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Livin' for the Weekend (The O'Jays song)

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"Livin' for the Weekend"
Song
B-side"Stairway to Heaven"

"Livin' for the Weekend" is a song by American R&B vocal group The O'Jays, released also the second single from their eleventh album Family Reunion (1975). It spent two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart in the spring of that year. It was also successful on the pop charts, peaking at number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] The B-side of the single, "Stairway to Heaven", proved to be just as popular. It has become a staple of Quiet Storm and adult contemporary R&B radio.[citation needed]

Chart positions

Charts Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 20
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles 1
  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 438.
Preceded by Billboard Hot Soul Singles number-one single (with "Stairway to Heaven")
April 24 – May 1, 1976 		Succeeded by


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