The First Big Weekend

"The First Big Weekend"
Single by Arab Strap
from the album The Week Never Starts Round Here
B-side"Gilded"
Released1996 (UK)
RecordedMCM Studios
Hamilton, Scotland
GenreIndie rock, post-rock, spoken word
Length4:52
LabelChemikal Underground
CHEM009 (UK, 7")
Songwriter(s)Aidan Moffat
Malcolm Middleton
Producer(s)Paul Savage
Arab Strap singles chronology
"The First Big Weekend"
(1996)
"The Smell of Outdoor Cooking"
(1996)

"The First Big Weekend" is a song by Scottish indie rock band Arab Strap. 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.