"Something for the Weekend" is a song by

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, produced by

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and

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. It was the first

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from ''

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'' and reached number 14 in the

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. The song subsequently became a hit when Chris Evans heard it at a friend's party and had it played on his radio show the following Monday. The song itself is about a

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who is trying to seduce a woman, but she tricks him by asking him to investigate strange noises in the woodshed. Upon entering, he is knocked unconscious by her accomplices who then steal his car and money.

Release

The single release in the UK came two weeks before

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released their own song Something For The Weekend, from their album ''Fuzzy Logic'' as a single. The latter band changed their title to "Something 4 The Weekend".

Critical reception

In an

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review, critic Matthew Greenwald declared "Something for the Weekend" as "easily one of

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Hannon's most breezy recordings", noting the song's musical style "has a hit of R&B in the percussion" with "energetic drum and piano pattern." Fellow critic Ned Raggett reviewing ''Casanova'', described the song "at once soaring, cheeky, leering, and truly weird."

References

External links

Something For The Weekend - official video

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