# Pop Songs for each day of the week **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 14, 2005, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-for-each-day-of-the-week/299241 "2005-04-14T05:05:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-for-each-day-of-the-week/299241/1 "2005-04-14T05:05:47Z")
Sunday, Bloody Sunday by U2 Manic Monday by the Bangles Goodbye Ruby Tuesday by the Rolling Stones ? ? ? Saturday Night’s All Right for Fighting by Elton John This came to my mind after hearing Manic Monday on the radio for the first time in a long while. Anyone care to fill in the blanks? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-for-each-day-of-the-week/299241/2 "2005-04-14T05:07:57Z")
“Friday I’m in Love” by the Cure, or “Friday on My Mind” by the Easybeats ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-for-each-day-of-the-week/299241/3 "2005-04-14T05:10:16Z")
I just realized that the whole package can be headed by “One Week” by the BareNakedLadies. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-for-each-day-of-the-week/299241/4 "2005-04-14T05:12:58Z")
I’d prefer to stay with songs that were big hits, but I can’t think of a hit for Wednesday or Thursday. Simon & Garfunkel had an obscure track called “Wednesday Morning 3 AM.” Does that count? And David Bowie had a track called “Thursday’s Child.” S & G were famous and so was Bowie. The songs, however, aren’t famous at all. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-for-each-day-of-the-week/299241/5 "2005-04-14T05:24:41Z")
I guess those’ll do. I figured there weren’t any major famous ones, otherwise, I imagine I’d have heard of them. Thanks, astorian! ---
**Author:** ![Waterman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Waterman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waterman)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-for-each-day-of-the-week/299241/6 "2005-04-14T08:16:04Z")
Among others: [ol] [li]“Monday Mponday” - Mamas & Papas[/li][li]“Sunday Mornin’” - Spanky & Our Gang[/li][li]"Sunday Will Never Be the Same’ - Spanky & Our Gang (they liked Sunday)[/li][li]“Sunday for Tea” - Peter & Gordon[/li][li]“Sunday & Me” - Jay & the Americans[/li][li]“Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)” - Moody Blues[/li][li]“Friday I’m in Love” - Cure[/li][li]“Friday on My Mind” - Easybeats[/li][li]“Friday’s Child” - Nancy Sinatra[/li][li]“Saturday in the Park” - Chicago[/li][li]“Saturday Love” - Sherrelle w/ Alexander O’Neal[/li][li]“Saturday Mornin’ Confusion” - Bobby Russell[/li][li]“Saturday Night” - Bay City Rollers[/li][li]“Saturday Night” - New Christy Minstrels[/li][li]“Saturdaynight” - Herman Brood[/li][li]“Saturday Nite” - Earth, Wind & Fire[/li][li]“Saturday Night at the Movies” - Drifters[/li][li]“Saturday Night Special” - Lynyrd Skynyrd[/li][li]“Saturday Night, Sunday Morning” - Thelma Houston[/li][li]“Saturday (Ooooh! Ooooh!)”- Ludacris[/li][li]“Come Sunday” - Duke Ellington (from Black, Brown & Biege)[/li][li]“Saturday Night is the Loneliest Night” - Duke Ellington[/li][li]“My Sunday Gal” - Duke Ellington[/li][li]“Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down” - Kris Kristofferson[/li][li]“Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day” - Doug Sahm[/li][li]“Monday” - Jeff Tweedy[/li][/ol] Numbers 1 through 20 in the above list were all Top 40 Songs during the 1955-2003 period. Saturday Night is the Loneliest … was a very popular hit for Ellington though the lyrics were written by someone else. Anyone out there know the name of the song title originally given to the melody by Ellington? ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-for-each-day-of-the-week/299241/7 "2005-04-14T09:00:10Z")
“Sunday Girl” from [Blondie](http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/bio/0,,405290,00.html) 's “Parallel Lines” LP became a UK #1 single in May 1979. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-for-each-day-of-the-week/299241/8 "2005-04-14T09:04:17Z")
The Beatles’ **Lady Madonna** covers them all but Saturday: \* Friday night arrives without a suitcase. Sunday morning creep in like a nun. Monday’s child has learned to tie his bootlace. […snip…] Tuesday afternoon is never ending. Wednesday morning papers didn’t come. Thursday night you stockings needed mending. \* ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-for-each-day-of-the-week/299241/9 "2005-04-14T09:40:21Z")
Tuesday’s Gone with the Wind, one of Skynard’s tunes. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-for-each-day-of-the-week/299241/10 "2005-04-14T09:43:58Z")
Adding some more… Prozzak (AKA Simon and Milo) have both Monday Morning and Saturday People (both on Saturday People). ---
**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-for-each-day-of-the-week/299241/11 "2005-04-14T11:11:05Z")
Wednesday Week by The Undertones, and a different Wednesday Week by E Costello Jersey Thursday by Donovan I’ve played this game before. MiM ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-for-each-day-of-the-week/299241/12 "2005-04-14T11:19:19Z")
Rainy Days and Mondays - The Carpenters I Don’t Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats Saturday Night - Bay City Rollers Never on a Sunday - ?? (from some musical?) ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-for-each-day-of-the-week/299241/13 "2005-04-14T12:48:24Z")
Another big one: New Order “Blue Monday” More obscure: Doves “Friday’s Dust” Beck “Sunday Sun” Queen “Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon” Eels “Saturday Morning” Plus of course, the Happy Monday and the Sundays… ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-for-each-day-of-the-week/299241/14 "2005-04-14T13:31:27Z")
Jethro Tull: **Black Sunday** The Jam: **Monday** Cat Stevens: **Tuesday’s Dead** Charles Mingus: **Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting** Sweet Thursday: **Gilbert Street** (cheating!) Genesis: **Get 'em Out by Friday** Sam Cooke: **Another Saturday Night** ---
**Author:** ![Twin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@Twin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twin)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-for-each-day-of-the-week/299241/15 "2005-04-14T17:02:28Z")
The Monkees: **Saturday’s Child** ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-for-each-day-of-the-week/299241/16 "2005-04-14T17:21:08Z")
The Pogues - “Tuesday Morning” ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-for-each-day-of-the-week/299241/17 "2005-04-14T19:01:54Z")
the Jefferson Airplane “medley” - Won’t You Try / Saturday Afternoon and didn’t Lynyrd Skynyrd do a song “Tuesday’s Gone With the Wind”? Or is that not the title of it? ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-for-each-day-of-the-week/299241/18 "2005-04-14T19:41:45Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Sweet Thursday: **Gilbert Street** (cheating!) Of the countless music threads I’ve read hereon the SDMB, No one with the exception of RealityChuck has ever mentioned the supergroup ‘Sweet Thursday’ in the Cafe Society forum. Perhaps that’s cuz most people would assume the song Gilbert Street is old Deep Purple. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-for-each-day-of-the-week/299241/19 "2005-04-14T20:54:57Z")
Probably On Thursday (Tim Rice/Andrew Lloyd Webber) - Ross Hannaman (1967) ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-for-each-day-of-the-week/299241/20 "2005-04-14T21:02:13Z")
Sunday Morning - **Velvet Underground & Nico** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-for-each-day-of-the-week/299241.md?page=2)