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7 Day Weekend (song)

1992 single by Grace Jones

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ4643836 ↗
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"7 Day Weekend" is a song by Jamaican singer and actress Grace Jones.

Background and recording

"7 Day Weekend" was recorded by Jones in 1992 for the soundtrack album to the 1992 film Boomerang, in which Jones played the character Helen Strangé. The song was written by Dallas Austin, Jones and Satch Hoyt, and produced by Austin with Randy Ran, with executive production by L.A. Reid and Babyface. The single featured remixes by Austin and Ben Liebrand, among others.

Track listing and formats

US 12" vinyl single

A1. "7 Day Weekend" (club remix) – 5:27

A2. "7 Day Weekend" (remix instrumental) – 4:38

B1. "7 Day Weekend" (remix radio edit) – 3:33

B2.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1992—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1992. For this dossier, Weekend, song and single is the immediate research focus.
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