I'd Really Love to See You Tonight

"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"
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
Studio	Studio by the Pond, Hendersonville, TN
Genre	Soft rock[1]
Length	2:39
Label	Big Tree (US) Atlantic (UK)
Songwriter(s)	Parker McGee
Producer(s)	Kyle Lehning
England Dan & John Ford Coley singles chronology
"Simone" (1972) "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" (1976) "Nights Are Forever Without You" (1977)

"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" is a song written by Parker McGee and recorded by England Dan & John Ford Coley from their 1976 album Nights Are Forever. It eventually peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks, behind Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music" and No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart.^[2] Billboard ranked it as the No. 21 song for 1976.^[3] It also reached No. 26 on the UK Singles Chart.

Record World called it a "sparkling tune with its extraordinary melodic hook."^[4]

Dan Seals, the "England Dan" half of the duo, re-recorded the song in 1995 in an acoustic country music style for the album In a Quiet Room.

Chart history

Weekly charts Chart (1976) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 25 Canada RPM Top Singles[6] 5 Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[7] 1 New Zealand (RIANZ)[8] 15 UK Singles Chart (OCC)[9] 26 US Billboard Hot 100[10] 2 US Billboard Easy Listening[2] 1 US Cash Box Top 100[11] 4

Year-end charts Chart (1976) Rank Canada[12] 67 US Billboard Hot 100[13] 21 US Billboard Easy Listening [14] 2 US Cash Box[15] 47 All-time charts Chart (1958-2018) Position US Billboard Hot 100[16] 320

Other 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".^[17] Their version reached number 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.^[17]
• 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.
• Teresa Carpio covered the song on her 1977 self-titled album.
• The song appears in the Broadway musical Disaster!.

References

1. Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (July 17, 2000). "The Linen: Soft Rock". Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-312-19821-3.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 86.
3. Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1976
4. "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. May 29, 1976. p. 26. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
5. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
6. "Top Singles" (PDF). RPM Magazine. 18 September 1976. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
7. "MOR Playlist" (PDF). RPM Magazine. 4 September 1976. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
8. "The Official New Zealand Music Chart". THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART.
9. "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
10. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
11. "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 18, 1976". Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
12. "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
13. "Top 100 Hits of 1976/Top 100 Songs of 1976 | Music Outfitters". www.musicoutfitters.com.
14. "Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1976 - 45cat". www.45cat.com.
15. "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 1976". Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
16. "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
17. "Reba McEntire Chart History: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved October 19, 2021.

External links

• Lyrics of this song
• England Dan & John Ford Coley - I'd Really Love to See You Tonight on YouTube