Phreek ft Christie Shire - Weekend (Extended Version) Atlantic Records 1978
Phreek along with the group Class Action were disco and post-disco musical projects. The original Phreek comprised Christine Wiltshire, Leroy Burgess, Patrick Adams, Stan Lucas and others. Class Action was directed by Larry Levan and featured Christine Wiltshire as vocalist. Both groups are best known for their club hit, "Weekend", written by James Calloway and Leroy Burgess. The 1983 version was remixed by Morales and Munzibai and Larry Levan and produced by Bob Blank and Lola Blank.
The song "Weekend" was originally recorded on Atlantic Records by Patrick Adams' studio group Phreek of which Wiltshire was a member. The song was heavily played by Larry Levan yet it was commercially unavailable so it did not enter any charts. In the early 1980s, William Socolov, the co-owner of Sleeping Bag Records, invited Levan to make a new version of "Weekend". It became more successful than the original version, peaking at No. 54 on the British pop chart and No. 9 on the Billboard Dance chart.
I can't take the hearbreak of you leaving me again
And I'm not the one I was back then, no, no
One thing I can't take is to sit home all alone
Do what you like, my dear, but I'm not staying home
(Night and day) I was patient
But I've had all I could take
(Tonight's the night, the time is right)
Maybe I'll find a friend to spend the weekend
(Goin' out dancing, but to dance ain't right)
Goin' to find a friend to spend the weekend
Baby, don't see the love 'cause it was never, never more
You close your eyes and close the door, yes you do
One thing is some good lovin' now and then
Instead of loving me you just go out again
(Night and day) I was patient
But I've had all I could take
(Tonight's the night, the time is right)
Maybe I'll find a friend someone to spend the weekend
Night and day I was patient
But I've had all I could take
(Tonight's the night, the time is right)
Maybe I'll find a friend to spend the weekend yea
(Goin' out dancing, but to dance ain't right)
Goin' to find me somebody, someone to spend the night
(This time it's partytime, it's partytime tonight)
Oh yes it is
(This time it's partytime, it's partytime tonight)
Oh yes it is
(This time it's partytime, it's partytime tonight)
Got to find
Got to find
(Gonna find a friend, a friend to spend the weekend)
A friend to spend the weekend
(Gonna find a friend)
I'm gonna find a friend, a friend to spend the weekend
Friend yea
To spend some time with me
You see while you're running round out there
I'm ain't gonna be sitting here no no
I'm tired of doing all the?
While you've been giving?
I'm going out to find some stuff tonight
I'm going to find some brand new stuff tonight
Yes I am, yes I am
A friend to spend the weekend
Yes I am, yes I am
I'm gonna find somebody
Someone to touch my body
I'm gonna find somebody
You know I need somebody
I got to have a body
Someone who wants my body
