"Saturday Nite" is a song by R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire which was issued as a single in 1976 by Columbia Records.[1] The song reached numbers 4 and 21 on Billboard Hot Soul Songs and Hot 100 charts, respectively.[2][3] "Saturday Nite" also rose to No. 17 on the UK Singles chart - their first hit in the United Kingdom.[4]
"Saturday Nite" was written by Maurice White with Philip Bailey and Al McKay. The single's b-side is a tune called Departure. Both songs came from EWF's 1976 studio album Spirit.[1]
Blues and Soul called Saturday Nite a "gem".[5] Cashbox noted that "shouting 1,2,3,4 - horns come wailing in followed by a snappy synthesizer. The vocals are full, the group utilizes a winning variety of vocal styles, funky and smooth".[6]Music Week also described Saturday Nite as "easy-paced, and much more of a two hander, with the wonderful Maurice White..trading vocals with (Philip) Bailey, while the backing track is powerful and brassy."[7] Record World said it is "in an uptempo groove that is fine for any nite."[8]
"Saturday Nite" was sampled by the Spice Girls on their 1996 single "Say You'll Be There".[9]
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