Do you listen to music everyday? Do you like it when a song mentions every day of the week? We do! At least some songs. Let's see if we can catch every single day in our song picks!

SONGS:

Cherrelle feat. Alexander O'Neal - "Saturday Love" (1985)

The Clash: Police On My Back (1980)

RESOURCES AND REFERENCES:

Friday I'm In Love - The Cure

Lady Madonna - The Beatles

Sublime's "What I Got" Inspired By This Beatles Song

7 Days - Craig David

R&B Songstress Cherrelle on Singing Sweetly About Cheating on Your Lover (SF Weekly)

Never on a Sunday - The Chordettes

Lawrence Welk - SNL

Never on Sunday (IMDB)

Jimmy Jam on how Alexander O’Neal Fumbled the Bag… (YouTube)

Alexander O’Neal holds no grudges against Prince

Who Sampled: Saturday Love

SATURDAY LOVE SAMPLES

The Equals: Police On My Back (1967)

Eddy Grant: Electric Avenue (1982)

Eddy Grant: I Don’t Wanna Dance (1982)

Eddy Grant: Romancing the Stone (1984)

Eddy Grant: Gimme Hope Jo’Anna (Nelson Mandela Concert, 1988)

Qué diá de la semana ha inspirado más hits? (Univision, 2016)

One Song Podcast London Calling w/Fred Armisen (2025)

Eddy Grant on Music is My Life Podcast (Berklee, 2020)

Police on My Back and the Postcolonial Experience (Stratton, 2026)

The Story of Subculture: The Rude Boy & Rude Girl (Underground, 2021)

Rude Boy Style Can’t Fail (NYT, 2015)

The Clash: Music That Matters (Fletcher, 2012)

“You Don’t Bring Flowers From There To Here” – Eddy Grant Speaks To EP About New Venture United DJs, Life, Music, and Politics (Pop Essentials, 2018)

Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys: The Story of the Pioneering Interracial Rockband The Equals (Pitchfork, 2016)

Trump Loses Electric Avenue Song Legal Fight (BBC, 2024)

Other “Police On My Back” Covers discussed:

Amparanoia: La Semana (1997)

Asian Dub Foundation and Zebda: Police On My Back (2003)

Lethal Bizzle: Police On My Back (2007)

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