I'd Really Love to See You Tonight

"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"
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"
ReleasedMay 1976
StudioStudio by the Pond, Hendersonville, TN
GenreSoft rock[1]
Length2:39
LabelBig Tree (US)
Atlantic (UK)
Songwriter(s)Parker McGee
Producer(s)Kyle Lehning
England Dan & John Ford Coley singles chronology
"Simone"
(1972)
"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"
(1976)
"Nights Are Forever Without You"
(1977)

"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

[edit]

Other cover versions

[edit]

The song appears in the Broadway musical Disaster!.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 86.
  3. ^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1976
  4. ^ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. May 29, 1976. p. 26. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  5. ^ "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  6. ^ "Top Singles" (PDF). RPM Magazine. 18 September 1976. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  7. ^ "MOR Playlist" (PDF). RPM Magazine. 4 September 1976. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  8. ^ "The Official New Zealand Music Chart". THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART.
  9. ^ "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
  10. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  11. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 18, 1976". Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1976/Top 100 Songs of 1976 | Music Outfitters". www.musicoutfitters.com.
  14. ^ "Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1976 - 45cat". www.45cat.com.
  15. ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 1976". Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  16. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  17. ^ a b "Reba McEntire Chart History: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
[edit]