“It's totally a party song, there’s no question about it,” Loverboy guitarist Paul Dean told Guitar Player in 2023.
“It became clear to me that we were onto something when we played it at this pub in Nanaimo, on Vancouver Island,” Dean said. “It was a meat-market type of atmosphere, where nobody cared about the music; they were more interested in hooking up with each other."
Though "Working for the Weekend" was written mostly by Dean, he credited lead singer Mike Reno with the song's catchy title.
"That one was originally, 'Everybody's Waiting for the Weekend,'" Dean told Songfacts in a 2012 interview.
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"So that experience spurred that," Dean added. "And Mike had the great idea of, 'Why don't we call it, Working for the Weekend?' and I said, 'Yeah, that's good. That's fine.' Not a huge difference, still works, it's kind of cool, it's quirky with a little bit of a twist on the lyrics, so yeah, let's go."
“It’s unbelievable how it keeps getting placed in movies and TV shows and how it’s held up...our song 'Turn Me Loose' gets a lot of soundtrack stuff too, but nothing like 'Working for the Weekend.' It’s a pretty cool one-two punch.”
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