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“Working For The Weekend” by Loverboy

From the album Get Lucky (1981)

“Working For The Weekend” by Loverboy appears on 64 radio countdowns from 24 stations between 1982 and 2026. It was first released in 1981 on the album Get Lucky. Its best result is #35 on the KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #352 classic rock song of all time.

64countdowns
24stations
#35best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1982–2026years charted

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"Working for the Weekend" was the lead single from Get Lucky, Loverboy's second album, in 1981, and it was dreamed up by a guitarist with time on his hands. Paul Dean was wandering a beach one Wednesday afternoon, wondering why the place was empty, and figured everyone was stuck at work, counting down to the weekend. He'd started the song in a hotel room after a show in Montreal, back when the band was still playing bars to crowds that barely looked up, and Mike Reno came up with the title as it stands.

Dean, Reno and drummer Matt Frenette share the writing credit, and Dean produced it with Bruce Fairbairn, with Bob Rock among the engineers. Reno sings lead over Dean's guitar, Doug Johnson's keyboards and Scott Smith's bass: a punch-clock anthem built for quitting time. It reached number two on Billboard's rock tracks chart in early 1982.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 207 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1997 686 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1997 206 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
2002 346 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 337 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2011 435 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2011 757 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 231 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2012 782 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2013 584 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 166 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 317 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2014 835 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 673 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 314 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2015 587 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2016 378 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 418 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2016 457 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2017 345 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2017 374 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2018 283 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2019 242 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2019 274 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2019 467 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2019 938 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2020 855 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 214 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2021 420 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2021 156 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) 500
2021 229 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 258 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2021 472 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2021 370 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2022 808 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 233 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 254 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 468 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 150 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 305 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2022 117 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) 500
2022 188 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2023 121 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 342 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 935 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 148 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 406 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 405 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 233 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 251 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2024 343 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2024 958 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 35 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 343 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 266 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2024 222 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2024 107 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2025 339 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2025 760 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 345 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 185 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2026 418 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500
2026 225 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500
2026 319 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Working for the Weekend; Working for the Weeken; Working For the Weekend; Workin' for the Weekend.

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