In previous music video essays, I looked at the distribution of days of the week in songs from the Billboard year-end Top Ten (1951-2015), as well as songs that mention the top-ranking variant, Sunday. In this post, I present videos of songs that include either the second- or third-ranked days of the week in the corpus, Saturday and Friday, respectively.

Mark Ronson's official music video for 'Uptown Funk' ft. Bruno Mars. Click to listen to Mark Ronson on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/MarkRonsonSpotify?IQid=MarkRUF As featured on Uptown Special.

Flashdance - Maniac

Uploaded by benjamin constante on 2014-02-06.

In the music industry, arguably the worst tragedy that can befall an artist is to die in their prime, when he or she is just beginning to break through to the mainstream and reach people on a national level. One such artist was Jim Croce, a songwriter with a knack for both upbeat, catchy singles and empathetic, melancholy ballads.

The Beach Boys' vocal harmonies are among the most unmistakable and enduring of the rock and roll era. Among rock and roll groups of the Sixties, the California quintet place second only to the Beatles in terms of their overall impact on the Top 40.

The final video serves as a partial bonus, as the second song of the medley, "Hot Stuff" (#7, 1979), does not mention any days of the week. But it was too good of a clip to pass up on, so it gets to ride in on the coattails of the appearance of Friday in "Bad Girls." It also takes the place of Chris Brown's "With You" and "Rude" by Magic! Enjoy!

Live at Nobel Peace Prize Concert - December 11, 2009 (another perspective)