Saturday Night (Bay City Rollers song)
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| Single by Bay City Rollers | ||||
| from the album Rollin' | ||||
| B-side | "Marlina" | |||
| Released | September 29, 1975 (North America) | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 2:56 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Writer(s) | Bill Martin, Phil Coulter | |||
| Producer | Bill Martin, Phil Coulter | |||
| Certification | Gold (RIAA) | |||
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"Saturday Night" is the title of a song recorded by the Scottish band Bay City Rollers. It was written and produced by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter. The tune is an upbeat pop-rock number with a memorable hook: the word "Saturday" spelled out in a rhythmic chant.
An early version of the song was recorded in the UK in 1973, but did not hit the charts. On the first version Gordon "Nobby" Clark was the lead singer of the band. The song was re-recorded for the Rollers' 1974 UK album Rollin', but never saw release as a single in their home country; by this time Clark had left the band for solo work and had been replaced by Les McKeown. The re-recording was issued as a US and Canadian single in late 1975 and became a hit in early 1976, becoming the first Billboard #1 of the US Bicentennial year. The single also reached #1 in the RPM Canadian singles chart listing on January 10, 1976.[1] Despite a string of worldwide hit songs, and other US hits, "Saturday Night" was the group's only enduring American hit. In Canada, they were able to follow up their chart-topping success with "Money Honey", which hit the top of the RPM listing on March 13 of the same year.[2]
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[edit] Chart performance
| Chart (1975-1976) | Peak position |
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| Australian Singles Chart | 45 |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 1 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 2 |
| German Singles Chart | 10 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 7 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
[edit] Remakes
Among the remakes of "Saturday Night" is a 1993 hit version by Ned's Atomic Dustbin, featured in the Mike Myers movie So I Married an Axe Murderer along with the Bay City Rollers' original. Japanese comedian Gorie released a cover of "Saturday Night" called "Pecori Night" which was the 48th best-selling single in Japan for 2005, according to Oricon charts. Although the melody is the same, the lyrics are completely different from the original. Also, the Japanese producer Yoichiro Ito - Akakage released a groove disco cover.
Japanese boyband Arashi borrows the chorus replacing the lyrics Saturday Night with Carnival Night, in their song Carnival Night Pt. 2. Japanese band JAM Project uses the Saturday Night chant rhythm in its song "March of Rescue Hero." Japanese band Tokio uses elements from Saturday Night in their song "Kanpai!!" It is commonly used during Saturday night Ottawa Senators games at Scotiabank Place.
A SID version of "Saturday Night" is the title music for the Commodore 64 game Peter Shilton's Handball Maradona.
[edit] Credits
- Producer - Bill Martin & Phil Coulter (tracks: A), Phil Wainman (tracks: B)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Bay City Rollers: Saturday Night at Discogs (list of releases)
| Preceded by "Let's Do It Again" by The Staple Singers |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single January 3, 1976 |
Succeeded by "Convoy" by C.W. McCall |
| Preceded by "That's The Way I Like It" by KC and the Sunshine Band |
RPM Canadian Top Singles Survey number-one single January 10, 1976 |
Succeeded by "Fly, Robin, Fly" by Silver Convention |
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