Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)

For other songs of that title, see Tonight's the Night.

"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)"
Single by Rod Stewart
from the album A Night on the Town
B-side
  • "The Ball Trap" (UK)
  • "Fool for You" (US)
ReleasedMay 1976 (International)
September 1976 (US)
RecordedDecember 1975
Genre
Length3:56 (album version)
3:34 (edit)
LabelRiva (UK); Warner Bros. (US)
Songwriter(s)Rod Stewart
Producer(s)Tom Dowd
Rod Stewart singles chronology
"This Old Heart of Mine"
(1976) 		"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)"
(1976) 		"The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)"
(1976)
Music video
"Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)" on YouTube

"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" is a song written by Rod Stewart, and recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama for his 1976 album A Night on the Town. The song, controversial at the time of release, proved to be a massive commercial success and became his second US chart topper on the Billboard Hot 100. It made its debut at number 81 on 2 October 1976 and rose quickly, climbing from number eight to the top of the chart on 13 November 1976, and remained on top for eight consecutive weeks until 8 January 1977. It was the longest stay of any song during 1976, the longest run at the top for a single in the US in over eight years (since the Beatles’ "Hey Jude" in November 1968), and the longest stay at number one for Rod Stewart in his entire recording career, and the final number one of that year. The song also peaked at No. 5 in the UK, No. 1 for six weeks in Canada, No. 3 in Australia and charted well in other parts of the world. It was the number 1 song on both Billboard's 1977 year-end chart and the year-end Canadian singles chart. It became the best-selling single of 1977 in the United States. As of 2018, it is the 19th-most popular song in the history of the chart.[4]

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  2. ^ Breihan, Tom (23 February 2022). "The Number Ones: Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, & Sting's "All For Love". Stereogum. ...adult-contempo studio-pop with "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)"...
  3. ^ "The 10 Ickiest Soft-Rock Hits of the '70s - Oldies Music". Oldies.about.com. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  4. ^ "The Biggest Hits of All: The Hot 100's All-Time Top 100 Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 12 February 2019.