The O'Jays - Livin' For The Weekend (Philadelphia Intern. Records 1975) скачать видео бесплатно

"Livin' for the Weekend" was a popular song by R&B vocal group The O'Jays. Released from their 1975 album, Family Reunion, it spent two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart in the spring of that year. It was also successful on the pop charts, peaking at number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100.

The O'Jays are an American R&B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in 1958 and originally consisting of Eddie Levert (born June 16, 1942), Walter Williams (born August 25, 1943), William Powell (January 20, 1942 -- May 26, 1977), Bobby Massey and Bill Isles. The O'Jays made their first chart appearance with "Lonely Drifter" in 1963, but reached their greatest level of success once Gamble & Huff, a team of producers and songwriters, signed them to their Philadelphia International label in 1972. With Gamble & Huff, the O'Jays (now a trio after the departure of Isles and Massey) emerged at the forefront of Philadelphia soul with "Back Stabbers" (1972), and topped the Billboard Hot 100 the following year with "Love Train". Numerous other hits followed through the 1970s and into the 80s and 90s, and The O'Jays were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004, and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.

Let me just sit down

And relax a minute

Let me tell you about it

Aha, it's Friday

Oh ho, thank God, it's Friday

And I just got paid

Going across town

Gonna pick up my lady

Have a little bit of fun

Just ain't no telling

Where I might end up

You might see me on the east side

Ha, the west side

I'm even going cross the bridge

'Cause I, 'cause I, 'cause I hear

They really get down over there

(Well, well, I)

Owe it to myself

(Well, well, I)

Gonna party

(Well, well, I)

Gonna party

(Well, well, I, well, well, I)

I owe it to myself

(Well, well, I)

Oh, party, party

I'm just living, yeah

(Living for the weekend)

Woo hoo, said I'ma

(Living for the weekend)

I said right now, I'm

(Living for the weekend)

I said this evening

(Living for the weekend)

For the next two days

(Living for the weekend)

Gonna have a real good time

(Living for the weekend)

Gonna have a real, real

Real good time

(Living for the weekend)

Gonna party hard, hard

Come on, y'all

Let's go downtown

Come on, y'all

Let's groove, hey, hey

From Monday to Thursday

I'm dead on my feet

Most of the time too tired to eat

When I try to read the paper

I fall fast asleep

But as soon as Friday rolls around

I lay all my weekly burdens down

I put on my glad rags

And paint the town

(Living for the weekend)

Friday night alive

(Living for the weekend)

Said, I'm living for the weekend

(Living for the weekend)

'Cause that's when I party down

Party hard, party down

Party hard, party down

Soon as ole Monday

Rolls around again

I got to put all that

Partying to an end

Got to solve that same old grind

With those five day weekdays

Sometimes, I get frustrated

Through the day, take off early

And a cut in pay

At the time, I don't really care

Because I done took

All that I can bear

(Living for the weekend)

(Living for the weekend)

(Living for the weekend)

That's when I party down

Party hard, party down