To date the song’s sold over 2.5 million copies. Perhaps ironically, at the time nothing could have prepared Sannie for what ‘Saturday Night’ would achieve. Days after it’s UK release, the song put Whigfield in the Guinness World Record Books as the first ever debut single to reach number 1 in UK chart history. Regrettable dancing, drinking, drama, smiles and sloshed fun. The iconic music video included Sannie singing and jumping and getting ready in the mirror. Released in ’94, ‘Saturday Night’ followed the template of a classic night out. But I sometimes wish that I would’ve enjoyed the ride a little more.” I got the chance to speak to Sannie and looking back 28 years, she still seemed in shock at how successful the band’s breakthrough eventually became: “It was madness, great fun and a lot of sacrifice. Whigfield was fronted by Sannie Charlotte Carlson. Isn’t it odd how your first memories of music still ring true? Somethings never leave you… The quacking sound of the intro welcoming you back like a warm dog lick to the face. I remember skipping the boring tracks – never had much time for Westlife and Take That – until I reached Whigfield’s seminal bop. I remember the ‘popping’ sound when you pressed play on the cheap shiny silver buttons and the scraping sound of the disc spinning, just fitting the snug-fit ring in the middle of the platter. I remember looking at the brightly-coloured disc spinning through the semi-clear-blue lid. I played the track religiously on my first ever CD player – a glorious and magical lump of plastic my grandma got me for Christmas. I remember first hearing it on one of those compilation CDs you get as a kid Pop Party!, Now That’s What I Call Music, Ministry Of Sound Anthems… You know the ones. 1992’s ‘Saturday Night’, by Danish dance-pop duo Whigfield, was one such song.Īs a prefect pre-drinks track, ‘Saturday Night’ is up there for me. But, every now and again a needle in the haystack meteorically rises above all else, breaking through mainstream culture and capturing the entire world’s milieu. ‘The Times They Are A-Changin’’, ‘Born In The USA’… Busted’s ‘Year 3000’. After releasing her new hit single ‘Suga’ Whigfield talked to us about her perfect ‘Saturday Night’, lockdown and more.įew songs capture a zeitgeist.
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