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"Save Tonight"
EagleEyeCherry - SaveTonight - SingleCover.jpg
Single by Eagle-Eye Cherry
from the album Desireless
B-side "Conversation"
Released7 October 1997 (1997-10-07)
Genre Alternative rock [1]
Length3:55
Label
Songwriter(s) Eagle-Eye Cherry
Producer(s) Adam Kviman
Eagle-Eye Cherry singles chronology
"Save Tonight"
(1997)		"When Mermaids Cry"
(1998)
Music video
"Save Tonight" on YouTube

"Save Tonight" is a song written and performed by Swedish rock musician Eagle-Eye Cherry, released on 7 October 1997 as the lead single from his debut album, Desireless (1997). It is the album's opening track and gained substantial radio success, reaching number three in Ireland, number five in the United States, number six in the United Kingdom, and number two in Cherry's native Sweden. "Save Tonight" was awarded the Rockbjörnen award in the "Swedish song of the year 1997" category. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Larry Flick of Billboard wrote, "With a voice mildly reminiscent of Seal, the lad gives "Save Tonight" a richly soulful edge that cuts through the track's shiny arrangement of strumming acoustic guitars and prickly electric licks. Beyond the single's well-crafted surface are vivid, storyteller lyrics that are smarter than what you'll typically find on radio. An excellent, commercially sound way of introducing the artist's sterling full-length debut, Desireless , this cut demands immediate modern and mainstream rock radio play—and perhaps even triple-A and eventually top 40 stations." [3] Scottish newspaper Daily Record felt that with the song, "late jazz legend Don's son and Neneh's brother is living up to his musical heritage." [4]

Music video

The monochrome music video for the song was filmed at Skånegatan 92-94 in Stockholm's Södermalm district from 9–10 September 1997, [5] and features Cherry playing different characters and seeing the story from different perspectives. Cherry prepares for a date by buying roses and a bottle of wine at a deli; he waves goodbye to the butcher, who proves to be another Cherry. A robber wearing tights over his head as a disguise (purchased in a nearby shop at the start of the video) enters the deli and takes money from he cash register; when he runs out, he is hit by a pickup truck. Both he and the driver are additional duplicates of Cherry, and two others appear as a man playing guitar and a homeless person sleeping on the sidewalk. The Cherry who entered the deli walks past and tosses some change to the latter before departing for his date. The video is edited to make it appear as a single continuous take.

Track listings

  1. "Save Tonight" – 3:55
  2. "Conversation" – 4:55
  1. "Save Tonight"
  2. "Save Tonight" (Bacon & Quarmby remix)
  3. "Conversation"
  4. "Save Tonight" (video)
  1. "Save Tonight"
  2. "Save Tonight" (Bacon & Quarmby remix)
  3. "Conversation"

Personnel

Personnel are lifted from the Desireless album booklet. [11]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [67] Gold35,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [68] Platinum90,000‡
Germany (BVMI) [69] Gold250,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [70] Gold25,000‡
Sweden (GLF) [71] Platinum30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [72] 2× Platinum1,200,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Sweden7 October 1997CDSuperstudio Blå [73]
United Kingdom15 June 1998
  • CD
  • cassette
 Polydor [74]
United States14 July 1998 Contemporary hit radio Work [75]

E.M.D. version

"Save Tonight"
Single by E.M.D.
from the album Rewind
Released2010
Length3:35
Label BMG
Songwriter(s) Eagle-Eye Cherry
E.M.D. singles chronology
"Välkommen hem"
(2009)		"Save Tonight"
(2010)		"What Is Love"
(2010)

In 2010, Swedish boy band E.M.D. released a cover version of "Save Tonight" as the first single from their second studio album, Rewind (2010). Released first through digital stores on 28 May, the single had a physical release on 16 June.

Track listing

  1. "Save Tonight" – 3:35

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [76] 3

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