Calling it Saturday Night felt right since it was so happy and upbeat. It was a very simple song that we thought would work in clubs and on radio. Davide was the musician and I spent three days writing the lyrics. "It started with just the drums and the bass. Whigfield has stated that "The song is like a nursery rhyme, with lyrics about what girls do when they’re getting ready to go out, and about getting hot when they’re out dancing." They did over 20 takes, then they spliced the best bits together. Larry Pignagnoli already had success with Spagna in the late 1980s and early 1990s before he produced "Saturday Night" with Whigfield. He hired her to record "Saturday Night" and she chose the name Whigfield after an old teacher in Denmark. She then visited Italian producer Larry Pignagnoli in his studio and performed a song sample. One of the club DJs, Davide Riva, was part of a music production duo. Whigfield (AKA Sannie Charlotte Carlson) studied fashion design in Copenhagen and went to Bologna in Italy where she worked as a model by day and as a PR girl for clubs at night. It was also nominated for Best Single, while Whigfield was nominated for Best New Act on the 7th annual Smash Hits Awards in 1995. NME magazine ranked "Saturday Night" at number 15 in their list of the 50 best songs of 1994. Outside Europe, it peaked at number three in Zimbabwe, number 19 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and number 78 in Australia. In Spain the single spent 11 weeks at the top position. It also reached number one in Germany, Ireland, Spain and Switzerland, and it became a top-10 hit in Austria, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. As of October 2015, "Saturday Night" has sold a total of 1.18 million copies in the UK.
The single entered at number one on the UK Singles Chart, making Whigfield the first artist to enter at the top in the UK with their debut single, dethroning Wet Wet Wet's 15-week chart-topper " Love Is All Around". In 1994, the song was included on Carlson's debut album, Whigfield. The song is written by Italian producers Larry Pignagnoli and Davide Riva, and produced by Pignagnoli. In 1994, it was released in the rest of Europe, and experienced worldwide success. It was first released in 1992 in Italy and November 1993 in Spain through Prodisc. Her discography is extremely impressive including numerous hit singles all over the world & four studio albums, a career spanning over a decade which for a pop-dance act is extremely unusual.Īfter many years on stage Sannie has decided to concentrate on the other side of the music industry, writing & composing for other artists in the business, both DJs & singers with names such as the Grammy winner Benny Benassi, Adam K, Ann Lee and In-Grid." Saturday Night" is a song by Italian Eurodance project Whigfield, fronted by Danish-born Sannie Charlotte Carlson. In 1994 she gained a place in the Guinness Book of Records with the song "Saturday Night" as the first artist to go straight to number one in the UK singles chart with a debut single. Sannie Carlson (best known as Whigfield) is the name of a lady with Danish origins who decided to make a mark in the history of pop-dance music by selling millions worldwide. Enjoy a complete selection of dance classics from 80 to 2K on Spotify with: Whigfield, Dj Antoine, R.I.O., J.K., Neja, Fun Fun, Black Box, Corona, Bob Sinclar, Eiffel 65, Dj Katch, Ann Lee, Gala, Benassi Bros.
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