"Save Tonight" is a song by Swedish rock musician Eagle-Eye Cherry and the lead single from his 1997 debut album, Desireless. It is the album's opening track and gained substantial radio success, reaching #3 in Ireland, #5 in the US, #6 in the UK, and #2 in Cherry's native Sweden. "Save Tonight" is considered the signature song of Eagle-Eye Cherry.
The track was featured on the video game Karaoke Revolution and in the movie A Lot Like Love.
[edit] Music video
The monochrome video for the song features Cherry playing different characters and seeing the story from different perspectives. At first, he is a man getting ready for a date by buying some roses and a bottle of wine at a deli. He then tells the butcher "goodbye" and the camera reveals that the butcher is in fact Cherry himself. A robber wearing a ski mask then comes along and takes the money out of the cash register. As he leaves, however, he is run over by a pickup truck, and as bystanders help him up, he is revealed to be Cherry, as is the driver in the truck. Another Cherry is seen playing a guitar and another is a bum on the street. The "first" Cherry appears once again at the end of the video, walking to the home of his date (again, Cherry, dressed in drag). The video presents itself as being one continuous take.
[edit] Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Save Tonight".
- "Save Tonight" - 3:55
- "Conversation" - 4:55
- "Save Tonight" - 3:55
- "Save Tonight" (Bacon & Quarmby remix) - 3:36
- "Conversation" - 4:55
- "Save Tonight" (radio edit) - 3:59
- "Save Tonight" (Bacon & Quarmby remix) - 3:36
- "Conversation" - 4:53
- "Save Tonight" (video) - 3:09
[edit] Charts
[edit] Peak positions
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| Chart (1998)[3] |
Peak
position |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 |
3 |
| U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks |
8 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |
5 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream |
1 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks |
1 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Recurrents |
1 |
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[edit] End of year charts
| End of year chart (1999) |
Position |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] |
22 |
[edit] E.M.D. version
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In 2010 Swedish boy band E.M.D. released a cover version of "Save Tonight" as the first single from their sophomore studio album Rewind. Released first through digital stores such as iTunes on May 28, the single received a physical release on June 16.
[edit] Music Video
The music video was released on June 8, 2010 online. The three of them were singing through live stream.[5]
[edit] Track listing
- "Save Tonight" - 3:35
- "Save Tonight" - 3:35
[edit] Chart performance
The single debuted at #5 on the Swedish singles chart, becoming E.M.D.'s sixth top 5 single. The next week it made a big fall to #39 and continued its decline on the chart the following weeks. However, it later re-entered the chart at a new peak position of #3.[6]
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