[1][3] Jeff Barrett, owner of Heavenly Recordings stated that "Weekender" came from the group's "love of drugs and Pink Floyd.

[4] The samples include part of Jimmy's resignation speech, where he tells Fulford to shove "that mail and that franking machine and all that other rubbish I have to go about with" up his arse.

[8] The video features imagery of scooters, bath tubs, girls and supermarket check outs and has a narrative involving clubbing fuelled by ecstasy.

[10] Select described the single as "variously a smart and beady-eyed pop tune, a god-awful heap of retro garbage and a perplexing aural hallucination.

[8] Spin mentioned "Weekender" in their discussion of Essential Madchester releases, stating that it was "an epic account of ravings highs and lows".