"Thank God It's Friday" is a 1978 disco song by the studio disco group Love & Kisses, popularized as the theme song of the film by the same name. It was written by European composer and producer Alec R. Costandinos.
Love & Kisses was a 1970s disco group assembled by European producer Alec Costandinos, with a variety of male/female singers.
After collaborating on Cerrone's debut album Love In C Minor (1976), Costandinos assembled Love & Kisses in early 1977, and shortly after the group released their first album, which contained just two songs - and so was also classed as a double A-side single. These were "Accidental Lover" and "I Found Love (Now That I Have Found You)", which combined orchestral sounds, classical influences and a disco arrangement. The single charted at #1 for three weeks on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
The following year saw the release of their second album entitled How Much, How Much I Love You, (title track covered side one, "Beauty and the Beast" completed side two) utilizing the same basic formula. Both songs became top five disco hits. This was followed closely by the group's biggest hit, "Thank God It's Friday", the theme song from the film of the same name. It peaked at #23 R&B, #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 for six weeks on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The soundtrack, which featured Donna Summer's "Last Dance" and the Commodores "Too Hot Ta Trot", was nominated for several Grammy Awards.
Their third and final album, You Must Be Love was released in 1979, but met with less success. Shortly thereafter the group disassembled.
The Movie Thank God It's Friday is a 1978 film directed by Robert Klane and produced by Motown Productions Animation and Casablanca Filmworks for Columbia Pictures (whose "Torch Lady", in a specially produced logo, dances to disco music before the opening credits). Produced at the height of the disco craze, the film features The Commodores performing "Too Hot to Trot", and Donna Summer performing "Last Dance" which won the Academy Award for Best Song in 1979. The film features an early performance by Jeff Goldblum and the first major screen appearance by Debra Winger.
Over the years some radio stations would play the song at 5:00 p.m. on Fridays to mark the end of the work week and get its audience pumped-up for the weekend. The song's catchphrase tantalized listeners with the prospect of love at the discotheque: "Hey / Put a smile on your face / Things are coming your way / Out there somewhere tonight".
Friday
(Thank God it's) Friday
Friday
(Thank God it's) Friday, Friday, Friday, Friday...
Hey,
Put a smile on your face,
Things are coming your way,
Out there somewhere tonight,
(It's the right time and place).
I saw you baby,
For the very first time,
Couldn't take my eyes off you,
Girl you just had to be mine.
You're the key I'm dreamin' of,
For it just had to be you,
Girl I know this time
I'll make all my dreams come true.
Hey,
See the stars in his eyes,
And that music in you,
Tells you how you can find
(Your way to paradise)
Friday
(Thank God it's) Friday
Friday
(Thank God it's) Friday, Friday, Friday, Friday...
Hey,
Put a smile on your face,
Things are coming your way,
Out there somewhere tonight
(It's the right time and place)
Hey,
See the stars in his eyes,
Tells you how you can find love
Hey,
Put a smile on your face
Things are coming your way,
Out there somewhere tonight
(It's the right time and place)
