The Way I Feel Tonight

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"The Way I Feel Tonight"
The Way I Feel Tonight - Bay City Rollers.jpg
Single by Bay City Rollers
from the album It's a Game
B-side "Love Power" (US) "Don't Let the Music Die" (Japan)
ReleasedOctober 1977
Recorded1977
Genre Soft rock, pop
Length3:28
Label Arista
Songwriter(s) Harvey Shield
Producer(s) Harry Maslin
Bay City Rollers singles chronology
"You Made Me Believe in Magic"
(1977)
"The Way I Feel Tonight"
(1977)
"Don't Let the Music Die"
(1977)

"The Way I Feel Tonight" is a pop ballad by the Bay City Rollers from their 1977 album It's a Game . The tune, written by Harvey Shield, and featuring a lead vocal by Les McKeown, is a slow, dramatic ballad with a heavily orchestrated arrangement.

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The song was released as a 7" vinyl single in numerous territories, and had a peak position of No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [1] It was the Rollers' final charting US single, but was also their second and highest entry on the Adult Contemporary chart, where it peaked at No. 16.

Track listing

1. "The Way I Feel Tonight" - 3:28
2. "Love Power" - 3:35

Credits

Chart performance

Chart (1977-78)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)56
Canada RPM Top Singles23
New Zealand [2] 38
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [3] 24
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary [4] 16
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [5] 19

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References

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  2. Hung, Steffen. "charts.nz - Bay City Rollers - The Way I Feel Tonight". charts.nz. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
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  4. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 24.
  5. Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 14, 1978