# Wednesday Week

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{{Infobox song
| name       = Wednesday Week
| cover      = WednesdayWeekUndertonesSingleSleeve1980.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [The Undertones](/source/The_Undertones)
| album      = [Hypnotised](/source/Hypnotised_(album))
| released   = {{Start date|1980|7|05|df=y}}
| recorded   = January 1980
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = 
* [Pop](/source/Pop_music)<ref name= "Nichols 2016">{{cite book|first= David|last= Nichols|editor-first= Robert |editor-last= Dimery |year= 2016 |title= [1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die](/source/1001_Albums_You_Must_Hear_Before_You_Die) |chapter= The Undertones - ''Hypnotised''|publisher= [Cassell Illustrated](/source/Cassell_(publisher)) |location= London |page= 464}}</ref>
* [new wave](/source/New_wave_music)
| length     = 2:16
| label      = [Sire Records](/source/Sire_Records)
| writer     = [John O' Neill](/source/John_O'Neill_(guitarist))
| producer   =
| prev_title = [My Perfect Cousin](/source/My_Perfect_Cousin)
| prev_year  = 1980
| next_title = [It's Going To Happen!](/source/It's_Going_To_Happen!)
| next_year  = 1981
| misc       = {{Extra album cover
  }}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|8DGvJSuoI3A|"Wednesday Week"}}}}
}}

"'''Wednesday Week'''" is the seventh single released by [the Undertones](/source/the_Undertones).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theundertones.com/_/Singles-Historical.html |title=The Undertones.com |access-date=2011-03-27 |archive-date=2016-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104232757/http://www.theundertones.com/_/Singles-Historical.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The song was written in December 1979 by the band's [rhythm guitar](/source/rhythm_guitar)ist and principal songwriter, [John O' Neill](/source/John_O'Neill_(guitarist)),<ref>{{cite web|last=Anderson|first=Michael|url=https://causewaychronicle.co.uk/the-undertones-celebrating-45-years-of-teenage-kicks-and-friends/|title=The Undertones Celebrating 45 Years of Teenage Kicks and Friends|work=Causeway Chronicle|date=28 April 2023|access-date=22 August 2023}}</ref> during a Christmas break the band had taken while recording their second album, ''[Hypnotised](/source/Hypnotised_(album))''. The song was notably more mellow than each of the six singles the band had released previously, drawing influences from mid-sixties acts such as the [Kinks](/source/The_Kinks) and [the Beatles](/source/the_Beatles) as opposed to punk rock acts such as the [Ramones](/source/Ramones).

The single was released on 5 July 1980 and peaked at #11 on the [UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart) three weeks later, making the song the band's second highest charting single.<ref>[http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/uk-top-40-singles-chart/19800727/750140/ ''Official Charts.com. 27 July - 2 August 1980'']</ref>

Wednesday Week was the Undertones' final single to be released on the [Sire](/source/Sire_Records) label before the band left the label in December 1980. The Undertones subsequently signed a contract with [EMI](/source/EMI) in March 1981.<ref>''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' {{ISBN|978-0-857-12595-8}} p. 1997</ref>

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| headline = Side one
| extra_column = Written by
| title1 = Wednesday Week
| extra1 = John O'Neill
| length1 = 2:16
}}

{{tracklist
| headline = Side two
| extra_column = Written by
| title1 = I Told You So
| extra1 = John O'Neill
| length1 = 2:07

}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* The Undertones [https://www.theundertones.com/ official website]

{{The Undertones}}
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Category:1979 songs
Category:1980 singles
Category:1980 songs
Category:Sire Records singles
Category:Songs written by John O'Neill (guitarist)
Category:The Undertones songs

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