"Saturday Night" is a song by Italian Eurodance project Whigfield, fronted by Danish-born Sannie Charlotte Carlson.

[4] It also reached number one in Germany, Ireland, Spain and Switzerland, and it became a top-10 hit in Austria, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.

[6] Whigfield (AKA Sannie Charlotte Carlson) studied fashion design in Copenhagen and went to Bologna in Italy where she worked as a model by day and as a PR girl for clubs at night.

She then visited Italian producer Larry Pignagnoli in his studio, he hired her to perform "Saturday Night" and they chose the name Whigfield.

[7] They chose to release the song for its simple, upbeat and club-ready nature, titling it "Saturday Night" to reflect that.

After it was played frequently in the Spanish radio show World Dance Music, interest in the song began to increase.

[15][16] In the summer of 1994, it became a hit with British holidaymakers on the continent, leading to a huge demand for the track in the United Kingdom.

Whigfield was signed for the UK in February 1994 by Christian Tattersfield and Ben Kahn who run London offshoot Systematic.

The label decided to delay the release in order to capitalise on the inevitable buzz built up among British tourists returning from summer holidays in mainland Europe.

"Saturday Night" was well-received by professional critics, both contemporaneous and retrospective pieces labeling the track as "irresistible", "catchy", and "infectious".

[11][22][10][23][24] Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that it "is a giddy pop/dance ditty that has already saturated radio airwaves throughout Europe.

The tune has a simple, but killer hook that is matched by a jumpy, rave-coated rhythm section and chirpy female vocals.

"[26] David Balls from Digital Spy noted its "feelgood Euro beats and memorable dance routine".

"[12] A reviewer from Music Week called it "delightful frothy pop",[28] and Stephen Meade from The Network Forty considered it as "exciting".

[29] NME named "Saturday Night" a "much misunderstood dancefloor classic",[30] while Gavin Hills from The Observer praised it as "wonderful".

It features numerous different scenes of Whigfield standing in front of a mirror, getting ready to go out on Saturday night.

[34] There is a dance routine which is commonly performed to the song (particularly at parties and nightclubs in the United Kingdom),[35] the origins of which are uncertain.

Whigfield stated in an interview with Justin Myers for the Official Charts Company, "I remember I did some promotion in this place north of Madrid and when I was doing the track [I] saw everybody doing this thing and they all jumped at the same time.