Livin' for the Weekend

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"Livin' for the Weekend"

Single by The O'Jays

from the album Family Reunion

B-side

"Stairway to Heaven"

Released

February 1976

Genre

R&B, Philly Soul

Length

2:50 (single edit)
6:35 (album version)

Label

Philadelphia International

Writer(s)

Kenny Gamble, Cary Gilbert, Leon Huff

Producer

Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff

The O'Jays singles chronology

"I Love Music"
(1975)

"Livin' for the Weekend"
(1976)

"Family Reunion"
(1976)

"Livin' for the Weekend" was a popular song by R&B vocal group The O'Jays. Released from their 1975 album, Family Reunion, it spent two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart in the spring of that year. It was also successful on the pop charts, peaking at number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100.^[1] The B-side of the single, "Stairway to Heaven", proved to be just as popular. It has become a staple of Quiet Storm and adult contemporary R&B radio.^{[citation needed]}

Chart positions

Charts	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	20
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles	1

External links

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 438.

Song Review on the Allmusic website

Preceded by "Disco Lady" by Johnnie Taylor	Billboard Hot Soul Singles number-one single (with "Stairway to Heaven") April 24 – May 1, 1976	Succeeded by "Movin'" by Brass Construction

v d e The O'Jays

Eddie Levert Walter Williams Eric Grant Bill Isles Bobby Massey William Powell Sammy Strain Nathaniel Best

Studio albums	Back Stabbers Ship Ahoy Survival Family Reunion Message in the Music Travelin' at the Speed of Thought So Full of Love Identify Yourself The Year 2000 My Favorite Person When Will I See You Again Love and More Love Fever Let Me Touch You

Live albums	The O'Jays Live in London

Singles	"Back Stabbers" "Love Train" "For the Love of Money" "Give the People What They Want" "I Love Music (Part I)" "Livin' for the Weekend" "Message in Our Music" "Darlin' Darlin' Baby (Sweet, Tender, Love)" "Use ta Be My Girl" "Lovin' You"

Related articles	Discography

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