Tonight's the Night (Little Birdy song)

"Tonight's the Night"
Single by Little Birdy
from the album BigBigLove
Released29 November 2004
GenreIndie rock
Length3:44
LabelEleven
Songwriter(s)K. Steele, M. Chequer
Producer(s)Paul McKercher
Little Birdy singles chronology
"'Beautiful to Me'"
(2004) 		"Tonight's the Night"
(2004) 		"'Excited'"
(2005)

"Tonight's the Night" is the second single from Little Birdy's debut album BigBigLove and was released 29 November 2004 by Eleven and distributed by Virgin/EMI.[1][2][3] The song appeared at No. 76 on the ARIA Singles Chart Top 100.[4] Like the other tracks on the album it was produced by Paul McKercher at Big Jesus Burger Studios and mixed at Studios 301.

The single's title track proves Katy Steele's knack for penning Bacharach-esque hooks is undeniable .. they sound classic but not retro.[5]

The main thing that I wanted to do with this record was to have as much classic, memorable melody as possible. The songs are all based on feelings and emotion, for each song had a particular vision"

— Katy Steele 2004.[6]

"Tonight's the Night" features the addition of a fifth member, guitarist and keyboardist Fergus Deasy (touring guitarist with Eskimo Joe).[7] Accompanying the single is two remixes of Losing You and a demo of Forever - the original versions of which both appear on BigBigLove.[7] The Blurb's Evan Alexander, described the song as "a fair offering from this newly hyped Perth four piece [and its] jingle jangle chords punctuate a stuttered intro before Katy Steele’s breathy vocal kick the forefront in".[8] In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, guitarist, Simon Leach, describes the song as old school with a 1980s influence.

"Tonight's the Night" has got that really '80s pop thing, with the keys and the arpeggios.

— Simon Leach, October 2004[9]

"Tonight's the Night" reached No. 78 on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 2004.[10]

  1. ^ "Archived Australasian Releases - November 2004". ARIA. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Tonight's the Night". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Little Birdy - Tonight's the Night". Australian Music Online. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
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  5. ^ "Tonight's the Night". Australian Music Online. Australian Council for the Arts. Archived from the original on 21 November 2005. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Guest programmers & specials - Little Birdy". rage. ABC1. 20 November 2004. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  7. ^ a b "Little Birdy - Tonight's The Night". FasterLouder.com.au. 4 January 2005. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  8. ^ Alexander, Evan. "Little Birdy – "Tonight's the Night"". The Blurb (50). Archived from the original on 6 February 2005. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  9. ^ "Fight or flight". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 October 2004. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  10. ^ "Triple j Hottest 100 - 2004". Triple j. Retrieved 10 August 2011.