ウィークエンド (アース・アンド・ファイアーの曲)
「ウィークエンド」はアース・アンド・ファイアーにより1979年の11月にリリースされ、オランダ、スイス、ドイツ、デンマーク、ポルトガルでシングルチャートの1位を獲得した。日本では未発売。
"Weekend" was covered by German techno group Scooter as "Weekend!". It was released in February 2003 as the first single from their 2003 album The Stadium Techno Experience. The single reached number 2 in the German Media Control Charts and was also a top-10 single in Norway, Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden.
The Scooter version features the lyrics, "What is essential is invisible to the eye; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly" (a quote from the book "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery), and "Respect to the man in the ice cream van," a reference to The KLF.
In 1980 the Belgian band De Strangers released a Dutch-language version of the song under the title "Pluchke".
The song was released in German version as "Kein Mädchen für das Wochenende" which was first sung by Conny Morin and later was covered by Daniela Dilow.
In 2002 Kid Q released the single "This Feeling", which contains a sample of "Weekend".
In 2008 Bloodhound Gang release a cover version of the Scooter cover for "Weekend!"
In 2012, Belgian electro producer Mickey release a cover version of the original track featuring Sylvie 'Billie' Kreusch.