"Weekends" is the first single taken from American hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas

The Black Eyed Peas

The Black Eyed Peas are an American pop group , formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1995. The group includes rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo, and singer Fergie. Since the release of their third album Elephunk in 2003, the group has sold an estimated 56 million records worldwide...

' second studio album, Bridging the Gap. The song features vocals from Esthero

Esthero

Esthero ,born Jenny-Bea Englishman, is a Canadian singer-songwriter who currently lives in Los Angeles, California. The name Esthero refers both to the singer and formerly to the two-person team of herself and producer Doc McKinney...

.

Background

A remix of the song was featured on the deluxe edition of the group's fifth studio album, The E.N.D.

The E.N.D.

According to review aggregator Metacritic, The E.N.D. received an average of 60 out of 100 indicating mixed to average reviews from music critics, based on fifteen critiques, higher than their 2005 album Monkey Business but lower than their 2003 breakout Elephunk, with critics agreeing that the...

The song samples the intro of "Family Affair

Family Affair (Sly & the Family Stone song)

"Family Affair" is a 1971 number-one hit single recorded by Sly & the Family Stone for the Epic Records label. Their first new material since the double a-sided single "Thank You "/ "Everybody is a Star" nearly two years prior, "Family Affair" became the fourth and final number-one pop hit for the...

" by Sly & the Family Stone

Sly & the Family Stone

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, while the intro samples "Lord of the Golden Baboon" by Mandrill

Mandrill (band)

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. The song's chorus is an interpolation of the chorus to Debbie Deb

Debbie Deb

Deborah Claire Wesoff - Kowalski, better known as Debbie Deb, is an American dance-pop singer, best known for 1980s freestyle dance songs such as "Lookout Weekend" and "When I Hear Music".-Biography:...

's "Lookout Weekend". This was the last single they released before Kim Hill

Kim Hill (soul musician)

Kim Hill is an American soul singer-songwriter, best known for being the backup vocalist in the hip-hop band Black Eyed Peas. She left the band in 2000 and was replaced by Fergie in 2002...

 left the group.

Music video

The video starts with members of the band at a work place. and continues by showing the band leaving. Arriving home, they start planning what they are going to do at the weekend. This is later followed by scenes of the band at a party. Cameos in the video include Esthero

Esthero

Esthero ,born Jenny-Bea Englishman, is a Canadian singer-songwriter who currently lives in Los Angeles, California. The name Esthero refers both to the singer and formerly to the two-person team of herself and producer Doc McKinney...

, Blood of Abraham

Blood of Abraham

Blood of Abraham was an American hip-hop duo composed of Benyad and Mazik . They debuted in 1993 with the release of the LP Future Profits on Ruthless Records, the label of the late Eric "Eazy-E" Wright....

 and Kim Hill

Kim Hill (soul musician)

Kim Hill is an American soul singer-songwriter, best known for being the backup vocalist in the hip-hop band Black Eyed Peas. She left the band in 2000 and was replaced by Fergie in 2002...

.

Track listings

Australia

1. "Weekends" - 4:47
2. "Empire Strikes Black" - 3:53
3. "Magic" - 3:58
4. "Joints & Jam" (The Billion Mix) - 3:23
5. "Weekends" (Live Version) - 5:43
6. "BEP Empire" (Music Video)

Europe

1. "Weekends" - 4:47
2. "Empire Strikes Black" - 3:53
3. "Magic" - 3:58
4. "BEP Empire" (Music Video)

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
ARIA Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	93
German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	100
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Chart Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	73
Hot Rap Singles Chart Hot Rap Songs Rap Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets. From 1989 through 2001, it was based on how much the single...	34