"Tonight Again" is a song by Australian recording artist

Guy Sebastian Guy Theodore Sebastian (born 26 October 1981) is an Australian singer and songwriter who was the winner of the first ''Australian Idol'' in 2003, judge on Australia's '' The X Factor'' from 2010 to 2012 and again from 2015 to 2016, and coach ...

. The song represented

Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 Australia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 by invitation from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) as a "one-off" special guest to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Eurovision. The country participated with the song " Tonight Again" wr ...

. It premiered on 16 March 2015, before the Eurovision entry deadline and it was released as a single on digital platforms on 7 April. The song was co-written and recorded by Sebastian specifically for the

Eurovision Song Contest 2015 The Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was the 60th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Vienna, Austria, following the country's victory at the with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix" by Conchita Wurst. Organised by the European Broa ...

in only a week. "Tonight Again" appears as the final track on the European edition of Sebastian's eighth studio album, '' Madness''. A Swedish version of the song titled "Du och jag igen" was performed by Gina Dirawi and

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on 27 February 2016 during an interval act as part of the Swedish process for selecting its Eurovision Song Contest entry, Melodifestivalen.

Background and composition

At a press conference held at the

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on 5 March 2015, it was announced that the Australian public broadcaster,

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(SBS), had internally selected

to represent Australia at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. On 16 March, Sebastian's song for the Eurovision Song Contest was officially revealed online by SBS through the release of a music video for "Tonight Again". The song was written within a week by Sebastian specifically for the Eurovision Song Contest. He collaborated with fellow songwriters

David Ryan Harris David Ryan Harris (born April 19, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Harris moved to Atlanta at a young age. Harris has had a varied career as a mus ...

and

Louis Schoorl Louis Schoorl (born 23 December 1976) is a Dutch-born Australian songwriter, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Career Based in Sydney, Australia, Schoorl has written or produced for 5 Seconds of Summer, Taylor Henderson, Jessica Ma ...

who he had previously worked with on other projects. On the choice of the song, Sebastian said, "When it came time to decide on a song, I thought since I had a couple of days off in Australia I would try and write something new. But if I was to record a new song I wanted it to be homegrown and organic with my band in my studio. Truly, we jumped in the studio and let it happen because I wanted to write something fun! We all have moments you don't want to end and you wish you could live those moments every day so I wanted to write a song about that feeling. I am sure that is how I am going to feel when I am in Vienna performing."

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Guy Sebastian songs Eurovision songs of Australia Eurovision songs of 2015 2015 songs 2015 singles Songs written by Guy Sebastian Songs written by Louis Schoorl Songs written by David Ryan Harris Columbia Records singles Sony Music singles {{2015-single-stub