When was saturday night by whigfield released

The next morning when I was flown into the UK and I got out of the plane, there were, like, ten photographers and that was weird. Even when Saturday Night had been a big hit in Spain I could easily walk around. So that was pretty funny. I remember I did Top Of The Pops and Take That were standing right in front of me on the stage and Robbie came over and said hi and we were hanging out in the rooms waiting before we went to go on — they were quite nice.

In fact, I remember Jason Orange trying to hit on one of my dancers. The single wasn't released in North America until February It stayed at number one for a total of four weeks selling , in the process, and has sold a total of 1.

The official music video features numerous different scenes of Whigfield standing in front of a mirror, getting ready to go out on Saturday night. There is a dance routine which is commonly performed to the song particularly at parties and nightclubs in the United Kingdom , [6] the origins of which are uncertain. Whigfield stated in an interview with Justin Myers for the Official Charts Company , "I remember I did some promotion in this place north of Madrid and when I was doing the track [I] saw everybody doing this thing and they all jumped at the same time.

I thought it was kind of nice that it was just the people doing it. Two claims of plagiarism were made. Both claims were dismissed. Saturday Night Whigfield song "Saturday Night". Digital Spy. Retrieved 8 March Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 October Retrieved Ultratop Les classement single. Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Singles Top Swiss Singles Chart. Australia's Music Charts Retrieved 17 April The song was not a one hit wonder for Whigfield real name Charlotte Carlson by any means.

A final single, Sexy Eyes, stalled at 68, although it was a minor hit in a few European countries. Whigfield released a new single on September 7th called '4ever'. This follow-up single was a case of "if it ain't broke don't fix it", and it sounds like the producers just used the backing track from Saturday Night!