Easy Tonight

"Easy Tonight"
Single by Five for Fighting
from the album America Town
Released	September 18, 2000 (2000-09-18)
Genre	Rock
Length	4:08
Label	Columbia Aware
Songwriter(s)	John Ondrasik
Producer(s)	Gregg Wattenberg
Five for Fighting singles chronology
"Easy Tonight" (2000) "Superman (It's Not Easy)" (2001)

"Easy Tonight" is the debut single by American singer-songwriter Five for Fighting. It was released in September 2000 as the lead single from his second album America Town . It was re-released in March 2002 after the success of the album's second single, "Superman (It's Not Easy)".

Music video

The music video was directed by Nancy Bardawil and produced by Michael Pierce. It premiered on MTV, VH1 and MTV2 in March 2002.

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Easy Tonight"

Chart (2000–2002)	Peak position
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [1]	88
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [2]	20
US Adult Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [3]	1
US Adult Pop Airplay ( Billboard ) [4]	18

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Easy Tonight"

Chart (2001)	Position
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard) [5]	71
US Triple-A (Billboard) [6]	21

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United States	September 18, 2000	Rock radio	Columbia Aware	[7]
	March 4, 2002	Hot adult contemporary radio		[8]
Australia	July 29, 2002	CD		[9]

References

1. "Five for Fighting – Easy Tonight" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
2. "Five for Fighting – Easy Tonight". Top 40 Singles.
3. "Five for Fighting Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
4. "Five for Fighting Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
5. "Most-Played Adult Top 40 Songs of 2001". Airplay Monitor . Vol. 9, no. 51. December 21, 2001. p. 54.
6. "America's Best: 2001 – Most-Played Triple-A Songs". Airplay Monitor. Vol. 9, no. 51. December 21, 2001. p. 45.
7. "Upcoming New Releases". Hits . Vol. 14, no. 711. September 15, 2000. p. 57.
8. "Going for Adds". Radio & Records . No. 1442. March 1, 2002. p. 35.
9. "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 29nd July 2002" (PDF). ARIA. July 29, 2002. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2008. Retrieved March 8, 2025.