"Saturday" is a song by Swedish musician

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. It was released in the United Kingdom on 18 July 2010 as the lead single from his forthcoming fifth studio album. The song samples

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". "Saturday" peaked at number twenty-one on the

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and number five on the

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. In Ireland, it peaked at number thirty-seven.

Background and production

"Saturday" was written by Danish songwriters

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and

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, and produced by Cutfather, Thomas Troelsen, and Wez Clarke. It samples the beat and melody from

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", written by

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and Mark Quashie. On 14 May 2010, it was officially announced that "Saturday" would be the first single from Basshunter's forthcoming fourth studio album. It premiered on

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with

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that same night. Basshunter said of the song: "It's about Saturdays in general: going out with friends, drinking, clubbing, dancing, meeting girls and then hopefully doing something else when the sun goes down."

Composition

The song is composed in the

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and is set in

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with a fast

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of 128

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. At the bridge, it transposes to A Dorian (Relative key of

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). After the bridge, it transposes back to

Reception

Pete Cashmore from ''

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'' described the single as "entirely aggregational Euroguff". Robert Copsey of

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gave the song three out of five stars and wrote: "The production has a hint of

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-ness to it, and the chorus features a suspiciously

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-esque vocal, but this change of tack still feels fundamentally Basshunter." The

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's Fraser McAlpine also gave it three stars, commenting that "this represents a development in the Basshunter sound. Where once he seemed to be making dance tracks to sing to, now he seems to be writing with a full song in mind".

Music video

The music video was choreographed by Mihran Kirakosian, directed by

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and filmed by Ketil Dietrichson. The video discontinues the fictional love story between Basshunter and

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; a feature of all previous Basshunter music videos. This was due to his

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over Aylar Lie’s new relationship. He described her boyfriend as ‘a problem’ Instead it features Basshunter singing in a night club surrounded by attractive dancers. He is also shown controlling the girls with a holographic computer, which is a possible reference to Basshunter's personal interest in computer games, and an echo of the music video "

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", Basshunter's second single, which is based on playing computer games.

Live performances

Basshunter performed "Saturday" on ''

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'' on 3 July 2010, and a day later as part of

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's music event

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Chart performance

"Saturday" debuted on the

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at number thirty-seven on 23 July 2010. Two days later it debuted at number twenty-one on the

, marking Basshunter's seventh Top 40 single in the UK and fifth most successful single to date, as well as reaching number five on the

Track listing

#"Saturday" (Radio Edit) – 3:03 #"Saturday" (

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Edit) – 3:14 #"Saturday" ( Almighty Edit) – 3:39 #"Saturday" (Extended Mix) – 5:22 #"Saturday" (Digital Dog Remix) – 6:05 #"Saturday" (Almighty Remix) – 6:59 #"Saturday" (

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Remix) – 5:50 #"Saturday" ( Payami Remix) – 4:43

Personnel

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–

, Mark Quashie,

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–

, Thomas Troelsen *Additional production and mixing – Wez Clarke *Vocal production – Robert Uhlmann Source:

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2010 singles Basshunter songs Songs written by Cutfather Songs written by Engelina Songs written by The Mad Stuntman Songs written by Erick Morillo Songs written by Thomas Troelsen 2010 songs Songs about dancing Songs about parties