Love on the Weekend

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"Love on the Weekend"
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Single by John Mayer
from the album The Search for Everything
ReleasedNovember 17, 2016
Recorded2016
Genre Pop rock
Length3:33
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
John Mayer singles chronology
"XO"
(2014)
"Love on the Weekend"
(2016)
"Still Feel Like Your Man"
(2017)

"Love on the Weekend" is the lead single from American musician John Mayer's seventh studio album The Search for Everything . The song premiered on November 17, 2016. [1] [2]

Contents

Live performance

On December 6, 2016, Mayer performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . [3]

Reception

Rolling Stone 's Brittany Spanos said the song is "a return to Mayer's pop-rock roots while retaining a bit of bluesy flair Mayer cultivated on his last several studio albums". [4] Robert Christgau highlighted the song in his review of the album The Search for Everything . [5]

Personnel

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [18] Gold35,000
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [19] Platinum90,000
United States (RIAA) [20] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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