Tonight Tonight (Bill Champlin song)

"Tonight Tonight"
Single by Bill Champlin
from the album Runaway
B-side	"Without You"
Released	December 1981
Recorded	1981
Genre	Soft rock
Length	3:53
Label	Elektra
Songwriters	Bill Champlin David Foster Raymond Louis Kennedy
Producer	David Foster
Bill Champlin singles chronology
"What Good Is Love" (1978) "Tonight Tonight" (1981) "Sara" (1982)

"Tonight Tonight" is a single by American singer-songwriter Bill Champlin. It was released on Elektra Records as the lead single from his second studio album, Runaway .

On December 26, 1981, it debuted at No. 85 on the Billboard Hot 100. ^[1] On January 30, 1982, it reached its peak at No. 55.

Background and writing

"Tonight Tonight" was written by Champlin, producer David Foster, and Raymond Louis Kennedy. It was originally based on a song by the latter songwriter, which was titled "My Everlasting Love". Champlin also performs background vocals on the track by Kennedy.

Personnel

• Bill Champlin – lead vocals, backing vocals, arrangements, string arrangements
• David Foster – arrangements backing vocals, keyboards,
• Jay Graydon – guitar
• Abraham Laboriel – bass
• Larry Tolbert – drums
• Humberto Gatica – percussion
• Gary Herbig – tenor saxophone
• Jerry Hey – flugelhorn
• Harry Bluestone – concertmaster
• Richard Page – backing vocals
• Venette Gloud – backing vocals

Charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100 [2]	55
US Cashbox Top 100 Singles [3]	69

References

1. "Billboard". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 26, 1981. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved December 14, 2025.
2. "Tonight Tonight – Bill Champlin (Single)". elpee.jp. Retrieved December 14, 2025.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996 . Sheridan Books, Inc. ISBN   978-0-89820-209-0.