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Performed by: Arab Strap
Written by: Malcolm Bruce Middleton; Aidan John Moffat

Credits: Middleton, Malcolm Bruce (Songwriter); Moffat, Aidan John (Songwriter); RYKOMUSIC, LTD. (Publisher)

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"The First Big Weekend"
Single by Arab Strap
from the album The Week Never Starts Round Here
B-side "Gilded"
Released 1996 (UK)
Format 7"
Recorded MCM Studios
Hamilton, Scotland
Length 4:52
Label Chemikal Underground
CHEM009 (UK, 7")
Writer(s) Aidan Moffat
Malcolm Middleton
Producer Paul Savage
Arab Strap singles chronology
"The First Big Weekend"
(1996)		 "The Smell of Outdoor Cooking"
(1996)
The Week Never Starts Round Here track listing
  1. "Coming Down"
  2. "The Clearing"
  3. "Driving"
  4. "Gourmet"
  5. "I Work in a Saloon"
  6. "Wasting"
  7. "General Plea to a Girlfriend"
  8. "The First Big Weekend"
  9. "Kate Moss"
  10. "Little Girls"
  11. "Phone Me Tonight"
  12. "Blood"
  13. "Deeper"

"The First Big Weekend" is a song by Scottish post-folk indie band Arab Strap. It was first released as a 7" single limited to 700 copies,[1] then later on Arab Strap's debut album, The Week Never Starts Round Here, both released in 1996 on Chemikal Underground.

The song received a large amount of airplay on BBC Radio One's Evening Session show. The show's host, DJ Steve Lamacq has described the song as the 'best of the decade'[2] and also 'the most perfect pop song ever'. The song was used in a commercial for the drink Guinness.

The First Big Weekend is, for the most part, a monologue spoken by Aidan Moffat while bandmate Malcolm Middleton plays guitar and a drum machine accompanies. The lyrics revolve around the events of a weekend, including going out to clubs and bars, watching international football and The Simpsons and trying to pick up girls. Towards the end of the song Malcolm begins to sing the lines "Went out for the weekend, it lasted forever/got high with our friends, it's officially summer"; these are the only sung words in the song.

Contents

Track listing

Songs and lyrics by Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton.

  • 7" (CHEM009)
  1. "The First Big Weekend" – 4:52
  2. "Gilded" – 2:40

Personnel

  • Aidan Moffat – vocals, drums
  • Malcolm Middleton – guitar
  • Paul Savage – producer
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Notes

  1. ^ "The First Big Weekend" on arabstrap.co.uk
  2. ^ "Arab Strap" on musicianguide.com

External links

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Arab Strap
Aidan Moffat · Malcolm Middleton
Studio albums
EPs
The Girls of Summer EP · Live · Cherubs EP · Fukd ID #2 · Quiet Violence · The Shy Retirer EP
Singles
"The First Big Weekend" · "The Smell of Outdoor Cooking" · "The Clearing" · "Here We Go"/"Trippy" · "(Afternoon) Soaps" · "To All a Good Night" · "Love Detective" · "Turbulence" · "Dream Sequence" · "Speed-Date" · "The Shy Retirer" · "There Is No Ending"
Compilation albums
Singles · Ten Years of Tears
Live albums
Mad for Sadness · The Cunted Circus · Acoustic Request Show
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