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`` The First Big Weekend '' is a song by Scottish indie rock band Arab Strap .. Arab Strap. Arab Strap ( band ). Scottish. Scotland. indie rock. indie rock. It was first released as a 7 '' single limited to 700 copies , then later on Arab Strap 's debut album , The Week Never Starts Round Here , both released in 1996 on Chemikal Underground .. Arab Strap. Arab Strap ( band ). The Week Never Starts Round Here. The Week Never Starts Round Here. Chemikal Underground. Chemikal Underground. The song received a large amount of airplay on BBC Radio One 's Evening Session show .. BBC Radio One. BBC Radio One. The show 's host , DJ Steve Lamacq , has described the song as the ` best of the decade and also ` the most perfect pop song ever ' .. Steve Lamacq. Steve Lamacq. The song was used in a commercial for the drink Guinness .. commercial. Advertising. Guinness. Guinness. The First Big Weekend is , for the most part , a monologue spoken by Aidan Moffat while bandmate Malcolm Middleton plays guitar and a drum machine accompanies .. monologue. monologue. Aidan Moffat. Aidan Moffat. Malcolm Middleton. Malcolm Middleton. drum machine. drum machine. The lyrics revolve around the events of a weekend , including going out to clubs and bars , watching international football and The Simpsons and trying to pick up girls .. clubs. Nightclub. bars. Bar ( establishment ). international football. association football. The Simpsons. Another Simpsons Clip Show. Towards the end of the song Malcolm begins to sing the lines `` Went out for the weekend , it lasted forever / got high with our friends , it 's officially summer '' ; these are the only sung words in the song .. A rework of the song was released in 2016 to celebrate its 20th anniversary .. The rework was produced by Miaoux Miaoux .. Miaoux Miaoux. Miaoux Miaoux