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| Released | February 11, 1983 | |||
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| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Liberty | |||
| Producer | Kenny Rogers, Lionel Richie, David Foster, Brent Maher, Randy Goodrum, James Carmichael | |||
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We've Got Tonight is the fourteenth studio album by American singer Kenny Rogers, released in 1983. It is also his last with Liberty Records before signing with RCA Records.
The title cut, a duet with Sheena Easton, was the debut single and became one of Rogers' signature hits, soaring to No. 1 on the country charts and No. 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart, reaching No. 6 on the Hot 100 chart. There were two other singles: "All My Life", which peaked at No. 13 on the country charts, though it fared at No. 3 in Canada, and "Scarlet Fever", which is lesser-known but still reached No. 5 and No. 4 in the US. and Canada, respectively.
The title of the album comes from its signature track, written by Bob Seger and originating from his album, Stranger in Town . By comparison with Rogers' version, Seger's only reached No. 13 on the Hot 100, making Rogers' version a higher-seller (at the time), five years after it was written.
"You Are So Beautiful" was written by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher and originally appears on the 1974 Preston album The Kids and Me .
Lionel Richie, who by now had been contributing a reasonable number of songs to Rogers, submitted the track "How Long" to this album.
The album hit No. 3 on the country chart and No. 18 on the main Billboard album chart. It attained Platinum status in both the United States and Canada.
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "We've Got Tonight" (with Sheena Easton) | Bob Seger | 3:49 |
| 2. | "Scarlet Fever" | Mike Dekle | 4:18 |
| 3. | "Farther I Go" | David MacKechnie, Kin Vassy | 3:27 |
| 4. | "No Dreams" | Randy Goodrum | 3:25 |
| 5. | "Bad Enough" | Dave Robbins, Jeff Silbar, Van Stephenson | 3:14 |
| 6. | "All My Life" | Robbins, Silbar, Stephenson | 3:49 |
| 7. | "How Long" | Lionel Richie | 3:51 |
| 8. | "Love, Love, Love" | Dick St. Nicklaus | 3:28 |
| 9. | "What I Learned from Loving You" | James Hooker, Russell Smith | 3:50 |
| 10. | "You Are So Beautiful" | Bruce Fisher, Billy Preston | 2:50 |
Weekly charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada) [8] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
| United States (RIAA) [9] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
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