Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
June 6, 2011
Last Friday Night ( TGIF ) is a song by American singer Katy Perry. The song was written by Perry, Bonnie McKee, Lukasz Gottwald and Max Martin and produced by the latter two. The song was released in the U.S. on June 6, 2011 as the fifth single from Perry's second album Teenage Dream.
- 4.1 placements
Composition
The magazine Billboard listed the song in the list of Five Potential Pop Hits for 2011.
Criticism
The song was recorded mixed by music critics. Allmusic described the song as one of the best on the album, calling Perry's song Last Friday Night ( TGIF ) as " Kesha - copy ". Rolling Stone magazine wrote that " Perry has resumed a pop song in their style and what makes them so unique."
The Now Magazine said, " Katy's music in pop style and kitschy Last Friday Night ( TGIF ) is their version of I Gotta Feelin ' ".
Music Video
The music video for Last Friday Night ( TGIF ) was filmed from 3 to 6 May 2011. The film was directed by Marc Klasfeld and the co-director Danny Lockwood. A teaser of the music video was released on June 7 about Katy Perry's YouTube account. Prior to the scheduled release of the music video on June 14, 2011, the music video was already clear 12 June 2011 to the Internet. The 8-minute music video had its television premiere of Funny or Die.
In an interview with MTV, the director Marc Klasfeld said that the content of the music video of Sixteen Candles and other works by John Hughes was inspired, as well as the "good 80s high school movies. " The outtakes and the credits at the end of the music video were from the film on the highway the hell is going on ( the Cannonball Run) affected where a similar idea was used.
Actor
- Katy Perry as Kathy Beth Terry
- Darren Criss as Aaron Christopherson
- Rebecca Black Herself
- Kevin McHale as Everett McDonald
- Isaac, Taylor, & Zac Hanson Hanson
- Kenny G as Uncle Kenny
- Corey Feldman as Kirk Terry
- Debbie Gibson as Tiffany Terry
Charts
These success tweeted Perry: " What an awakening! ". " I am so proud that this little energetic song Last Friday Night ( TGIF ) official number is 1, and has made history. " Our thanks went to the fans (and buyers ): " You know that I would not have done it without you I owe you a lot. So you give all by yourself a strong "High Five" handshake. "
In an official statement with the Billboard magazine, to this success, explained Katy Perry: " In the Billboard Hot to reach 100 Location 1 is always a great moment, but if you write a small part of history with this number -one hit, reminds you look at how many millions of people are attracted to this event. I thank everyone who has made this possible. Since I 'm nine years old, I sing in my hairbrush, I dreamed big dreams, but this success is to many times greater than my dreams. What a nice birthday present for 'Teenage Dream'! "