Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night (1976) • TopPop

[@chronogaruda2003]

This song is the only reason I exist; my mom is from Japan was OBSESSED with this band and this was her favorite song. She really wanted to know whay they were singing about, which motivated her to take studying English in school seriously. She was a translator for the Ringling Brothers while they toured in Japan, and eventually moved to America where she met my dad and I was born.

[@nenarosebud658]

Fantastic origin story!😊

[@kevinkim390]

I love it, that's a great story. I heard these guys were more popular in Japan than anywhere else, including their native Scotland.

[@70sfred1]

Very cool!

[@x_callisto_x]

Amazing story 💜💜💜

[@jcbever1511]

@@kevinkim390 Reminds me of Cheap Trick, as I believe they were very popular in Japan before they made it big in the U.S.

[@m2ar9io]

My father loved this band! And I found it because of him! Thank you dad.

[@SkylarknTexas]

My step-sister passed away recently, I had to play this for the memory of her. Teen beats, posters, the album. We were different in so many ways including our taste in music, when I hear or think about BCR I gotta smile. RIP Jeri Ann❤️🕊🙏🏻

[@ladyofkasnova]

I'm so very sorry for your loss. Your sister is in heaven rocking out with Alan, Ian, and Les. She's smiling big! ♥️♥️

[@ryandiamond5871]

Yes condolences, RIP to your sis!

[@lorrainehilgendorf2165]

My sister passed last Saturday night . She loved the Rollers ... I did the same ❤

[@cybercat29]

Please accept my deepest condolences 😭

[@lorrainehilgendorf2165]

@@cybercat29 thank you very much ❤️

[@aliciacruz5957]

I loved this song, I was 15 when it came out. I'm 62 now😊

[@megawhitemaster7740]

same 😁😁

[@dragan4658]

I was 16 and the band made an impact on me as it did on many teens back then.

[@KAZHE63]

61 here, and did we ever dance to this song! 😂🤣

[@steverakes6182]

I was also 15 when this came out and had to have it the minute I heard Saturday Night.

[@koukan9609]

時間の流れは早いものですね 僕は14歳だけど

[@rezasoekotjo5082]

1975, Grade 6, on a hayride, when the girls spontaneously began singing this song, have never forgotten that day, will never forget this song, this band, or how simple life is as a teenager. Thank you BCR for amazing music.

[@ClaryPrince-zw9mt]

Yeppp,, We're getting old MyFriend 😅😅

[@me4g862]

similar thing happened to me on ride home on school bus in 1975 black lick, pennsylvania

[@c.renkenney3215]

Was s staple at the roller rink, really got the people on the floor.

[@太田裕明-m5d]

イイねぇ…。“Saturday Night”。40年程前、我が日本にも旋風を巻き起こしました。 日本武道館でのライブ、見に行きたかったなぁ…。 果たして、私のコメント、どのように翻訳されるかが楽しみだなぁ…。

[@herohero-fw1vc]

I was born 1964.......Big sensation when they came to Japan. They were all over TV.........Greetings from Japan.

[@secretpowerinu]

This band was my favorite band when I was a kid growing up in the 70’s. So many great memories.

[@kalmiabj]

R.I.P Leslie 素敵な思い出をありがとう。いつまでも貴方のことを忘れません。From Japan

[@drummermommy1]

Great memories.. roller skating Saturday nights to this song in the 70’s

[@c.renkenney3215]

Lynnwood WA Roll-A-Way, every Saturday Night until 2:30a

[@Davidp1985]

Rest in Peace Les!! You put Scotland on the music map, absolute legend

[@purselady2]

NEVER SEEN HIM ON DRUMS

[@purselady2]

NOT OFTEN LESS ON DRUMS

[@markburrows1179]

I beg to differ, Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty put Scotland on the map when they debuted as Steelers Wheel. What about Maggie Bell with Stone the Crows, let's not forget Ian Anderson who formed Jethro Tull a proud Scotsman, and finally and most important of all, Alex Harvey of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band. These are the real folks who put Scotland on the musical scene.

[@shawnabarton5524]

RIP.

[@dancicconedrums]

@@markburrows1179 Jack Bruce too

[@GrotrianSeiler]

Hey, don't knock it until you've danced to it. Our childhood is priceless.

[@AriesAndPisces]

the best!! This generation has NO CLUE what a Life we had such freedom and wow FUN!

[@robert-ef8qv]

Absolutely 👍

[@BrianCarnevaleB26]

This came out in 1974. I started Roller Skating when I was 13 and that was 1978 This song was on the playlist it seems every Sat Night. it was the big thing to do and I was gladly driven by Mom to the rink which was in my Hometown of Bedford NH Round and round we went and it was the best fun!

[@kimthetruthofit6965]

The best times

[@dominickcastiglione5908]

Absolutely

[@rogertemple7193]

I'm 57 now and heard this and "I Only wanna be with You" on AM radio in the 70's when rock and roll meant a great sound.

[@rossr100]

I worked in radio in the 80's and these tunes were almost 'made' for AM, sounded big & loud. The Brits had it nailed in many ways.

[@05acuraalt]

It doesn’t matter what year you were born, everyone loves this song, it’s one of those songs you need to hear once to like it

[@HomaSarlak]

I heard it at school and already liked it

[@cybercat29]

I second that and agree with you 💯 🤗💖🥳

[@tommyz9910]

I was 5 when I heard this in '76. That was when I became concious. My sister was a pop song freak. RIP, sis.

[@Leethebee62]

Just saw the news of Les"s passing. Breaks my heart. Another icon of my teenage years gone. That Roller music lives on, though.

[@jamesspeed5172]

True.. very true. I was a hard rocker & Country.. I was overseas in the US Navy when they really made it big.. I had one of their albums. Just too bubble-gummy for most of their stuff.

[@JellyrollHorton]

Too young to be gone. Even at 62.

[@jonogren5567]

@@JellyrollHorton 65

[@jonogren5567]

@@tammyramey7441 S A T U R D A Y night 😁

[@湊弥生]

I think so.

[@福留詩暢]

小学校の英語の授業中に聞いたことがあってもう何年も経ってるのに 耳に残っていて気になって調べてきました。今聴いてもいい歌ですね。

[@レッドマン2]

懐かしいー☺️ 日本で大ブームでしたね

[@douglas2902]

When I hear songs like this I'm completely transported back in time like I've jumpe d into a time machine. I have my older sister to thank. She loved this group

[@markhardiman1179]

I watched these guys Eva S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. morning on their 30 minute show.🤌🏿🤌🏿🤌🏿

[@ortwinkrause8051]

Zeit und Raum sind Illusionen! Wären Zeit und Raum keine Illusion, so würden wir nicht altern! Trotzdem war es eine schöne Zeit! Ortwin from Germany

[@barbie2165]

懐かしい🥰🥰🥰 レスリー素敵❣️

[@teresamanley7154]

The Bay City Rollers singing Saturday Night was the best boy band song ever.....number 1. A Scottish boy band started it ALL....RIP Les...Godspeed.

[@supercaptainbatdoggy]

Theyre from Scotland? Then why are they called the "Bay City" Rollers? I thought they were from San Francisco?

[@小山礼子]

自分が高校生の頃、よく聴いていました。ローラーズの楽曲の中で、一番好きです‼️最高ですっ！

[@sparkle6277]

懐かしくて泣く😭💕💕💕

[@memyselfandi286]

Being a young teenage girl in the mid 70s . The bay city rollers were my idols Les being my favourite. RIP Les thank you for the music ❤️

[@pyewackett5]

I had the trousers :| I remember buying a giant poster of them & rushing round to my elderly neighbours to fold it out & explain who was who. They had a lot to put up with , those neighbours ! Les was my favourite too. I wasn't quite a teen myself. Shang a Lang a yesterday :)

[@ok7411marykay]

Saturday,2023..

[@Djjoeyd1167]

It’s crazy but I think we all have a memory or two that just somehow sticks with you for no apparent reason(at a very young age) anyway I’m 55 and I can still remember back when this song came out, I was in second grade riding on the bus to school and hearing this song come on and just loving it! ❤ The memory seems like just yesterday actually..Wow 😊

[@MikeBenson-cf6wb]

Yes...isnt memory a wonderful thing...I expect u know all the words too...as long as the music is playing,,,

[@ted.angell7609]

Same here. Walked a block to school (uphill, both ways, in a snowstorm, in Dana Point 😂), but we’re the same vintage and this really brings the memories.

[@Pianoman999]

Same age (ish). Warren Sand Dunes in Michigan when I was kid.

[@calisongbird]

Same age. I remember this song well!! I absolutely loved it.

[@me4g862]

similar story in black lick, pa and i'm 56

[@PatriciaSilva-oj3hf]

Rest in eternal peace Les Mckeown, thanks for all the great musical memories with the Bay City Rollers.

[@calfan4life]

Never saw any band that brought such exuberance, smiles, and fun times..

[@guitarsoundsaround]

My boyfriend and I go dancing on the first Saturday of the month. Then we race home and make love. ❤️

[@deniserutan4458]

We roller skated to this song! As soon as we heard the first few beats we were off the benches skating our hearts out! Wow, this sent me straight back, we were blessed, weren't we? THE best childhood !!!

[@bjeffrey1863]

Great time to be alive

[@robertpeterman7604]

Love this era of rock & roll. This is the great music I grew with.

[@alipalmer6221]

R.I.P frontman.This is our youth.

[@nanettevalencia5849]

God Bless him

[@joscreemers4360]

So sad to see all my youth time legends pass on. RIP Les

[@mayloo2137]

My teenage years were spent listening to disco. This was one of the most memorable songs from that era. RIP Les McKeown.

[@maureenmcgovern6119]

I’m sorry, I didn’t know the band members names....which member passed away?

[@joscreemers4360]

@@maureenmcgovern6119 Les the lead singer

[@安土昌人-b7j]

DVDで見ましたがいい映画ですね。この曲も大好き❤

[@jas7869]

I was born in 90 and found out about Bay City Rollers via a cassette I brought online! I absolutely can't get enough of this song! This song is timeless!

[@daddybeagleaz907]

That's great to hear Jasmine, I got the album as a Christmas present when I was all of 13!

[@jamiejack764]

90 too

[@ninamartinez5171]

That's awesome.

[@wendyfutral3777]

I love it when a young person appreciates good music. 😍

[@ninamartinez5171]

@@wendyfutral3777 Definitely it shows they have great parents. No seriously though i agree with you there 100 % friend, im a kid myself hahaha 😆

[@Witchplato]

I liked how they put the drums and drummer up in front on the stage! Awesome! I don't think ANY other band has ever done this! It ROCKS!

[@AnneMarieJenner]

That would be because it's so incredibly difficult to drum and sing at the same time that very few drummers are even singers, much less sing lead. He is incredibly talented to be able to varry this off.

[@crystalp7242]

Spoiler alert: He’s not the band’s regular drummer. That actually was lead singer Les McKeowan, and he was lip-syncing in this video (which was a very common practice for shows like this up through at least the 1980s). The actual drummer at the time was Derek Longmuir, who for some reason or another wasn’t present for the taping and they had Les sit in on drums. It’s not a Milli Vanilli thing, though, as Les was lip syncing to his own vocals. If you want to watch actual singing drummers in action, check out “Up on Cripple Creek” or “The Weight” by The Band (all of the members could sing, but drummer Levon Helm was one of two with the most prominent lead vocals), or live performances of “Hotel California” by the Eagles, or live performances from Genesis (their drummer Phil Collins took over as lead singer after Peter Gabriel’s departure, although Phil no longer drums these days due to various health issues).

[@pantsahoy]

Umm Karen Carpenter????

[@James-gn6ru]

The drum is the most important instrument in a band.

[@peterzagar-oi9hl]

😂❤

[@TheBarbydahl]

I practiced spelling Saturday with this song for a spelling test!! Love it 💕 Ontario Canada ✌️🤘🇨🇦

[@shanemiller7697]

Bay City Rollers should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame.

[@pattimccord6372]

I'm 56 and remember this song I'm grade school, those days were so innocent. How can 400 people not like this song shame on them!

[@valentincavazzos4420]

Patti it was innocent cause parents never mistreated their kids not let them do what they want they were punished properly without mistreating their kids not even one bit now parents only know how to make a baby not a child

[@impact1]

The golden era of music. No social media, just fantastic music! Best of times.

[@ocic_otnemirepxE]

Dude, you can give some credit to the social media for helping the unknown musicians with the free publicity (my English isn't the best but i hope you understand me)

[@MsLogjam]

My first rock band crush at age ten. My older sister ridiculed me half to death until I started listening to the Beatles, like her. Of course, the BCRs were heavily inspired by the Beatles, like a lot of groups. They could have been in for the long haul like the Beatles if not for that crooked pervert manager of theirs. He fancied himself a Scottish Brian Epstein but he was more of a Jimmy Savile.

[@asdasd-rp9hx]

this song kinda sucks though

[@joelbizzell1386]

90s was better. 😉​@@MsLogjam

[@MsLogjam]

@@joelbizzell1386 In many respects. Clothes and hairstyles were much cooler than in the seventies and there was definitely some good music going on.

[@Coolkid-o9l]

I was 8yrs old, living in Pacific Beach, CA when this came out and I remember it well. Brings back memories.

[@HenryHandy-wb6qm]

This song just popped in my head and it's now on repeat. LOVE the Scots!

[@cindywildhearted]

Rest in peace Les! Thanks for the music and the memories.

[@daddybeagleaz907]

God speed Les, you done good.

[@SuperSTARWARS4ever]

Hey-Y'all I'm soon to be 71 - and let's Rock to this GREAT SONG

[@gailcromie4476]

Oh Les.. thank you for the songs that made my teenage years. I loved you. Now your journey here on earth is over. Love you with all my heart.

[@christinecamarillo135]

I was born in 1965, these guys were plastered all over my bedroom walls, got me through my preteen and teenage years, broke my heart to hear about Les McKeown death so young 💔

[@soozshooz]

ME TOO!!! ❤️ same…💔

[@Nana-rk2xn]

Me too, I'm 60 years old

[@tracyrobillard7431]

Me too!! I am 57, can't believe I still remember all of their full names too. I had it BAD for these guys!!!😍💕💃

[@tswinth3018]

Same here, loved their music and still do!

[@lisas44]

Right there with you!

[@sandravalani359]

I am close to 60 years old soon and their's iS the first Album that I eVer bought!👍Whenever I was feelinG bummed out about the craziness on Our Precious Planet Earth...I would crank up thiS SonG and get back into my Joyful SpiRit as I knew that the Bay City Rollers were doinG their beSt to uplift Humanity!✌😍🙏😇🌹🌞🌹🌎🌍🌏☕🍵☕🍹🌴

[@SJM-657]

My dad showed me the video, I mean this video, in my mom's car. It was a amazing night and the song was fire🔥🔥🔥 I found it after I think 3 or 5 YEARS!!! Because I forgot the name somehow, what a great song🤘

[@sandravalani359]

@@SJM-657 ✌☕

[@strongdelusion9442]

It's not a "Planet" it's an enclosed eco-system, flat, with rivers, lakes, oceans, valleys and even shopping malls! 'What it's not is a spinning ball planet"! Write that down!

[@claudineriley6953]

When I was a teenager I seen these guys at the State Fair in Michigan, had alot of fun screaming and singing!!!

[@Kelly-nm4kw]

Hello Claudine, How are you doing?

[@marieprovencio9004]

Saw em in concert in Anaheim CA USA 1976

[@sharonmcgregor4792]

Still lovin their music...70s live on forever...

[@joywood4600]

Music was so much better then. Much happier

[@shuroom57]

The bass line in the chorus.....simple but gorgeous.

[@zarniwoop4782]

Not ashamed to Admit I loved this group!

[@chevyman1722]

Man what a treasure of a song...I remember this coming on the radio in my old ‘67 impala on my 1st day driving to high school in Columbus Ohio....

[@Prtyh]

I cannot believe it. Another nail in the coffin of my youth. RIP Les.

[@dawnschoeller788]

Man, I loved this song when I was a kid! ❤❤❤

[@PaulMcElveen]

I was born in the late fall of 1978. Classic Musical Group! Classic Recording! Classic Song! Classic Video!

[@understandingitall3927]

I love this song!!! I blast it when I leave work on Saturday nights...

[@aarongoldstein7614]

Saturday night will never be the same. R.I.P. Les McKeown

[@margaretsmyth6115]

RIP from Belfast. U were the best.

[@sueCollins]

All over my bedroom walls back in the day. RIP Les. 😞

[@jonogren5567]

I had Samantha Fox on my walls. 😂😂🤣🤣

[@drBCRfan]

Had Les, and rest of Rollers, up on my walls and drove my folks wild with playing their Scottish songs.

[@christinewalker3077]

Me too! My preteen angst! I had a huge crush on Derek and my friend had one on Les. Such simpler times back then.

[@rogertemple7193]

Most of the fans of the Bay City Rollers were teenage females but I kinda liked them especially Saturday Night and thanks for the Classic Rock and Roll. 🎶🎤🎸🎸🎹🥁🎶

[@karinporter9849]

Anyone listening in 2024?

[@milwaukeedarrell]

Reminiscing..yeah right!

[@MM-ji5je]

Of course!

[@pedroCruz-v2f]

Yeah!!!!👍👍👍👍

[@laurachastain7116]

Yes! ❤

[@Robban.D.Jonsson.]

Yup

[@AL-jj3]

My 5th grade teacher started playing this song randomly so 10 years later I decided to listen to it again and I love it. Also, he got diagnosed with cancer a year ago and I felt the need to listen.

[@jackthompson391]

The 1970's. When music was fun...and fantastic!

[@kurtp8833]

I would say this is funny, but not fun. And, certainly not fantastic unless your 12.

[@karenbenavente1124]

Yeah you got that right! 😄💓

[@stevearkie5722]

Bay city rollers best song .

[@rebelwalzt]

@@kurtp8833 I would agree, The 1970's, when this record was 1st released had Fun & Fantastic music, if You Liston To What The Man Said.. But i don't think this was one of em' However. It did reach #1 on the U.S.

[@tuners7346]

@@kurtp8833 Haha 😆

[@karenvanhoose9127]

When I was in 7&8 grade. There was four of us that was totally crazy for the B.C.R. we was always dressed like them, didn't care if anyone liked it, we was in our own little world...we still remember the songs, the outfits, where we were when certain songs came out..like it was yesterday...thank you for the great and silly teenagers from across the sea....they still put smiles on our faces and a tingle in our heart...

[@zachsmith3]

This comment hits hard. Makes me think of carefree middle school days listening to bubblegum music of the time and wearing what you want.

[@dwaynecregut3612]

Sure miss those days 🙂😉

[@ScottRandolph-dd7dr]

🎉 Retro music greetings from coastal Mississippi. Man, how l loved Bay City Rollers back in the 70's. This song made my Saturday night 😂

[@dianejohnson9904]

2021, this is still a fun, catchy song. I love it!

[@高谷弘-g4s]

懐かしい🎵🎶🎵🎶👍

[@bobpeterman7613]

Bay City rollers. I loved that band when I was younger & still do.

[@scneese64]

If this doesn't cheer you up I don't know what to tell ya!! I was so in love with them in 1976!!! LOL

[@barbaranorton2122]

Me too, was very sad when I read their history decades later. Alan Longmuir just died last year. May he Rest In Peace. The others are still very active but had all their money from this time stolen.

[@JDM_RB26_2Jz]

1995 here.. both my parents are in their 70s, i was blessed to grow up listening to this & the beach boys

[@doray-qt8mi]

Les, The world without you is very empty ... I'm lonely ...

[@KurtWal1]

I was a senior in high school when this song exploded in the U.S. Fond memories. RIP Les.

[@flipflopsguy8868]

I'm here because another small part of my somewhat happy youth is gone. But the 🎶 music 🎶 plays on 🎶 !

[@genevacrain7317]

I remember being a kid and going roller skating at the local skating rink - they played this song a lot - it had a great rhythm to skate to.

[@barbaraflores3506]

Love watching Les, play drums, in this video! XO

[@barbiepatterson9374]

The music of The Bay City Rollers fortunately will live on forever! Les McKeown was my favorite Bay City Roller. But he and his beautiful singing voice will never be forgotten.

[@jamesspeed5172]

Les McKeown has passed away.. hard to reconcile the young men I remember from this group to the 65 year old who is now with the Lord.

[@cocoaorange1]

Time is a thief!

[@anthonybuxton978]

I remember this song!! brings back memories

[@partgard1]

ALL BAD!

[@lloydkline3265]

Love this song

[@SPORTSNUTIM]

After all these years, still loving it!

[@ronaldnock9666]

Love this song!

[@mayloo2137]

High school 1976-79. Love the boys in tartan, and this was my favorite song. Sing it loud and proud: S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night. Pump you fist.

[@kaymuldoon3575]

I’m the same age as you…and I remember this song so well back in the day…great memories 💕

[@williamgmeniano]

✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊

[@CyberSERT]

This was how I learned to spell "Saturday" when I was in 1st grade.

[@ronmiller8804]

Sane here !!!!

[@mandyburke6921]

Same😂❤

[@kathleenprice9694]

i was one of those tartan clad youths who ran around in short tartan trousers and ankle high pumps i remember it well wow what a blast from the past

[@tracycollins1327]

Me too Kahtleen ...memories aye...

[@bpkliveproductions]

Oh I know the girls loooooved them! I was only 5 when it came out, so a little before my time, but I remember a couple friend's older sisters wearing those briefly (the tartan wear) around 76. By that time though, they were yesterday's news. Shawn Cassidy and Andy Gibb were the new ones. I'm American, but many girls wore the tartans here, though not nearly as much I'm sure than in Britain. I didn't even know they were Scottish until many many years later.

[@kenbray5682]

Floods lol...

[@steveszetela8715]

Head ! Move ! The soccer games about to begin ! Mike Myers " So I married an axe murderer". Lol 😄

[@Cjnw]

They are Scottish - so plaid would be expected

[@dianagerding8541]

RIP Les!!!! Hours of awesome music back in the 70’s!!!! Dancing to Bay City songs 💙💔💙💔💙💔💙💔💙💔

[@松本文子-f1l]

I waked up to be confoteble in Kumamoto city, Japan! Thanks you. Good luck!. Your welcome.

[@松本文子-f1l]

My papa is American and my mama is harf of chinese and Japanese. I am chinese and American. See you!

[@johngluck6938]

This song makes me want to roller skate!

[@ptsigas]

went from Whigfield to this amazing song! No complaints here - always awesome to discover new old whatever - great song!

[@bluebonnetjasmine969]

Still love this song after all these years.

[@1pupusa]

1976 forever! RIP Les.

[@lianarock2556]

Dancing in the streets to the BCRs when ever radio one played their songs .so proud off you guys for the great music and great memories you gave us all .R.I.P les .

[@Andrei613]

I remember Dave Boxer's Saturday night CJFM radio show always starting with this fun track. And, Hockey Night In Canada used a version of this song as an intro to the Saturday night broadcast.

[@joshliam1967]

Is it one of the greatest pop songs of all time? Yes. Have I listened to it a hundred times since hearing it in high school? Also yes.

[@susansample1125]

This was the song that made me fall in love with them.

[@PaulMcElveen]

Very Handsome and Extremely Talented Singers and Musicians!

[@floydbranson9226]

I was still in high school when this song came out , and all these years later it sounds just as it did when it first played on the radio .

[@lorrainescully]

Thank goodness I had the 70s

[@ClaryPrince-zw9mt]

Yess We Did,, Tha Best Music 🎶 ~Television ~ and most Everything Else Dear ~ ⚘️😉⚘️

[@josephsanangelo]

Great band! Great times! Rest now in peace over yonder esteemed gent Les McKeown. May your family know how very much his fans pray you are loved, consoled and supported through his loss.

[@michaelclyburn5858]

This song makes me feel happy. It’s from my childhood but all these years later it just makes me feel great. Fantastic song man.

[@megamizinnko]

中一の頃、英語の授業で毎時間歌ったな〜✨ 最初の掛け声のところに、いろんな曜日を当てはめて、おかげでスペルを覚えられた！！！笑

[@johnhewlett525]

You set Edinburgh alight Les ..RIP...then you set the world alight .....never be another Les ....sleep well pal xxxx

[@JonnyHolms]

One of my favorites, I will never forget the rollers!!!! Bay City Rollers that is.

[@jolantarybinska7228]

Tańczyłam jak szalona przy ich muzyce w latach 70., od lat słucham ich na płytach CD, a dopiero dziś wyszukałam ich na KZbin i po raz pierwszy widzę ich na filmie. Czy ktoś w to uwierzy? Wspaniały zespół!

[@DavidSush1]

Great childhood memories. Thanks, Les. R.I.P.