2018 single by Brett Young
"Here Tonight" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Brett Young. It was released to radio on September 24, 2018 as the lead single to Young's second album Ticket to L.A. (2018). The song was written by Young, Ben Caver, Justin Ebach and Charles Kelley (of Lady Antebellum). "Here Tonight" gave Young his fourth consecutive number-one hit on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. It also peaked at numbers two and 42 on both the Hot Country Songs and Hot 100 charts respectively. The song was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and has sold 84,000 copies in the US as of April 2019. It achieved similar chart prominence in Canada, reaching number two on the Canada Country chart and number 72 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart. An accompanying music video for the song, directed by Jim Wright, features Young on a beach while various weather phenomena happen behind him, along with a couple's date being affected by a sudden rainstorm. For promotion, Young first performed the song live on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and would make later appearances on CMT Crossroads and the 2019 CMT Music Awards with Boyz II Men.
