Gray famously changed Cheatham’s lyric "I can't wait for Saturday to begin" to "I can't wait for the weekend to begin" to make it more universal.

Michael Gray (one-half of the house duo Full Intention ).

It is built around a reworked hook from Oliver Cheatham's 1983 disco classic, "Get Down Saturday Night" .

The song was originally a "forgotten project" on Gray's hard drive before it was polished for release.