Song · Divine Comedy
“Something For The Weekend” by Divine Comedy
From the album Casanova (1996)
“Something For The Weekend” by Divine Comedy appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2025. It was first released in 1996 on the album Casanova. Its best result is #89 on the Absolute Radio 100 Ultimate Britpop Anthems.
"Something for the Weekend" opened the Casanova campaign in 1996, the Divine Comedy's first single from the album, on Setanta, and it carried Neil Hannon to number 14 in the UK and the top of the Indie Chart. Hannon wrote it alone and produced it with Darren Allison.
It's a caddish little farce: a smooth-talking seducer is closing in on a woman when she sends him to check out some strange noises in the woodshed, where her accomplices knock him out cold and make off with his car and his money. At AllMusic, Matthew Greenwald called it one of Hannon's breeziest records, with a touch of R&B in the percussion over a lively drum-and-piano pattern. It also beat Super Furry Animals' single of the same name by two weeks, and the Welsh band renamed theirs "Something 4 the Weekend".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | Absolute Radio | Absolute Radio 100 Ultimate Britpop Anthems | 100 |
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