-Hitparade (Live - Berliner Union Film Studios) Sendung Nr. 125
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48. VIP: Sarah Lombardi gibt mit „Weekend“-Cover ihr Schlager-Debüt from 20. March 2019
49. Sarah Lombardi erobert mit Berliner Club-DJ den Schlagerolymp