# Billboard Hot 100: Songs with 'Wednesday' or 'Thursday' in title? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billboard-hot-100-songs-with-wednesday-or-thursday-in-title/810513 "2018-03-13T20:38:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billboard-hot-100-songs-with-wednesday-or-thursday-in-title/810513/1 "2018-03-13T20:38:40Z")
I heard a rerun of Casey Kasem’s AT 40 this weekend, and he answered a listener question, which was pretty much "Have all seven days of the week been mentioned in a Top 40 title? At the time (1979), Wednesday and Thursday had never been mentioned in a Top 40 title. However. . . He did say that one song with ‘Wednesday’ in the title did make the Hot 100, but he neglected to give the artist. Two questions: In the almost 40 years since, has there ever been a song with either of those two days of the week in the title? What was the pre-1979 Hot 100 song with Wednesday in the title? I look forward to your feedback. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billboard-hot-100-songs-with-wednesday-or-thursday-in-title/810513/2 "2018-03-13T22:34:36Z")
Nm, I mis-read. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billboard-hot-100-songs-with-wednesday-or-thursday-in-title/810513/3 "2018-03-13T22:40:28Z")
For that matter, what would Tuesday be? I can think of “Sunday Bloody Sunday”, “Manic Monday”, “Friday I’m in Love”, and “Saturday in the Park” (though I haven’t checked that those were all actually Top 40), but who sings about Tuesdays? ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billboard-hot-100-songs-with-wednesday-or-thursday-in-title/810513/4 "2018-03-13T22:46:33Z")
Ruby Tuesday by the Stones ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billboard-hot-100-songs-with-wednesday-or-thursday-in-title/810513/5 "2018-03-13T22:52:21Z")
… and with a bit of googling we can find [Songs with Days of the Week in the Title](http://www.songfacts.com/category-songs_with_days_of_the_week_in_the_title.php) Which gives: Tuesday - IloveMakonnen Tuesday Afternoon - The Moody Blues Tuesday’s Gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd Waiting For Wednesday - Lisa Loeb Wednesday Week - The Undertones Thursday - Pet Shop Boys Thursday’s Child - David Bowie ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billboard-hot-100-songs-with-wednesday-or-thursday-in-title/810513/6 "2018-03-13T23:13:23Z")
“Wednesday,” AKA, “Any Wednesday,” from the film of the same name by the [Royal Guardsmen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Guardsmen) (“Snoopy vs. the Red Baron”) went to #97. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billboard-hot-100-songs-with-wednesday-or-thursday-in-title/810513/7 "2018-03-13T23:17:52Z")
These are Wednesday and Thursday songs that made the Top 40? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billboard-hot-100-songs-with-wednesday-or-thursday-in-title/810513/8 "2018-03-13T23:21:24Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > Ruby Tuesday by the Stones :smack: Yes, of course. I think that was lurking around the edges of my brain trying to find a way in. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billboard-hot-100-songs-with-wednesday-or-thursday-in-title/810513/9 "2018-03-13T23:39:34Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > … and with a bit of googling we can find [Songs with Days of the Week in the Title](http://www.songfacts.com/category-songs_with_days_of_the_week_in_the_title.php) > Which gives: > > Tuesday - IloveMakonnen > Tuesday Afternoon - The Moody Blues > Tuesday’s Gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd I was gonna say, how in the hell did they miss “Ruby Tuesday,” but that’s also on the list. (“Ruby Tuesday” hit #1 in the US, “Tuesday” by IloveMakonnen #12, and “Tuesday Afternoon” peaked at #24.) None of the Wednesday or Thursday songs seem to have charted on the Billboard Hot 100 here in the US. (Though “Thursday” by the Pet Shop Boys did get to #17 on the dance club songs chart.) ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billboard-hot-100-songs-with-wednesday-or-thursday-in-title/810513/10 "2018-03-13T23:52:24Z")
Redgum’s “One more boring Thursday night in Adelaide” probably wasn’t a hit in the US either. 😃 You’d reckon there’d be an opportunity for a publicity seeking lyricist here. Write a Billboard Top 10 with Wednesday/Thursday in the title, even if only gratuitously, and have your song mentioned in perpetuity in trivia games. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billboard-hot-100-songs-with-wednesday-or-thursday-in-title/810513/11 "2018-03-14T00:01:14Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > Redgum’s “One more boring Thursday night in Adelaide” probably wasn’t a hit in the US either. 😃 …and you can’t even sing it to Australians as you come in to Adelaide on the plane anymore, 'cos nobody under 30 knows who Ernie Sigley or Mike Willessee are any more. Sad! But it was the first thing that came into my mind too 😉 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billboard-hot-100-songs-with-wednesday-or-thursday-in-title/810513/12 "2018-03-14T00:01:47Z")
[“Sweet Thursday,” by Johnny Mathis made it to ::drumroll:: #99.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny%27s_Newest_Hits) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billboard-hot-100-songs-with-wednesday-or-thursday-in-title/810513/13 "2018-03-14T14:51:47Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > “Wednesday,” AKA, “Any Wednesday,” from the film of the same name by the [Royal Guardsmen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Guardsmen) (“Snoopy vs. the Red Baron”) went to #97. > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > [“Sweet Thursday,” by Johnny Mathis made it to ::drumroll:: #99.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny%27s_Newest_Hits) Thanks! Apparently Casey’s researcher missed Johnny Mathis’s contribution. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billboard-hot-100-songs-with-wednesday-or-thursday-in-title/810513/14 "2018-03-14T16:20:38Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Thanks! Apparently Casey’s researcher missed Johnny Mathis’s contribution. And [here it is](https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1962-04-07) on the Billboard charts. April 7, 1962. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billboard-hot-100-songs-with-wednesday-or-thursday-in-title/810513/15 "2018-03-15T03:59:32Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > Redgum’s “One more boring Thursday night in Adelaide” … Not to mention the other six nights in Adelaide as well. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billboard-hot-100-songs-with-wednesday-or-thursday-in-title/810513/16 "2018-03-15T04:33:10Z")
This won’t have made its way out of New Zealand, and I don’t know if it was even Top 20 there, but here’s [DD Smash - Outlook For Thursday](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TIj-l3nykw). ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billboard-hot-100-songs-with-wednesday-or-thursday-in-title/810513/17 "2018-03-15T12:27:35Z")
I thought Donovan’s Jersey Thursday was released as a single (back in the day), but, apparently not.