Working for the Weekend
Loverboy
- Key
- B minor
- Camelot
- 10A
- BPM
- 98.3
Key confidence medium · relative D major (10B) · BPM confidence medium · double-time 196.7 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13
The tempo changes across the track. The BPM above is the strongest single reading.
The recording is tuned near 448 Hz, not A440.
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As of 2026-07-20, "Working for the Weekend" by Loverboy has charted in 1 market across 1 platform, peaking at #34 (US) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads B minor (10A).
- Markets
- 1
- First seen
- 2026-07-20
- Latest chart date
- 2026-07-20
- Peak
- #34 us
Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's here
The song's title and hook came from guitarist Paul Dean noticing the streets deserted on a weekday afternoon, realizing everyone was waiting for the weekend. [1] Before it was a hit, the band tested the song by opening a bar set with it, and Dean recalled the dance floor was instantly packed. [2] It reached number two on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Top Tracks chart in February 1982. [3]
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Covered [unknown]source
- Covered Dartmouth College Airessource
- Covered Habitual Sex Offenderssource
- Covered Josh Gracinsource
- Covered Love Canonsource
- Covered Magnetic Toxinssource
- Written by Matt Frenettesource
- Written by Mike Renosource
- Covered Mr. Bunglesource
- Written by Paul Deansource
- Covered River City Highsource
- Covered Tenacious Dsource
- Covered The Brown Derbiessource
- Covered The Reclinerssource
- Covered University of Virginia Academical Village Peoplesource
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- United Statesus · shazam · 1 city#34#34—
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- us 1 city · best #34 orlando
Listen
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Editions
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Identity
- ISRC
- QMEZE1815195
- Slug
- loverboy__working-for-the-weekend
- Sources
- shazam
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