Working for the Weekend

"Working for the Weekend"
Single by Loverboy
from the album Get Lucky
B-side	"Emotional"
Released	September 1981
Studio	Mushroom (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Length	3:41
Label	CBS
Songwriter(s)	Paul Dean Matt Frenette Mike Reno
Producer(s)	Bruce Fairbairn Paul Dean
Loverboy singles chronology
"The Kid Is Hot Tonite" (1981) "Working for the Weekend" (1981) "When It's Over" (1981)
Music video
"Working for the Weekend" on YouTube

"Working for the Weekend" is a song by Canadian rock band Loverboy from their second studio album, Get Lucky (1982). It was written by guitarist Paul Dean, vocalist Mike Reno, and drummer Matt Frenette and produced by Bruce Fairbairn and Dean. The song was released as the lead single from the album in 1981 and reached number 29 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, as well as number two on Billboard's Rock Top Tracks chart in February 1982. "Working for the Weekend" was ranked at number 100 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 80s".^[1]