Levelling the Playing Field for the Rest of the Weekdays

It has come to my attention, that in the light of the recent coup-de-Youtube, Friday has been getting a lot of publicity due to the fact that it's the day, which everyone apparently gets down on and looks forward to the weekend. As a result, in the past several months, the rest of the weekdays have been severely overlooked. I would like to rectify such a glaring omission by bringing the much-deserved pride back to the rest of the week.

God Help the Girl - Come Monday Night

There are a lot of great songs about Mondays. Back in 1966, the Mamas and the Papas set the bar high for the rest of the Monday songs to follow. My personal favourite though is "Come Monday Night" by God Help the Girl, the recent incarnation of Belle & Sebastian. Despite the moniker change, the band stays true to their signature sound.

Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday

Without a question, the best Tuesday song belongs to the Rolling Stones. One of their best songs and an undeniable classic.

The Beatles - She's Leaving Home

There is a dearth of good Wednesday songs. After looking through lists of songs with Wednesday titles, the best I could come up with was "She's Leaving Home" by the Beatles. Wednesday gets only mentioned once, but I guess it's very important because it's precisely the day that she left home.

Matt Costa - Sweet Thursday

Thursday's dose of music comes from the singer-songrwriter Matt Costa, signed on his friend Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records, from his way-back-when EP The Elasmausaurus.

Herman Düne - On a Saturday

For all fans out there of the extinct umlaut, I include "On a Saturday" by Herman Düne, a band composed of two brothers, who as of 2005 had decided to remove the dots above the "u".

Auditorium - Sunday

Of course, the weekends get a lot of mention in songs. Everything is a little bit more exciting on the weekends. Drinking on a Wednesday afternoon is quite tragic, whilst the same activity on Sunday is nearly a godsend. Odes to the day of rest have been written by as diverse of a crowd as U2, Maroon 5, Nick Drake, The Lonely Island, if only to name a few. A lesser known hymn to Sunday may be by LA band Auditorium (née Field).

If you have any favorite weekday songs of your own, I look forward to reading your suggestions/comments.

P.S. To start your rapping career by featuring on Rebecca Black's song, where do you go from there as a musician? Especially, if you're spitting nonsense rhymes such as these:

"Passing by a school bus in front of me

Makes tick tock, tick tock, wanna scream"