Overview
The Weekend Whip is the original version of the theme song for Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu, performed by The Fold. It was used in the intro for the first two seasons and in the credits from the pilot episodes through most of the fourth season.
An early version of the song—the 2011 demo sung by The Fold's Dan Castady—was used from "Way of the Ninja" through "The Snake King," though it remained unreleased until years later. An updated version mixed by Chris-Lord Alge, released in 2011 and titled the Chris-Lord Alge mix in its 2012 re-release, was used from "Tick Tock" through "The Forgotten Element."[note 1]
Lyrics
Lyrics[]
It's time for training and we're getting started - it's on, you know
And we wanna see you whip and shout it - we rock, you roll
They say, go slow
And everything just stands so still
We say, go go!
We're ready for the fight, we know the drill
Monday morning and we feel defeated, seems so long ago
Tuesday's comin' we just keep on beatin'
'Till we're in our zone
They say, go slow
And everything just stands so still
We say, go go!
You're gonna see us rip into it
We just jump up kick back whip around and spin
And then we jump back, do it again
Ninja! Go! Ninja! Go!
Come on, come on - we're gonna do it again
We just jump up kick back whip around and spin
And then we jump back, do it again
Ninja! Go! Ninja! Go!
Come on, come on - and do the Weekend Whip
Wednesday mornin' and we soon discover we gotta push our game
We slept through Thursday just to get it over
The whip's a day away!
They say, go slow!
And everything just stands so still
We say, go go!
You're gonna see us rip into it
We just jump up kick back whip around and spin
And then we jump back, do it again
Ninja! Go! Ninja! Go!
Come on, come on - we're gonna do it again
We just jump up kick back whip around and spin
And then we jump back, do it again
Ninja! Go! Ninja! Go!
Come on, come on - and do the Weekend Whip
Yeah! Yeah!
They say, no no! but we don't wanna sit around no more
We say, go go!
You're gonna see us rip into it
We just jump up kick back whip around and spin
And then we jump back, do it again
(And then we jump back do it again)
Ninja! Go! Ninja! Go!
Come on, come on - we're gonna do it again
We just jump up kick back whip around and spin
And then we jump back, do it again
Ninja! Go! Ninja! Go!
Come on, come on - and do the Weekend Whip
Ninja! Go! Ninja! Go!
Come on, come on - and do the Weekend Whip
(Jump up kick back whip around and spin)
Trivia
Trivia[]
- An even earlier demo version, sung by musical director Jeppe Riddervold, was recorded in 2010.
- One of the two demos was included on the bonus disk of The Complete Ninjago Discography of The Fold in 2018, and both were included on the Demos, Sketches and Rarities EP in 2023.
- In the music video for the song, the members of The Fold wear red, blue, black, and white, referencing the ninja's elemental colors. The video also features a young boy wearing green, referencing young Lloyd.
- The Fold wear the same clothing when they sing this song in "Green Destiny."
- The ninja dance to this song at the Ninjago Talent show in "The Royal Blacksmiths" and sing and dance to it in "True Potential." Kai sings part of it in "Master Class" and Cole plays it in his Earth Driller and sings along to it in "The Weekend Drill."
- An instrumental version of the song is heard in "Tick Tock" while the song itself is also heard in "The Art of the Silent Fist," "The Invitation," and "The Hatching." Dareth listens to the song with headphones while guarding Harumi in "The Weakest Link" and a civilian in his car can briefly be heard listening to it in "Papergirl."
- In the Japanese version of "The Surge," Kai hums the song in the shower.[2]
- Catallica performs the song at the ninja's request in the Ninjago Magazine comic, Face the Music!.
- In The LEGO Ninjago Movie when Lord Garmadon calls Lloyd on his phone, his ringtone is The Weekend Whip.
- Since Lloyd was a part of the Season 2 intro, the song had to be slightly slowed down.
- This song, along with "Ten for Ninjago" and "We Are Ninjago," is one of the only songs to also be officially released in another language, that being German.
Videos
Videos[]
Notes
Notes[]
- ↑ Though different recordings, the demo version and the Chris Lord-Alge mix are considered the same song by this wiki due to their relative similarity compared to other versions of The Weekend Whip.