"Save Tonight" | ||||
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Single by Eagle-Eye Cherry | ||||
from the album Desireless | ||||
B-side | "Conversation" | |||
Released | 7 October 1997 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock [1] | |||
Length | 3:55 | |||
Label | ||||
Songwriter(s) | Eagle-Eye Cherry | |||
Producer(s) | Adam Kviman | |||
Eagle-Eye Cherry singles chronology | ||||
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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]
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]
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.
Personnel are lifted from the Desireless album booklet. [11]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [67] | Gold | 35,000^ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [68] | Platinum | 90,000‡ |
Germany (BVMI) [69] | Gold | 250,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI) [70] | Gold | 25,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [71] | Gold | 30,000‡ |
Sweden (GLF) [72] | Platinum | 30,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [73] | 2× Platinum | 1,200,000‡ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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Sweden | 7 October 1997 | CD | Superstudio Blå | [74] |
United Kingdom | 15 June 1998 |
| Polydor | [75] |
United States | 14 July 1998 | Contemporary hit radio | Work | [76] |
"Save Tonight" | ||||
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Single by E.M.D. | ||||
from the album Rewind | ||||
Released | 2010 | |||
Length | 3:35 | |||
Label | BMG | |||
Songwriter(s) | Eagle-Eye Cherry | |||
E.M.D. singles chronology | ||||
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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.
Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [77] | 3 |
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