Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)

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0-119+3⁄4 bpm topside [which] has a catchy "get fresh at the week-end" hookline". [5]

Impact and legacy

Retrospectively, in 2021, British magazine Classic Pop ranked "Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)" at number three on their list of the "Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman Songs". [6] In 2023, Alexis Petridis of The Guardian listed the song at number three in his "Stock Aitken Waterman's 20 greatest songs – ranked!", adding: "A pop-facing response to early house music, minimal and slightly disjointed, it's more a series of hooks strung together than a song, but it really works." [7]

Chart performance

The song experienced minor success on the US Hot 100. However, it peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart in November 1986 and was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales exceeding 250,000 copies. [1] [8] [9] "Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)" reached number one in Belgium, [10] the Netherlands, [11] [12] Switzerland, [13] and West Germany. [14]

Track listings

UK 7-inch (SUPE 107)

  1. "Showing Out"
  2. "System" (House mix [edit]) 3:47

UK 12-inch (SUPE T 107 / RCA PT 40990)

  1. "Showing Out" (Extended mix)
  2. "System" (House mix) 9:00

UK 12-inch remix (SUPE TX 107)

  1. "Showing Out" (The Mortgage mix)
  2. "System" (House mix) 9:00

UK 12-inch remix (SUPE TZ 107)

  1. "Showing Out" (The Freehold mix)
  2. "System" (House mix) 9:00

Charts

"Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)"
Showing out.jpg
Single by Mel and Kim
from the album F.L.M.
B-side "System"
Released4 September 1986 (1986-09-04) [1]
Genre House
Length3:33
Label Supreme
Songwriter(s) Stock Aitken Waterman
Producer(s) Stock Aitken Waterman
Mel and Kim singles chronology
"Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)"
(1986)		"Respectable"
(1987)
Music video
"Showing Out (Get Fresh At the Weekend)" on YouTube

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Netherlands (NVPI) [43] Gold75,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [44] Silver250,000 [9]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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