But still, in general I’d gladly not hear it again, and there are countless other tracks I’d rate over it for “retro sentimental dancing purposes”. I am prepared to grant that “Saturday Night” has a certain innocent, good-natured cheery charm about it. The record it reminded me at the time of – maybe in quality (palpable musical thinness, and in being mildly irritating, the mildness of which was probably actually more annoying than if it had been a full-on gimmicky track) was Crystal Waters’ “Gypsy Woman (La Da Dee)”. Although in fact a reacquaintance with the track did make it appear less objectionable than I had categorised it as being in my memory. I’m afraid I will have a big stone labelled “Whigophobe” tied around my neck, and I will then be cast into the sea and left to drown, if I say very much more about this song, however. I remember dancing to this at the “megabop” in St Andrews as an undergraduate. « WET WET WET – “Love Is All Around” TAKE THAT – “Sure” » Comments If you do stick around, your reward is a lovely bit of house piano heading for the fade. Not so “Saturday Night”, which is charmingly unassuming, thanks mainly to Whigfield’s matter-of-fact performance. Most of them – from Conga to Macarena – carry a strong tang of coercion amidst the Piz Buin and Pina Colada, a vampiric need to co-opt their audience into the Fun. It is that rare holiday smash which doesn’t hustle its listener. If anything, I like this most for its influence – the enduring post-Whigfield school of plinky-plonk smilecore Eurodance which produced feelgood gems (Ang Lee’s “2 Times”, ATC’s “Around The World”) through the rest of the decade.īut actually “Saturday Night”‘s resistibility is its second fine quality. Not, though, irresistible – I’ve generally been pleased to hear “Saturday Night” and am content that it has made the world a happier place in some small fashion, but I wouldn’t own it, or put it on for fun, or even learn the dance. Obviously that’s entirely subjective and I expect to be swamped with annoyed Whigophobes in the comments, but for me this record has lucked onto something sweet and primal. How can you tell when something is iconically simple and not just, er, simple? I’d say when it never actually ends up irritating you. The main thing is that it’s one of those iconically simple pop hits, like a “Louie Louie” for the Thomas Cook set. Now back with brand new material that is as catchy and feel good as ever, Whigfield is still a much loved pop icon who performs all over the world and has many hits up her sleeve with which to woo global audiences.įireproof Talent and MadHead Music are a direct booking agent for Whigfield so you don't need to look anywhere else.“Saturday Night” has two big things going for it. After that big debut Whitfield served up singles like “Another day” and “Think of you”and again saw chart success and her debut album Whigfield 1 soon got certified Gold in Canada, the Philippines and India as well as Platinum in South Africa. “Saturday Night” was the second biggest selling single in UK in 1994, went number 1 in Spain for 11 consecutive weeks and also made Number 1 slot in the Eurochart Hot 100 in both Italy and Germany. Sannie is also an acclaimed writer and composer for many other artists in the business and has worked with the globe-trotting likes of Grammy award winner Benny Benassi, as well as the Bennassi Bros, Ann Lee and In-Grid amongst many others. Since then her discography has continued to grow and now encompasses five studio albums, many more hit singles and more besides.
It made her the first artist ever to go straight to number one in the week of release of her first ever single. Whigfield is a name synonymous with many much loved pop hits.īorn Sannie Carlson, the Danish born artist has more than made her mark on music history and it was in 1994 that she first made history with her ‘Saturday Night’ track.
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