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"Weekends"
Song
B-side"Get Original"

"Weekends" is the second single taken from the album Bridging the Gap by Black Eyed Peas.[1] A remix of the song was featured on the deluxe edition of The E.N.D. The song, "Get Original" appears as a B-side for the second time on this single, the first being "BEP Empire". The song samples the intro of "Family Affair" by Sly & the Family Stone, while the intro samples "Lord of the Golden Baboon" by Mandrill. The song's chorus is an interpolation of the chrous to Debbie Deb's "Lookout Weekend". This was the last single they released before Kim Hill left the group.

Music video

The video starts with the members of Black Eyed Peas at a work place, when their time is up, they start planning what they are going to do at the weekend. They are later seen in a party. Cameos in the video includes Esthero, Blood of Abraham and Kim Hill.

Track listings

  1. "Weekends" (album version)
  2. "Weekends" (instrumental)
  3. "Weekends" (a cappella)
  4. "Get Original" (album version)
  5. "Get Original" (instrumental)

USA vinyl single

Side A

  1. "Weekends" (radio edit) - 3:59
  2. "Weekends" (instrumental) - 3:59
  3. "Weekends" (a cappella) - 3:51

Side B

  1. "Get Original" (radio edit) - 3:07
  2. "Get Original" (album version) - 3:07
  3. "Get Original" (instrumental) - 3:07

Australian CD single

  1. "Weekends"
  2. "Empire Strikes Black"
  3. "Magic"
  4. "Joints & Jam" (Billion Mix)
  5. "Weekends" (live)
  6. "BEP Empire" (enhanced video)

Europe CD single

  1. "Weekends"
  2. "Empire Strikes Black"
  3. "Magic"
  4. "BEP Empire" (enhanced video)

Charts

The song charted at #94 in the Australian chart[2], #100 in the German charts, #73 in the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart and #34 in the Hot Rap Singles chart.

From "The Beginning" of "The Black Eyed Peas"

References

  1. ^ http://www.discogs.com/Black-Eyed-Peas-Weekends/master/89525
  2. ^ "The ARIA Report" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
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