“IT’S TOTALLY A party song, there’s no question about it,” Loverboy guitarist Paul Dean says about the Canadian group’s anthemic 1981 hit “Working for the Weekend.” Although they made their U.S. chart breakthrough with their 1980 self-titled debut album, it wasn’t until “Working for the Weekend” was released as the lead single from Loverboy’s second album, 1981’s Get Lucky, that the band became firmly entrenched in pop culture.
“It became clear to me that
