![]() At the APRA Awards ceremony You Am I performed "Friday on My Mind" with Harry Vanda of The Easybeats guesting on guitar, Ross Wilson of Daddy Cool performed the No. On, the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) celebrated its 75th anniversary by naming the Best Australian Songs of all time, as decided by a 100 strong industry panel, with "Friday on My Mind" being selected as the No.1 song on the list. A 2005 rerelease on CD single, along with "Remember Sam", "Pretty Girl" and "Made My Bed, Gonna Lie in It", featured a cover (pictured right) based on an earlier French sleeve. In Australia the song was released instead with its B-side, "Made My Bed (Gonna Lie in It)", on the greatest hits package The Best of The Easybeats + Pretty Girl in 1967 and an EP named after the track in September 1967, with the tracks "Sorry", "Who'll Be the One" and "Made My Bed, Gonna Lie in It". In addition to its 7" single release in October 1966, the song was issued in the United Kingdom on the band's first album for United Artists titled Good Friday which was also released in North America under the song's title. They became the first notes of 'Friday on My Mind'." Release and aftermath In the train back from the gig, we were imitating them and suddenly it sounded good. ![]() According to Harry Vanda, the track's distinctive guitar opening was inspired by a film performance featuring the Swingle Singers: "It went tudutudutudu, which made us all laugh. Though the song has long been termed a "working class anthem", George Young maintained it had "more to do with their outlook on the world than any class statement". The build-up to the chorus features a slowly rising vocal, culminating with a shout of "Cos I'll have Friday on my mind!", and launching into a major-key refrain celebrating the pleasures of the weekend in the city. These verses are adorned with a distinctive guitar figure. The minor-key verses of "Friday on My Mind" depict the tedium and drudgery of the work week, taking each day at a time ("Monday morning feels so bad/Coming Tuesday I feel better"). In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Friday on My Mind" was ranked No. In 2007, "Friday on My Mind" was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia registry. In 2001, it was voted "Best Australian Song" of all time by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) as determined by a panel of 100 music industry personalities. Written by band members George Young and Harry Vanda, the track became a worldwide hit, reaching No.16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 1967 in the US, No.1 on the Dutch Top 40 chart, No.1 in Australia and No.6 in the UK, as well as charting in several other countries. Cover VersionsĪmateur artists covered this song on Youtube." Friday on My Mind" is a 1966 song by Australian rock group the Easybeats. Artist’s age on release dateĮllie Goulding was 28 years of age. It sold over 78 thousand copies reaching number 5 on the Digital Song, and was streamed 4.6 million times reaching number 44 on Streaming Songs. The song was in the top 10 charts in 18 countries. It is Platinum in Australia, New Zealand and Sweden. Goulding’s hit reached peaked at number 13 in the US Billboard Hot 100 and The Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified it Platinum for sales over 1 million copies. In Denmark it was certified Gold selling over 30 thousand copies and 25 thousand copies in Italy. “On My Mind” was certified Silver in the UK selling over 200 thousand copies. This fun hit was number 4 in Croatia & New Zealand it peaked at number 3 in Australia, Indonesia & Slovakia, and reached number 1 on the charts in Poland. It’s just a fun song.” Release dateĮllie Goulding – Max Martin – Savan Kotecha – Ilya Salmazadeh Label I would do the same, But I’m sorry to all the people who want it to be about someone, it’s not, it’s like a myth. It all came together perfectly.” Goulding then continued about speculations that this song in about someone, she said:”It’s fun to do that. That’s the beauty of song writing, there’s no rules, it doesn’t have to be about one person or one subject. And so we kind of formed the song out of all of our different experiences. In an interview with MTV News, Ellie said: “I probably walked in the studio and I was like ‘Oh, I’ve got this verse on my mind’ and then another writer goes ‘I’ve got this verse on my mind’ and it’s so annoying. Goulding denied that it’s about anyone and explained that it is just a fun song. Although fans speculated that this song is about ex boyfriend Ed Sheeran, especially the lyric (You wanted my heart but I just liked your tattoos) given that Sheeran has a lion tattoo in his chest.
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