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Working for the Weekend "Working for the Weekend" is a song by Canadian rock band Loverboy, from their second studio album, '' Get Lucky'' (1981). It was written by guitarist Paul Dean, vocalist Mike Reno and drummer Matt Frenette; and produced by Bruce Fairbairn and D ...

arena rock Arena rock (also known as AOR, melodic rock, stadium rock, anthem rock, pomp rock, corporate rock and dad rock; ; ) is a style of rock music that originated in the mid-1970s. As hard rock bands and those playing a softer yet strident kind of po ...

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Mike Reno Mike Reno (born Joseph Michael Rynoski; born January 8, 1955) is a Canadian musician, singer and the lead singer of the rock band Loverboy. He is reported to have taught himself how to play guitar. He fronted other bands, including Moxy, before ...

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and Streetheart); keyboardist Doug Johnson; bassist

Jim Clench James Patrick Clench (May 1, 1949 – November 3, 2010) was a Canadian bassist and vocalist known for his roles in the rock bands April Wine and Bachman–Turner Overdrive. With April Wine (first run) Clench was asked to join April Wine afte ...

(who was replaced after one gig by Scott Smith); and drummer

Matt Frenette Loverboy is a Canadian rock band formed in 1979 in Calgary, Alberta. Loverboy's hit singles, particularly " Turn Me Loose" and "Working for the Weekend", have become arena rock staples and are still heard on many classic rock and classic hits ...

. Throughout the 1980s, Loverboy accumulated numerous hit songs in Canada and the United States, earning four

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albums and selling millions of records. Except for a brief breakup from 1988 to 1991, the band has continued to perform live shows regularly. They are currently based in

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, British Columbia.

History

1979–1983

According to Reno, their name was chosen due to a dream by Paul Dean. He had come up with the name after spending the previous night with some of the bandmates, including Reno and their girlfriends, before going to the movies. The girlfriends were browsing through fashion magazines, where the guys in the band saw a Cover Girl advertisement. Cover Girl became Cover Boy, and then became Loverboy in Dean's dream later that night. After being told by Dean about the dream the next morning, Reno agreed to try it out and it stuck. The group made its live debut opening for

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at

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in Vancouver, B.C. on November 19, 1979. Originally rejected by all the major record labels in the United States, the band signed with

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of Canada, and on March 20, 1980, Loverboy went into the studio with producer

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and engineer

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to record what would be its self-titled debut album. Over that summer, the record became a huge hit with eventually over one million records sold in Canada alone. The album made its American debut in November 1980, and would go on to sell over two million copies in the US. The band went on a touring spree that year putting on over 200 shows with bands such as

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,

ZZ Top ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas. For 51 years, they comprised vocalist-guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard and vocalist-bassist Dusty Hill, until Hill's death in 2021. ZZ Top developed a signature sou ...

,

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, and

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. Their debut single, " Turn Me Loose", went on to hit No. 7 on the Canadian charts and No. 35 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1981. "The Kid Is Hot Tonite" was also a single. The band's follow-up album, '' Get Lucky'', released in October 1981 when it was opening for

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, included the hit tracks "

Working for the Weekend "Working for the Weekend" is a song by Canadian rock band Loverboy, from their second studio album, '' Get Lucky'' (1981). It was written by guitarist Paul Dean, vocalist Mike Reno and drummer Matt Frenette; and produced by Bruce Fairbairn and D ...

", " When It's Over" and "Lucky Ones". It became the group’s best selling album in the U.S., reaching No. 7 on the ''

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'' album charts and selling over four million copies. In the same year Loverboy received six

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s (Canada's highest award for music) in one year, a record that still stands today. Loverboy released its third album, ''

Keep It Up ''Keep it Up'' is the third studio album released by the Canadian rock band Loverboy in late June 1983. With new hit tracks like " Hot Girls in Love", the album became an instant hit, and reached #7 on the US Billboard 200 charts, as did the prev ...

'', in June 1983. Its first single "

Hot Girls in Love "Hot Girls in Love" is a song recorded by the rock band Loverboy. It appeared on the band's third album ''Keep it Up'', in 1983. The song peaked in June 1983 at #11 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and at #2 on the Mainstream Rock chart. ''Cas ...

" became their most successful to that date, reaching No. 11 on the US ''

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''

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. The video for the song as well as for the follow-up single "Queen of the Broken Hearts" were hugely popular on MTV.

1984–1989

In 1984 Loverboy recorded the United States Team theme for the

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, "Nothing's Gonna Stop You Now". The song originally appeared on '' The Official Music of the 1984 Games'' but not on any of its albums or compilations to date. The band would often play it on tour mixing it in during the performance of "Queen of the Broken Hearts". Also in 1984, Loverboy recorded a song called "Destruction" which appeared on the 1984 soundtrack of a re-edited version of the film ''

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'' (1927). ''

Lovin' Every Minute of It ''Lovin' Every Minute of It'' is the fourth studio album, released in 1985 by the rock band Loverboy. The album became a hit thanks to the title track which reached #9 at US Hot 100, while "This Could Be The Night" was #10, "Dangerous" #65 and "Le ...

'', the band's fourth album, and the first not produced by Fairbairn (it was produced by Tom Allom, best known for producing Judas Priest) was released in August 1985, with the title single written by

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and "This Could Be the Night" co-written by

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's

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becoming their first and second U.S. ''

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'' top 10 hits respectively. In 1986 the band recorded "

Heaven in Your Eyes "Heaven in Your Eyes" is a song recorded by Canadian rock band Loverboy for the soundtrack to the film ''Top Gun''. It later appeared on Loverboy's 1989 hits compilation '' Big Ones''. The power ballad reached No. 12 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 ...

", a song featured in the movie ''

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'', which peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard charts. However, Doug Johnson refused to appear in the video as he felt that the film glorified war, which Johnson was highly against. The release of '' Wildside'', the band's fifth album, followed in September 1987. While it scored a minor hit with "Notorious", co-written by

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and

Richie Sambora Richard Stephen Sambora (born July 11, 1959) is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Bon Jovi from 1983 to 2013. He and lead singer Jon Bon Jovi formed the main songwri ...

, the album sold relatively poorly and the band broke up in 1988 due to tensions between Dean and Reno. Dean released a solo album, '' Hardcore'', in May 1989 and a Loverboy greatest-hits album, ''

Big Ones ''Big Ones'' is a compilation album by American rock band Aerosmith, released on November 1, 1994 by Geffen Records. ''Big Ones'' featured 12 hits from the band's three consecutive multi-platinum albums, '' Permanent Vacation'' (1987), ''Pump'' ( ...

'', was released later that same year, in October, to fulfill Loverboy's obligation to

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. The group briefly reunited in late 1989 to tour (with Geraldo Valentino Dominelli on keyboards filling in for Doug Johnson) to promote it, but broke up again at the tour's conclusion.

1991–1999

On October 6, 1991 the band reunited again to join fellow rockers

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,

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, Chrissy Steele and Bill Henderson of

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at a benefit show at Vancouver's 86 Street Music Hall to raise over $50,000 for Henderson's former bandmate,

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, who was fighting cancer and undergoing treatment at a Houston medical clinic. The band members reportedly recalled that the concert was the most fun that they had had in years and decided that they wanted to do it again. They went on another live touring spree in Canada the following year before launching a 64-concert tour in the United States in 1993. The band's record label released its second and third compilation albums, ''

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'' and ''

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'', in 1994. ''Loverboy Classics'' went Gold by 1998, coinciding with another American tour. This was followed by the releases of '' Six'' and ''Super Hits'' in 1997. Keyboardist Richard Sera came on to fill in for Johnson in December 1996 through 1997.

2000–2009; death of Scott Smith

The band continued touring until November 30, 2000, when bassist Scott Smith was presumed dead after being washed overboard by a large wave while sailing in San Francisco Bay. He was 45 years old. The band went on to release a live album, ''

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'', in 2001, which consisted of refurbished early live concert recordings from the band's intense touring years from 1982 to 1986. The year 2001 also brought another round of touring, this time dedicated to Scott Smith. Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve, a former member of

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, Red Rider and Dean and Frenette's pre-Loverboy band Streetheart, joined the band on bass prior to the tour. Loverboy celebrated 25 years together in 2005 and began to perform in selected cities to commemorate this milestone. That tour continued with live concerts scheduled well into August 2006. Also in 2005, Loverboy was one of the featured bands on the American version of '' Hit Me, Baby, One More Time''. It performed "

Working for the Weekend "Working for the Weekend" is a song by Canadian rock band Loverboy, from their second studio album, '' Get Lucky'' (1981). It was written by guitarist Paul Dean, vocalist Mike Reno and drummer Matt Frenette; and produced by Bruce Fairbairn and D ...

" and a cover version of "Hero" by

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on the show. In 2006 twenty-five years after its initial release, '' Get Lucky'' was remastered and re-released with several previously unreleased songs, including the original demo of "

Working for the Weekend "Working for the Weekend" is a song by Canadian rock band Loverboy, from their second studio album, '' Get Lucky'' (1981). It was written by guitarist Paul Dean, vocalist Mike Reno and drummer Matt Frenette; and produced by Bruce Fairbairn and D ...

". In a video interview from March 2007, Mike Reno confirmed that the band finished recording a new studio album released in 2007. Titled ''

Just Getting Started ''Just Getting Started'' is the seventh studio album by the Canadian rock band Loverboy, released in 2007. It was their first album of original material since 1997, and their first album to feature bassist Ken Sinnaeve. For fans who purchased ...

'', it was released in October, with a clip of the first single "The One That Got Away" available on the band's MySpace page. The band continues to tour throughout Canada and the United States. The band was inducted into the

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during the

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.

2010–2019

On February 21, 2010 the band performed at the

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awards ceremony. In June 2012 the band announced its album ''

Rock 'n' Roll Revival ''Rock 'n' Roll Revival'' is the eighth studio album by the Canadian rock band Loverboy. The album features nine classic Loverboy songs re-recorded for the album by the current lineup, as well as three new songs. The three new songs were record ...

'' would be released by

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. The band was on tour with

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and

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/ Neil Giraldo from July 24 to November 16, 2012. It finished up 2012 on the same tour when

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took up the reins to replace Benatar. In 2013 Loverboy toured on and off for at least a few dates during every month, except for the month of March. While continuing to tour in 2014, it was announced on the official Loverboy home page on June 19, 2014 that the band's newest album of all-original material, '' Unfinished Business'', was expected to be released on July 15, 2014. The first single was already available for purchase on iTunes and the title of this song was "Countin' the Nights". The band toured during that summer, including at least two free shows. In 2016 the band released two new singles, "Hurtin'" and "Some Like It Hot", the latter is described by Paul Dean as "the first and only shuffle Loverboy has ever done", comes from the same late '70s period as several of the songs found on their previous album, 2014's ''Unfinished Business''. "Giving it all away/Living for today," sings Mike Reno on the track – which originated as a demo, but was later rearranged and augmented by Dean, describing this latest as a "gift" from the band to its fans. Dean went through more than 230 individual two-inch analog tapes he had transferred to digital, including this "gem" from the band's storied history. It follows the release of "Hurtin'" earlier this year. "The beauty of the Internet is the ability to make a song available right away, without waiting until you have the rest of the album done," says Dean. "It's a real boon to creativity. It's total grass roots, DIY. Like the lyrics to 'Some Like It Hot', we're not living for tomorrow or next year." The single, artwork and accompanying music video – with a montage of a Loverboy program from the band's 1983 Keep It Up tour – prominently features the late bassist Scott Smith. "It was one of the first tunes we ever recorded," he said. "He's playing his ass off on it. I thought it was lost and gone forever. And, I think it would be a really good addition to our set list!" In 2016 a commercial and digital short for

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started airing that features the band and major fan

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, best known for his role as

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in

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. After Warburton touts that four out of five National rentals result in a free upgrade, the group piles into the rental car with Warburton and drives home the commercial's message with the title of one of their many hits, "

Lovin' Every Minute of It ''Lovin' Every Minute of It'' is the fourth studio album, released in 1985 by the rock band Loverboy. The album became a hit thanks to the title track which reached #9 at US Hot 100, while "This Could Be The Night" was #10, "Dangerous" #65 and "Le ...

". There is also a digital short, specifically made available on National Car Rental's YouTube channel, with Warburton having the group autograph their '' Get Lucky'' album, and pledging his devotion. In 2017 the band released a new single, "Stop the Rain" and appeared at the Rockingham Festival 2017, held at Nottingham Trent University, UK, between 20 and 22 October 2017. The band headlined on Sunday 22 October 2017.

2020–present

In 2022 the band released a new single, "Release" and toured with

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and

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.

Personnel

Current members * Paul Dean – guitar, backing vocals (1979–1988, 1989, 1991–present) * Matt Frenette – drums, percussion (1979–1988, 1989, 1991–present) * Doug Johnson – keyboards, synthesizers, piano, saxophone, harmonica, backing vocals (1979–1988, 1991–present) *

Mike Reno Mike Reno (born Joseph Michael Rynoski; born January 8, 1955) is a Canadian musician, singer and the lead singer of the rock band Loverboy. He is reported to have taught himself how to play guitar. He fronted other bands, including Moxy, before ...

– lead vocals (1979–1988, 1989, 1991–present); guitar (2015–present) * Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve – bass guitar, backing vocals (2001–present) Former members *

Jim Clench James Patrick Clench (May 1, 1949 – November 3, 2010) was a Canadian bassist and vocalist known for his roles in the rock bands April Wine and Bachman–Turner Overdrive. With April Wine (first run) Clench was asked to join April Wine afte ...

– bass guitar (1979; died 2010) * Scott Smith – bass guitar, backing vocals (1979–1988, 1989, 1991–2000; died 2000) Touring substitute musicians * Geraldo Valentino Dominelli – keyboards (1989) * Richard Sera – keyboards (1996-1997) * Jerry Wong – guitar, backing vocals (2022)

Discography

;Studio albums * ''

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'' (1980) * '' Get Lucky'' (1981) * ''

Keep It Up ''Keep it Up'' is the third studio album released by the Canadian rock band Loverboy in late June 1983. With new hit tracks like " Hot Girls in Love", the album became an instant hit, and reached #7 on the US Billboard 200 charts, as did the prev ...

'' (1983) * ''

Lovin' Every Minute of It ''Lovin' Every Minute of It'' is the fourth studio album, released in 1985 by the rock band Loverboy. The album became a hit thanks to the title track which reached #9 at US Hot 100, while "This Could Be The Night" was #10, "Dangerous" #65 and "Le ...

'' (1985) * '' Wildside'' (1987) * '' Six'' (1997) * ''

Just Getting Started ''Just Getting Started'' is the seventh studio album by the Canadian rock band Loverboy, released in 2007. It was their first album of original material since 1997, and their first album to feature bassist Ken Sinnaeve. For fans who purchased ...

'' (2007) * ''

Rock 'n' Roll Revival ''Rock 'n' Roll Revival'' is the eighth studio album by the Canadian rock band Loverboy. The album features nine classic Loverboy songs re-recorded for the album by the current lineup, as well as three new songs. The three new songs were record ...

'' (2012) * '' Unfinished Business'' (2014)

References

External links

The official Loverboy website

Chart archives at CHUM radio

2007 interview with Mike Reno on CAFKA.TV

Canadian Recording Industry Association database
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History

1979–1983

1984–1989

1991–1999

2000–2009; death of Scott Smith

2010–2019

2020–present

Personnel

Discography

See also

References

External links