Every Week's Got a Friday

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"Every Week's Got a Friday"
High Valley - Every Week's Got a Friday (single cover).jpg
Single by High Valley
from the album Dear Life
ReleasedAugust 26, 2016 (2016-08-26)
Recorded2015–16 in Nashville, TN
Genre Country pop
Length3:08
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Phil Barton
  • Brad Rempel
  • Seth Mosley
Producer(s) Seth Mosley
High Valley singles chronology
"Be You"
(2016)
"Every Week's Got a Friday"
(2016)
"I Be U Be"
(2017)

"Every Week's Got a Friday" is a song recorded by Canadian country music duo High Valley for their fifth studio album and major-label debut, Dear Life (2016). It was written by group member Brad Rempel with Phil Barton and the record's producer, Seth Mosley. "Every Week's Got a Friday" was released August 8, 2016 as the Canadian lead single for the album and second released overall. [1]

Contents

Background and release

Following the success achieved with their fourth studio album, County Line (2014), High Valley signed a record deal with Atlantic Records and Warner Music Nashville in October 2015. [2] They began recording new music for their then-forthcoming project and re-released "Make You Mine" to the United States. [3] [4] The song also serves as the album's lead single in that market. [3] The duo released "Every Week's Got a Friday" to Canadian country radio and digital retailers worldwide on August 26, 2016, serving as the record's first Canadian single. [1] [5] [6] While "Every Week's Got a Friday" is available as a standalone digital single in the United States, [7] it was not included on the American track listing for Dear Life, being replaced by "Make You Mine". [8]

Chart performance

"Every Week's Got a Friday" entered the Canada Country chart at number 46 on the chart dated September 17, 2016. [9] It rose from number 11 to its peak position of 8 on the chart dated October 29, 2016, earning the group its seventh consecutive top-10. [9] [10] The song did not enter the Canadian Hot 100, but did reach number 36 on the All-Format Airplay chart. [11]

Music video

The official music video for "Every Week's Got a Friday" premiered through CMT Canada on October 13, 2016. [12] It features the duo performing an impromptu performance of the song on the roof of a hardware store, where a large crowd assembles to watch them perform and to party. The video was shot on location in Millbrook, Ontario. [13]

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [10] 8

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabelRef.
CanadaAugust 26, 2016 Country radio Warner Canada [5]
Worldwide Digital download [1] [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Every Week's Got a Friday - High Valley | Release Info". AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  2. Nicholson, Jessica (October 8, 2015). "High Valley Inks Deal With Atlantic Records/Warner Music Nashville". MusicRow . Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  3. 1 2 Stark, Phyllis (May 4, 2016). "High Valley's 'Progressive-Meets-Old-School' Sound Piques Interest of Atlantic/WMN, Spotify". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  4. "High Valley Make You Mine (Radio Edit)". Play MPE. Archived from the original on October 16, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  5. 1 2 "HIGH VALLEY RELEASES NEW SINGLE "EVERY WEEK'S GOT A FRIDAY"". Warner Music Canada. August 26, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. Maan, Reuben (November 16, 2016). "Watch High Valley perform a new song, cover 'Be My Baby Tonight'". CBC Music . Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Every Week's Got a Friday - Single by High Valley". iTunes Store (US). Apple Inc. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  8. "Dear Life - High Valley | Release Info". AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Chart history for "Every Week's Got a Friday" on Canada Country". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  10. 1 2 "High Valley Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  11. "High Valley Chart history". Billboard Canada All-Format Airplay for High Valley. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  12. "New Video: High Valley's Every Week's Got A Friday". CMT Canada . Corus Entertainment . Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  13. "High Valley – Every Week's Got A Friday Music Video". Top Country. TC, Inc. November 15, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2017.