"The First Big Weekend" is a song by Scottish indie rock band Arab Strap.

“The First Big Weekend” is, for the most part, a monologue spoken by Aidan Moffat while bandmate Malcolm Middleton plays guitar and a drum machine accompanies.

The lyrics revolve around the events of a weekend in Glasgow and Falkirk, including going out to clubs and bars, watching international football and The Simpsons and trying to pick up girls.

Fans have worked out that the titular weekend must have started on Thursday 13 June 1996, as the game where "the English had won 2-0" references the Euro 1996 England v Scotland match that took place two days later.

[2] The song received considerable airplay on BBC Radio 1's Evening Session show.