I'd Really Love to See You Tonight
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| "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" | ||||
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 Big Tree Records 1976 single cover | ||||
| Single by England Dan & John Ford Coley | ||||
| from the album Nights Are Forever | ||||
| B-side | "It's Not the Same" | |||
| Released | May 1976 | |||
| Studio | Studio by the Pond, Hendersonville, TN | |||
| Genre | Soft rock[1] | |||
| Length | 2:39 | |||
| Label | Big Tree (US) Atlantic (UK) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Parker McGee | |||
| Producer(s) | Kyle Lehning | |||
| England Dan & John Ford Coley singles chronology | ||||
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"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" is a song written by Parker McGee and recorded by England Dan & John Ford Coley from their 1976 album Nights Are Forever. It eventually peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks, behind Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music" and No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart.[2] Billboard ranked it as the No. 21 song for 1976.[3] It also reached No. 26 on the UK Singles Chart.
Record World called it a "sparkling tune with its extraordinary melodic hook."[4]
Dan Seals, the "England Dan" half of the duo, re-recorded the song in 1995 in an acoustic country music style for the album In a Quiet Room.
Chart history
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Other cover versions
[edit]- Dee Dee Sharp Gamble covered the song on her 1977 album What Color Is Love.
- Reba McEntire and Jacky Ward covered the song in 1978 as part of a double-sided single with "Three Sheets in the Wind".[17] Their version reached number 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.[17]
- Ian McShane covered the song on his 1992 album From Both Sides Now.
- Barry Manilow covered it on the 1996 album Summer of '78.
- Charlie McGettigan and Paul Harrington covered it on the album Rock 'n' Roll Kids.
- Lillo Thomas covered the song on this 2010 album Come and Get It.
The song appears in the Broadway musical Disaster!.
References
[edit]- ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (July 17, 2000). "The Linen: Soft Rock". Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-312-19821-3.
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 86.
- ^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1976
- ^ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. May 29, 1976. p. 26. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- ^ "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
- ^ "Top Singles" (PDF). RPM Magazine. 18 September 1976. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "MOR Playlist" (PDF). RPM Magazine. 4 September 1976. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "The Official New Zealand Music Chart". THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART.
- ^ "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 18, 1976". Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ^ "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1976/Top 100 Songs of 1976 | Music Outfitters". www.musicoutfitters.com.
- ^ "Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1976 - 45cat". www.45cat.com.
- ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 1976". Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Reba McEntire Chart History: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
