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Tonight It's You
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Wikipedia article
"'Tonight It's You'" is a song by American rock band Cheap Trick, which was released in 1985 as the lead single from their eighth studio album 'Standing on the Edge'. It was written by Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Jon Brant and Mark Radice, and produced by Jack Douglas. "Tonight It's You" reached No. 44 on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100 and No. 8 on the 'Billboard' Top Rock Tracks Chart.
"Tonight It's You" was released by Epic Records in the US, Canada, Europe, Australia and Japan. For its release as a single, a remixed and edited version of the LP version of "Tonight It's You" was created.
Promotion
A music video was filmed to promote the single, which was directed by Just Jaeckin and produced by Joey Nardelli. It achieved heavy rotation on MTV.Billboard magazine - MTV Programming - September 21, 1985 - page 36 The band also performed both "Tonight It's You" and "Little Sister" on the US TV show 'Nighttime', hosted by Dick Clark.
Critical reception
Upon release, 'Billboard' described the song as "power pop produced to Who-ish proportions".Billboard magazine - Reviews - July 27, 1985 - page 65 In a review of the album, 'Rolling Stone' commented: ""Tonight It's You" is gorgeous Top Forty mischief, reminiscent of the Raspberries' 1973 neo-operatic nugget, "Overnight Sensation". Zigzagging through the Sixties British Invasion like a runaway train, Cheap Trick plows into Rubber Soul folk-pop, jingle-jangle Merseybeat and orchestral guitar metal recalling the Move's classic 1970 album, 'Shazam'. Cascading acoustic guitars decorate axeman Rick Nielsen's wall of monster fuzz while singer Robin Zander wails in front of sheetmetal harmonies. The cumulative effect is like three or four hit songs vacuum-packed into one."
In a retrospective review of the album, Mike DeGagne of AllMusic described the song as "silvery-sounding" and the "only highlight" from 'Standing on the Edge'. 'Billboard', in a review of the 1996 compilation 'Sex, America, Cheap Trick' described the song as a "Beatlesque gem". John M. Borack, in his 2007 book 'Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Power Pop Guide', included "Tonight It's You" as one of Cheap Trick's best twenty songs. He stated: "Sure, it sounds a bit dated now and seems, in retrospect, to have been a calculated effort to get the boys back on the pop charts in '85... but still, that chorus... heavenly, I tell ya. Zander sings it like he means it, too."
Track listing
;7" single
#"Tonight It's You" (Single Re-Mix/Edit) - 3:30
#"Wild Wild Women" - 4:14
;7" Single (US promo)
#"Tonight It's You" (Single Re-Mix/Edit) - 3:30
#"Tonight It's You" (Single Re-Mix/Edit) - 3:30
;12" single (UK release)
#"Tonight It's You (Album Version)" - 4:47
#"Wild Wild Women" - 4:14
#"I Want You to Want Me" - 3:09
#"If You Want My Love" - 3:35
;12" Single (US promo)
#"Tonight It's You" - 4:19
#"Tonight It's You" (Single Re-Mix/Edit) - 3:30
Chart performance
Personnel
;Cheap Trick
* Robin Zander - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
* Rick Nielsen - lead guitar, backing vocals
* Jon Brant - bass, backing vocals
* Bun E. Carlos - drums, percussion
;Additional personnel
* Jack Douglas - producer
* Mark Radice - additional keyboards, backing vocals
* Paul Klingberg - keyboards, recording engineer
* Tony Platt - mixing
References
Category:1985 songs
Category:1985 singles
Category:Cheap Trick songs
Category:Epic Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Jack Douglas (record producer)
Category:Songs written by Rick Nielsen
Category:Songs written by Robin Zander
Category:Songs written by Jon Brant
Category:Songs written by Mark Radice
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