Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)

Katy Perry | Format: MP3 Music
From the Album Teenage Dream [Explicit]

Product Details

• Original Release Date: August 24, 2010
• Release Date: August 24, 2010
• Label: Capitol Records
• Copyright: (C) 2010 Capitol Records, LLC
• Duration: 3:50 minutes
• Genres:
  • Pop
• ASIN: B003Y3XTJO
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #463 Paid in MP3 Songs (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Songs)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Not Really A Review... Just Thinking Out Loud: June 21, 2011

By Charles Senescall

Thought this was Kesha when I first heard it ("...glitter all over the room...."), and, to tell you the truth here, once I found out that it wasn't Kesha, I branded it instantly as a Kesha ripoff. The glitter reference, the Tik-Tok vibe (and tone)... I thought, "yeah, that a blatant steal, man. Kesha ought to go right ahead and demand the frigging royalties. ALL OF THEM."

But the truth is: IT IS NO SUCH THING.

You know, it's strange how pop music seems to finds a consensus-theme within the record buying public. FRIDAY is actually the fifth single from Perry's album -- she wasn't trying to copy Kesha at all (check the dates of release(s)) -- I'm just saying that to think she was writing essentially the same stuff as Kesha was at almost the same time, purely by accident, is bizarre.

But hey, there it is.

FRIDAY is in the headache-to-read key of D-sharp minor (6 sharps!), which means that it was almost certainly written on keyboard... yet the strummy guitars give the track a different vibe (as they're used here) while still holding the headache "keyboard" key -- and the final result is damned interesting. The song seems to walk a tightrope between positive & negative vibes: the 6 sharps "should" give the song a buzzy, positive vibe (a "feel" that the intelligent use of guitar here seems to take away) while simultaneously being held in a minor key throughout "should" (again, in theory, here) give the song something of a down-vibe -- which the intelligent use of guitar here also takes away. In other words, it's like somebody sanded down the extreme edges on both sides of a box of chaos, and left nothing but a simple and very cool middle that manages to somehow not sound sterilized. It's interesting that the lyrics (which basically say that, hey...... you know, we did all of this stupid stuff... but it's totally cool, no biggie...) strike a positive/negative message, and the music is able to correctly fit that, all because the tambre of the strummed guitar within D-sharp minor permits it. It's some pretty sophisticated thinking, and I absolutely like the result.

I consider work like this to be experimental, although I do like it when an artist does try it -- and so few do anymore. She won't be able to repeat this, though... (Stevie Wonder has already done the inverse(s)).

It's worth 5 stars: 4 for the track itself, plus an extra star for simply being so willing to throw the rulebook away and take a chaotic jigsaw puzzle of disparate musical ideas and mesh them together so perfectly.

Kinda cool to see somebody willing to still do this kind of thing on the big chart (aside from Stevie Wonder, that is).

Props.

It's good work. Read more ›

5.0 out of 5 stars Katy Perry! June 12, 2013

By Pammie

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I love this song...it is fun and makes you want to dance..and for a nerd like me that never had a night like this ever...I can pretend I did every time this song comes on. Thanks, Katy!

1.0 out of 5 stars Top 5 May 18, 2013

By Deimos

This song is in the top five stupidest, tasteless, poorly written, poorly sang, autotuned, pieces of obvious garbage I have ever heard. This is whats wrong with music. This isn't music is a shat out product for dumb people.

3.0 out of 5 stars It's an okay song April 21, 2013

By waywests

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I like all of her other singles before this one. But this one is just alright. Can be catchy but sounds a little like Domino by Jessie J.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great song April 1, 2013

By Christopher G Smith

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Fun song. Love this song. Listen to it all the time. Ugh... nine more words??? I wish there wasn't a word limit.

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun April 1, 2013

By 1Risen

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It's a fun track that fit well with the play that was made to teach the youth to avoid the bad lifestyles others fall into.

5.0 out of 5 stars How can you not like Katy Perry March 15, 2013

By tzhu07

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This song is fun, light-hearted, and catchy. Plus, there are tons of remixes for it as well. Search for it on Spotify and hear them all.

5.0 out of 5 stars Last Friday NIght March 9, 2013

By P. Cortright

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Katy Perry is awesome! She has a lot of good songs. I will buy more of her downloads. The end.