Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)

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"Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)"
Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me) - Rod Stewart.jpg
Single by Rod Stewart
from the album Tonight I'm Yours
B-side "Tora, Tora, Tora (Out With the Boys)"
Released2 October 1981 (UK) [1]
Recorded1981
Genre
Length4:09
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) Rod Stewart, Jim Cregan, Kevin Savigar
Producer(s) Jim Cregan, Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart singles chronology
"Gi' Me Wings"
(1981)
"Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)"
(1981)
"Young Turks"
(1981)
Music video
"Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)" on YouTube

"Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)" is a song by Rod Stewart, the title track of his 1981 album Tonight I'm Yours . It was one of three singles released from the album. The song was the lead single internationally except for the United States, where it was the follow-up to "Young Turks."

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Billboard called it an "uptempo, highly melodic outing" and praised Stewart's vocal and the song's hooks. [4] Record World said that "keyboard chimes and percolating percussion decorate the energetic dance beat." [5]

"Tonight I'm Yours" became an international Top 10 hit, peaking at number eight in the UK and number two in Canada. It reached the Top 20 in the U.S.

Personnel

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Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [24] Gold50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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