Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)

"Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)"
Single by Rod Stewart
from the album Tonight I'm Yours
B-side"Tora, Tora, Tora (Out with the Boys)"
Released2 October 1981 (UK)[1]
Recorded1981
Genre
Length4:09
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Rod Stewart, Jim Cregan, Kevin Savigar
Producer(s)Jim Cregan, Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart singles chronology
"Gi' Me Wings"
(1981)
"Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)"
(1981)
"Young Turks"
(1981)
Music video
"Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)" on YouTube

"Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)" is a song by Rod Stewart, the title track of his 1981 album Tonight I'm Yours. It was one of three singles released from the album. The song was the lead single internationally except for the United States, where it was the follow-up to "Young Turks."

Billboard called it an "uptempo, highly melodic outing" and praised Stewart's vocal and the song's hooks.[4] Record World said that "keyboard chimes and percolating percussion decorate the energetic dance beat."[5]

"Tonight I'm Yours" became an international top 10 hit, peaking at number eight in the UK and number two in Canada. It reached the top 20 in the US.

  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 30.
  2. ^ "Rod Stewart – Tonight I'm Yours". Allmusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  3. ^ Lamb, Bill. "Top 10 Rod Stewart Hit Songs". About.com. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Top Single Picks". Billboard. 23 January 1982. p. 93. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. 23 January 1982. p. 1. Retrieved 2 March 2023.