"Weekends" is a song recorded by Australian singer-songwriter Amy Shark. It was released on 17 March 2017 as the second single from her extended play Night Thinker. "Weekends" peaked at number 59 on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified platinum.[1]
| "Weekends" | ||||
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| Single by Amy Shark | ||||
| from the EP Night Thinker | ||||
| Released | 17 March 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 2016 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:10 | |||
| Label | Wonderlick Entertainment/Sony Music Australia | |||
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| Amy Shark singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Weekends" on YouTube | ||||
Shark told Music Feeds “"Weekends" is an extremely personal song” adding “I actually wrote the guitar part about five years ago which sounds crazy, but I couldn’t think of any lyrics good enough to match the guitar so I let it go for so many years, until now!” [2] Shark told Sydney Morning Herald “When I was younger a lot of my time was spent hanging around waiting for people to finish work. They are the best years of your life when you don't have any responsibilities and you just have this shitty part-time job you suck at and you are just waiting until you get to hang out with someone special on the weekend." adding "One of my favourite lines I have ever written is "I call your house phone". It's so outdated now but that was a big deal when you called someone's house phone and you got a little taste of what their home life was like and you spoke to their mum or brother and you were like 'I feel like I am a little bit in now'.”[3]
At the APRA Music Awards of 2018, the song was nominated for Song of the Year.[4]
At the Queensland Music Awards 2018 "Weekends" won Pop Song of the Year and Regional Song of the Year.[5]
Music video
editThe music video for "Weekends" was filmed at an IGA in Robina, directed by Jude Kalman and released on YouTube on 27 March 2017.[6][7] The clip finds Shark channeling the disaffected and unmotivated workers of clerks, lazing about the supermarket aisles in a daze and generally just being a brat, joined by some equally-terrible co-workers.[8]
Track listing
edit- "Weekends" - 3:10
Charts
edit| Chart (2017) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[9] | 59 |
Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[10] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
Release history
edit| Country | Date | Format | Version | Label |
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| Australia | 17 March 2017 | Digital download | Original | Wonderlick /Sony Music Australia |
References
edit- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2018 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ^ "Amy Shark Drops New Single 'Weekends', Announces Debut EP 'Night Thinker'". Music Feeds. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Dive deep into Amy Shark's debut EP Night Thinker". Sydney Morning Herald. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Song of the Year". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Past Winners 2018". Queensland Music Awards. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "Amy Shark - Weekends [Official Music Video]". YouTube. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "WEEKENDS Behind the Scenes". Foto Media. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Amy Shark's Weekends Video". Tone Deaf. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "ARIA CHART WATCH #413". auspOp. 25 March 2017. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2018 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.