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All Night Long (Joe Walsh song)

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"All Night Long"
Single by Joe Walsh
from the album Urban Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
B-side"Orange Blossom Special/Hoedown"
ReleasedMay 1980
GenreHard rock
Length3:50 (Album version)
3:32 (Single version)
LabelFull Moon
Songwriter(s)Joe Walsh
Producer(s)Joe Walsh
Joe Walsh singles chronology
"Life's Been Good"
(1978)
"All Night Long"
(1980)
"A Life of Illusion"
(1981)

"All Night Long" is a song by Joe Walsh, the guitarist for the Eagles. It became one of Walsh's best charting singles. A live version of the song was included on the album Eagles Live (1980). It also appears in the soundtrack to the film Urban Cowboy (1980).

Critical reception

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Billboard described the work of Joe Walsh as a "wailing through the rocker that has a subtle country rock flavor", praised the guitar and a vocal performance.[1] Cash Box said that Walsh plays "red hot guitar" and there is "plenty of power packed into the gut-grabbing chording."[2]

Background

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Unlike the other tracks on the film's soundtrack, it does not have much to do with country music—despite its reference to chewing tobacco: "Keep a-grinning 'til the weekend comes / Just a pinch between your cheek and gum."[3]

Chart performance

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Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Review: Joe Walsh — All Night Long" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 20. 17 May 1980. p. 68. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via American Radio History.
  2. ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. May 17, 1980. p. 18. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  3. ^ "Top 10 Joe Walsh Songs". Ultimateclassicrock.com. 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  4. ^ "All Night Long by Joe Walsh Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  5. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly". 2024-04-02.
  6. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly". 2024-04-02.
  7. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 8/02/80".
  8. ^ "Pop Singles" Billboard December 20, 1980: TIA-10
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