Nothing beats the feeling of waking up on a Friday. Everything just feels a rush because it signals the celebration and party that come as a reward after working hard for four days straight. This is the reason why Fridays are always festive and why it deserves, of all days in the week, to dedicate songs to.

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Top 20 Songs about Fridays

How could there be possibly 20 songs that talk about Friday? Well, from one genre to the next, across eras, Friday is talked about. To know what these are, here are the top 20 songs about Fridays. 

1. Last Friday night (Katy Perry)

This Katy Perry song became one of the most popular party songs in 2010 when her third studio album Teenage Dream hit the charts for the first time. It talks about the carefree vibe on Fridays and of it being a night of endless crazy possibilities.

2. Friday (Rebecca Black)

This song by Rebecca Black was both highly loved and criticized at the same time. It was accused of plagiarism but was capitalized on as it was released in time for Black Friday. It was released in 2011 and it is distinguishable because the whole of its chorus is just the word Friday on repeat.

3. Friday is forever

The British boy band We The Kings come again with another hit bringing in the nostalgia of spending Fridays like you are still a teenager and not minding about the world or tomorrow. It indie-pop song was released in 2011.

4. Friday I’m in love (The Cure)

This song by The Cure mainly talks about all the ordinary things that happens from Monday to Thursday and how special Friday is because falling in love happens on this day. This alternative rock song was released in 1992 and won the International Viewers’ Choice Award for MTV Europe.

5. Rich Friday (DJ Clue)

This hip-hop rock remix by DJ Clue is definitely a party song as it features a couple of other hip-hop artists like Nicki Minaj and Future Hendrix. It made it to this list because of the Friday word in it and because it became one of the most popular party songs in 2013.

6. It’s Finally Friday (George Jones)

This 1992 country song by George Jones immortalizes Friday as the day of freedom. To be exact, he talks about Friday as a day of running wild and feeling free again after toiling hard in the sun. It was one of the singles in his album Walls Can’t Fall.

7. Thank God It’s Friday (Nikki Williams)

This is another upbeat song by Nikki Williams about Friday being a day of parties and just getting wasted. Well its lyrics would have a lot of repeated Fridays in it but the beat is definitely on the groove.

8. Livin’ it up Friday night

Talk about soul, pop and funk in one and you get this song. Other than that, this party song released in 1978 by Bell and James talk about Friday the best way it can by living it up on Friday nights.

9. Friday (Rascal Flatts)

It talks about all the accomplishments of the past week and just letting the good times roll when the guitars finally play on a Friday. This song is a hit single of the country group Rascal Flatts released in 2012 under the album Changed.

10. Friday night in Dixie (Rhett Atkins)

This is another country song which talks about what happens in barn parties and tavern dances with lots of beer and lots of fun during Fridays in the country. It was released in 2002 and was performed by Rhett Atkins.

11. Aloha Friday (Kimo Kanoano and Paul Natto)

Saying Aloha Friday is an ordinary saying for the working class in paradise and making a song out of it immortalized that line. This song was released in 2007 and was performed by Kimo Kanoano and Paul Natto.

12. Friday night on a dollar bill

This song talks about a simple guy, passing his time up in a bar on a Friday and falls in love with a woman in front of the juke. This rock song was released in 1993 by Huelyn Duvall.

13. Friday I’ll be over you (Allison Iraheta)

Moving on and Fridays could be bittersweet and this song by Allison Iraheta would make you feel that with this song. This rock song was released in 2009 and is the carrier single of the album with the same title.

14. Friday’s child (Nancy Sinatra)

It’s not a happy song because it talks about struggles and misery and how a Friday’s child would mean living on hard times but with its rock genre, you would not really feel that weight from this Nancy Sinatra’s 1966 song.

15. Friday night

The country group Lady Antebellum’s songs are always hit makers and this song is not an exception. It talks about a woman, waiting on a man to finally understand that she yearns for her and wants him to realize that all she wants is to be his Friday night ride. It was released in 2011 under the album Own the Night.

16. I gotta feeling

It does not really talk about Friday specifically but it is considered as one of the best and most famous party anthems on Fridays ever. It was released in 2009 by the Black Eyed Peas under the Grammy winning album The E.N.D.

17. Friday night, Saturday morning (The Specials)

Well it’s about the weekends with Fridays spent on partying past ten and doing it with mates and friends. This song by The Specials was released in 1980 under the album More Specials.

18. Black Friday (Lil Kim)

This is actually a mix tape compiled by Lil Kim in 2011. It is composed of eighteen songs. From Intro to End, following an ascending mood and tempo perfect for Friday partying.

19. Friday on my mind

This 1965 rock song talks about Friday as a day when everybody dresses up, looks good and feels good, even the older ones. It was under the album Easy by The Easybeats

20. Hymn for the weekend (Coldplay)

This is another song of Coldplay being Coldplay with simple lines that makes you feel super. This may not talk about Friday specifically but being drunk and high with the start of the weekend already says it all. It was released in 2015 under the smash hit album A Sky Full of Stars.

59+ Songs About Friday

626 Bedford Avenue, The Drums, 2019

Aloha Friday – Kimo Kahoano, 2007

Black Friday – Lil Kim, 2011

Black Friday, Steely Dan

Bright Lights Bigger City, CeeLo Green, 2010

Candyman, Christina Aguilera

Dancing Queen, ABBA

Finally Friday, George Jones, 1992

Friday – Ice Cube

Friday – Rebecca Black, 2011

Friday Fish Fry, Kelis, 2014

Friday I’ll be Over U, Allison Iraheta, 2009

Friday I’m In Love – The Cure, 1992

Friday is Forever, We The Kings

Friday Night – Arabesque

Friday Night – Eric Paslay, 2013

Friday Night – Lady Antebellum, 2011

Friday Night Blues, John Conlee, 1980

Friday Night Fish Fry, Mel Waiters, 2006

Friday Night in Dixie, Rhett Akins, 2002

Friday Night, Saturday Morning, The Specials, 1980

Friday On My Mind – The Easybeats, 1966

Friday on My Mind, David Bowie

Friday to Sunday, Justice Crew, 2010

Friday, Joe Jackson

Friday, Rascal Flatts

Friday’s Child, Nancy Sinatra, 1966

Friday’s Child, Will Young, 2003

Get ‘Em out by Friday, Genesis, 1972

Get Stupid, Bulow, 2019

Girl on My Mind, The Easybeats, 1965

Glitter and Blood, SuperKnova, 2019

Good Friday, Cowboy Junkies, 1998

Good Friday, Kanye West, 2010

Hair, Lady Gaga, 2011

Happy Days, Pratt & McClain

Hello Friday, Flo Rida, 2015

HMLTM, Novaa, 2019

I Gotta Feeling, The Black Eyed Peas

It’s Friday, J.Rizo, 2016

Just Got Paid, Johnny Kemp

Keep Their Heads Ringin’, Dr. Dre

Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) – Katy Perry, 2011

Livin’ It Up (Friday Night), Bell and James, 1978

Rapper’s Delight, The Sugarhill Gang

Rich Friday, DJ Clue, 2013

Friday, Sir Charles Jones, 2008

Thank God It’s Friday, R. Kelly, 1995

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Thank God It’s Friday, Love & Kisses, 1978

Thank God It’s Friday, Nikki Williams

This is How we do it, Montell Jordan

Win You Over, Bearson, 2019

Working for the Weekend, Lover Boy

Conclusion

With this list, you can now organize your own TGIF party at your house or wherever. Dance the night out, have unrelenting fun with your friends and thank God it is Friday!

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