Another Saturday Night#Cat Stevens version

{{short description|1963 Sam Cooke single}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Another Saturday Night

| cover = Another Saturday Night.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Sam Cooke

| album = Ain't That Good News

| B-side = Love Will Find a Way

| released = April 2, 1963

| recorded = February 28, 1963

| studio = RCA (Hollywood, California)

| venue =

| genre = R&B, soul, ska, comedy

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=42}}

| label = RCA Victor

| writer = Sam Cooke

| producer = Hugo & Luigi

| prev_title = Bring It On Home to Me

| prev_year = 1963

| next_title = (Ain't That) Good News

| next_year = 1964

}}

"Another Saturday Night" is a 1963 hit single by Sam Cooke from the album Ain't That Good News. The song was written by Cooke while touring in England when staying in a hotel where no female guests were allowed.Ain't That Good News reissue liner notes by Hugo & Luigi, Lenne Allik. ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. 2003. It reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was No. 1 on the R&B chart for a single week.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=134}} In the UK, the song peaked at No. 23 on the UK Singles Chart.{{cite book

| first= David

| last= Roberts

| year= 2006

| title= British Hit Singles & Albums

| edition= 19th

| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited

| location= London

| isbn= 1-904994-10-5

| page= 119}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search-results-album/_/another+saturday+night |title=Official Charts Company |access-date=2014-08-17 |website=Official Charts Company |publisher=The Official UK Charts Company |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819125635/http://www.officialcharts.com/search-results-album/_/another%2Bsaturday%2Bnight |archive-date=2014-08-19 }} In Canada it reached No. 30.{{cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/63-05-20-chart.jpg| title=CHUM Hit Parade - May 20, 1963}}

Cooke's version featured his spoken recitation, which is done during the instrumental break.

Session drummer Hal Blaine played on Cooke's version of the song.Blaine, Hal and David Goggin, Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew: The Story of the World’s Most Recorded Musician, MixBooks, Emeryville, CA 1990 Other musicians on the record included John Anderson on trumpet, John Ewing on trombone, Jewell Grant on sax, Ray Johnson on piano, and Clifton White and Rene Hall on guitar, and Clifford Hills on bass.

Cash Box described it as "a tale of a guy who’s got the money, but not the gal to spend it on," stating that "the teen set won’t take the deck seriously, but will find it a highly pleasurable listening/dance floor treat."{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=April 13, 1963 |page=8 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1963/CB-1963-04-13.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}