"Tonight" is a song recorded by

The Move The Move were a British Rock music, rock band formed in Birmingham in 1965. They scored nine Top 40, top 20 UK singles in five years, but were among the most popular British bands not to find any real success in the United States. For most of ...

and was written by

Roy Wood Roy Wood (born 8 November 1946) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He was particularly successful in the 1960s and 1970s as member and co-founder of the Move, Electric Light Orchestra and Wizzard. Wood formed the Move in 1965, and ...

originally for pop vocal group

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. Released in 1971, The Move's version was their first single release on the

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label, and charted at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. In Denmark, it charted at number seven. The song peaked at number 89 in Australia.

Jeff Lynne Jeffrey Lynne (born 30 December 1947) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is the co-founder and, latterly, sole member of the rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) which was formed in 1970. He has written all of ...

, who had joined the group the previous year, took lead vocal on the third verse. The single was issued in the US on

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. The

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reissue 45 was issued as the single for their 1972 ''

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'' compilation. ''

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'' said that "this cut from the ''

'' album should move up the charts with speed."

References

Song recordings produced by Roy Wood Song recordings produced by Jeff Lynne The Move songs 1971 singles Songs written by Roy Wood Harvest Records singles United Artists Records singles 1971 songs {{1970s-rock-song-stub