"Weekend Special" had an extended life in cover versions and remixes, including one by New York producer Van Gibbs in 1986 that spent eight weeks on Billboard magazine's Hot Black Singles chart.

Fassie, a vocalist from Langa, Cape Town, who lived with producer Hendrick "Koloi" Lebona, was wooed by Joy's management to stand in for Malebo.

[3] By the spring of 1983, "Weekend Special" had received enough promotion in townships to catch the attention of DJs, achieving multi-platinum status sales in excess of 200,000 copies as the fastest selling single of that year.

As a full album, Weekend Special continues to sell well as a collector's item and enjoys enduring popularity among a new generation of music lovers.

[1] "Weekend Special" received a variety of cover versions and remixes notably by the American singer Van Gibbs of Capitol Records, whose version was recorded in New York's Right Track Studios and spent eight weeks on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and reached a peak of number 72.

The video features Brenda and the Big Dudes performing the song in front of hundred thousand people in Ellis Park, Johannesburg in support of the Operation Hunger aid on 12 January 1985.