"I Love Saturday"
Single byErasure
from the albumI Say I Say I Say
B-side	"Dodo"
Released	18 November 1994 (1994-11-18)
Genre	Synth-pop
Length	4:02 (album version) 3:59 (single version)
Label	Mute
Songwriter(s)	Vince Clarke Andy Bell
Producer(s)	Martyn Ware
Erasure singles chronology
"Run to the Sun" (1994) "I Love Saturday" (1994) "Stay with Me" (1995)
Music video
"I Love Saturday" onYouTube

I Love Saturday
EP by Erasure
Released	21 November 1994 (1994-11-21)
Genre	Synth-pop
Length	24:55
Label	Mute
Producer	Martyn Ware
Erasure EPs chronology
Abba-esque (1992) I Love Saturday (1994) Rain: Plus (1997)

"I Love Saturday" is an EP and song by Englishsynth-pop duoErasure, released as the third single from their sixth studio album,I Say I Say I Say (1994), on 18 November 1994 in Japan. The track was written byVince Clarke andAndy Bell, and produced byMartyn Ware. In the United Kingdom, Mute credited the first CD single as theI Love SaturdayEP, which contains several new tracks; it was released on 21 November 1994.

"I Love Saturday" was issued viaMute Records in the UK andElektra Records in the US. The single peaked at number 20 on both theUK Singles Chart and the USBillboardHot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The song also reached number 34 in Sweden and number 69 in Germany. Its music video was directed by Caz Gorham and Francis Dickenson.

AllMusic editor Ned Raggett wrote that "I Love Saturday" "neatly balances pepped up energy on Clarke's part with a lower-key delivery from Bell", and called it a "striking combination".^[1]Larry Flick fromBillboard described it as a "bouncy foray intotrance-coloredhi-NRG waters." He complimented Bell's "always striking voice".^[2] Ross Jones fromThe Guardian commented, "Every melancholic pophook from the last 10 years lovingly stitched together with asphyxiating grace."^[3] Chris Gerard fromMetro Weekly said the song is "great" and "infectious", adding that it "features Bell showing off hisfalsetto in the verses."^[4]

Mario Tarradell forThe Miami Herald called it "bouncy fun" and "ideal summer fare – light, bubbly and innocuous."^[5] A reviewer fromMusic & Media wrote, "Saturday night fever is ruling again. Only the musical format has changed fromdisco to campelectro pop with, as ever, a high sing-along quotient."^[6] John Kilgo fromThe Network Forty declared it "another fun pop hit".^[7] Johnny Cigarettes fromNME viewed it as "a low-calorie, caffeine-free, dilute-to-taste slush about some non-existent lost love, set to a Bontempi automatic beat."^[8] Dejan Kovacevic fromPittsburgh Post-Gazette praised the song as "an instant Erasure classic",^[9] while David Sinclair fromThe Times named it the best number of the album.^[10]

A music video was produced to promote the single. It was directed by Caz Gorham and Francis Dickenson and was released on November 21, 1994. The video is made as a jaunty holiday clip shot in Bell's Majorcan home.^[11]

• 1994 singles
• 1994 songs
• Elektra Records singles
• Erasure songs
• Mute Records singles
• Songs written by Vince Clarke
• Songs written by Andy Bell (singer)

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