"The Weekend" is a song co-written and recorded by American

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singer

Brantley Gilbert Brantley Keith Gilbert (born January 20, 1985) is an American country rock singer, songwriter and record producer from Jefferson, Georgia. He was originally signed to Colt Ford's label, Average Joes Entertainment, where he released ''Modern Day ...

. The song is written by Gilbert together with Andrew DeRoberts, and produced by

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. It was released to radio on August 8, 2016, as the first single from his fourth studio album ''

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'' (2017). The song has peaked at numbers seven and nine on both the ''Billboard''

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and

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charts respectively. It also reached number 64 on the

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chart. "The Weekend" was certified

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by the

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(RIAA), and has sold 303,000 copies in that country as of May 2017. The accompanying music video for the single, directed by

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, features both his wife and his band.

Background and development

"The Weekend" was written by Gilbert and Andrew DeRoberts, however, the two writers did not meet until the song had been written as they had conducted the songwriting over the phone. According to Gilbert, he was sent two of Andrew DeRoberts' songs by Kos Weaver, who had signed him to a publishing deal at

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. Gilbert said: "I listened to him and probably called him 10 or 15 minutes later, and within a week, we had both of them written over the phone, which was a first for me. I'd never written anything in its entirety over a phone." Both songs are included in Gilbert's album ''

''.

Commercial performance

"The Weekend" debuted at number 38 on the ''Billboard'' Country Airplay chart dated August 6, 2016. It entered the Hot Country Songs chart the next week at number 23, with 30,000 copies sold in its first week of sales, the third best-selling song of the week. It also debuted at number 95 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart for the week of January 21, 2017. The song was certified platinum by the

(RIAA) on March 27, 2018. It has sold 303,000 copies in the United States as of May 2017.

Music video

The song's music video was directed by

and premiered in October 2016. The video features his wife Amber and his band

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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