I'd Really Love to See You Tonight
| "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 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 2:42 | |||
| 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 was a hit by England Dan & John Ford Coley from their 1976 album Nights Are Forever. It eventually peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks, behind Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music" and #1 on the Easy Listening chart.[1] Billboard ranked it as the #21 song for 1976.[2] It reached #26 in the official UK chart
Dan Seals, the "England Dan" half of the duo, re-recorded the song in 1995 in an acoustic country music style.
Chart history
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Other cover versions
- 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".
- 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.
In popular culture
- The band performed the song on the 1977 NBC teen drama series James at 15 in the episode "The Blowout" during the school dance scene.
- In the 1996 action thriller film The Long Kiss Goodnight starring Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson, Jackson's character hears the song on the car radio while driving and starts to sing the chorus as "I'm not talking 'bout the linens...", instead of "I'm not talking 'bout moving in", and Davis's character then promptly corrects his mondegreen.
- In the 2013 comedy film Anchorman 2, the song is briefly featured in a scene where Ron Burgundy (played by Will Ferrell) revisits his divorced wife Veronica Corningstone (played by Christina Applegate) and his son Walter just as he is approaching the door of their apartment in New York City with a gift for Walter.
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 86.
- ↑ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1976
- ↑ "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
- ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Missing or empty
|url=(help) - ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Missing or empty
|url=(help) - ↑ Recorded Music New Zealand, 27 September 1976
- ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 86.
- ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 18, 1976
- ↑ "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- ↑ Musicoutfitters.com
- ↑ Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1976
- ↑ Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 1976
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