Saturday at Midnight

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| name = Saturday at Midnight

| cover = Cheap Trick 1982 Single Saturday at Midnight.jpeg

| alt =

| type = single

| B-side = Saturday At Midnight (Super Dub Mix)

| released = 1983{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9iMEAAAAMBAJ&q=cheap+trick+%22saturday+at+midnight%22&pg=PT33 |title=Billboard - Google Books |date=1983-02-12 |access-date=2018-02-04}}

| recorded =

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| genre = {{flatlist|

Rock
pop}}

| length = 6:20

| label = Epic

| writer = {{hlist|Rick Nielsen|Robin Zander}}

| producer = Roy Thomas Baker

| prev_title = She's Tight

| prev_year = 1982

| next_title = Dancing the Night Away

| next_year = 1983

}}

"Saturday at Midnight" is a song from the American rock band Cheap Trick, which was released in 1983 as the fourth and final single from their sixth studio album One on One (1982). It was written by lead guitarist Rick Nielsen and vocalist Robin Zander, and produced by Roy Thomas Baker. Aimed at the club scene, the single reached No. 45 on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles Chart, and remains the band's only appearance on the chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/cheap-trick/chart-history/dsi/ |title=Cheap Trick Chart History |publisher=Billboard |date=1983-03-19 |access-date=2018-02-04}}

The single was released on 12" vinyl only and was remixed by John Luongo. The A-side was titled "Saturday at Midnight (Super New Dance Re-Mix)" while the B-side was titled "Saturday at Midnight (Super Dub Mix)".{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Cheap-Trick-Saturday-At-Midnight/release/606051 |title=Cheap Trick - Saturday At Midnight (Vinyl) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=2012-03-11}} The band had performed the song earlier on the Laugh Trax in 1982, along with "She's Tight".{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ddqCyMXoV0 |title=Saturday At Midnight - Cheap Trick - from Laugh Trax 1982 |publisher=YouTube |date=2009-05-10 |access-date=2016-11-14}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6Ab7dZ3DkM |title=She's Tight - Cheap Trick - from Laugh Trax 1982 | date=9 May 2009 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2012-03-11}}

Critical reception

In a review of One on One, AllMusic stated: "There are several truly odd detours on the album, usually when the group veers too strongly toward the new wave, like on the awkward, clanking "Saturday at Midnight" and the stiff Devo misinterpretation "I Want Be Man." These tracks accentuate the album's 1982 artifact appeal, but ironically, are the things that kept it from being a blockbuster at the time."{{cite web|last=Thomas |first=Stephen |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/one-on-one-r3736/review |title=One on One - Cheap Trick |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2012-03-11}}