Easy Tonight

"Easy Tonight"
Single by Five for Fighting
from the album America Town
ReleasedSeptember 2000
GenreRock
Length4:08
Label
Songwriter(s)John Ondrasik
Producer(s)Gregg Wattenberg
Five for Fighting singles chronology
"Easy Tonight"
(2000)
"Superman (It's Not Easy)"
(2001)

"Easy Tonight" is the debut single by American singer-songwriter Five for Fighting. It was released in September 2000 as the lead single from his second album America Town. It was re-released in March 2002 after the success of the album's second single, "Superman (It's Not Easy)".

Music video

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The music video was directed by Nancy Bardawil and produced by Michael Pierce. It premiered on MTV, VH1 and MTV2 in March 2002.

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for "Easy Tonight"
Chart (2000–2002) Peak
position
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[1] 88
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[2] 20
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[3] 1
US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[4] 18

Year-end charts

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Year-end chart performance for "Easy Tonight"
Chart (2001) Position
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[5] 71
US Triple-A (Billboard)[6] 21

References

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  1. ^ "Five for Fighting – Easy Tonight" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  2. ^ "Five for Fighting – Easy Tonight". Top 40 Singles.
  3. ^ "Five for Fighting Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
  4. ^ "Five for Fighting Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  5. ^ "Most-Played Adult Top 40 Songs of 2001". Airplay Monitor. Vol. 9, no. 51. December 21, 2001. p. 54.
  6. ^ "America's Best: 2001 – Most-Played Triple-A Songs". Airplay Monitor. Vol. 9, no. 51. December 21, 2001. p. 45.