I'd Really Love to See You Tonight

"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" is a song written by Parker McGee and recorded by England Dan & John Ford Coley from their 1976 album Nights Are Forever. It eventually peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks, behind Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music" and No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart.^[1] Billboard ranked it as the No. 21 song for 1976.^[2] It also reached No. 26 on the UK Singles Chart.

"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"
Big Tree Records 1976 single cover
Single by England Dan & John Ford Coley
from the album Nights Are Forever
B-side	"It's Not the Same"
Released	May 1976
Studio	Studio by the Pond, Hendersonville, TN
Genre	Soft rock
Length	2:39
Label	Big Tree (US) Atlantic (UK)
Songwriter(s)	Parker McGee
Producer(s)	Kyle Lehning
England Dan & John Ford Coley singles chronology
"Simone" (1972) "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" (1976) "Nights Are Forever Without You" (1977)

Record World called it a "sparkling tune with its extraordinary melodic hook."^[3]

Dan Seals, the "England Dan" half of the duo, re-recorded the song in 1995 in an acoustic country music style for the album In a Quiet Room.

Chart history

Weekly charts Chart (1976) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)^[4] 25 Canada RPM Top Singles^[5] 5 Canada RPM Adult Contemporary^[6] 1 New Zealand (RIANZ)^[7] 15 UK Singles Chart (OCC)^[8] 26 US Billboard Hot 100^[9] 2 US Billboard Easy Listening^[1] 1 US Cash Box Top 100^[10] 4

Year-end charts Chart (1976) Rank Canada^[11] 67 US Billboard Hot 100^[12] 21 US Billboard Easy Listening ^[13] 2 US Cash Box^[14] 47 All-time charts Chart (1958-2018) Position US Billboard Hot 100^[15] 320

Other cover versions

• Dee Dee Sharp Gamble covered the song on her 1977 album What Color Is Love.
• Reba McEntire and Jacky Ward covered the song in 1978 as part of a double-sided single with "Three Sheets in the Wind".^[16] Their version reached number 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.^[16]
• Ian McShane covered the song on his 1992 album From Both Sides Now.
• Barry Manilow covered it on the 1996 album Summer of '78.
• Charlie McGettigan and Paul Harrington covered it on the album Rock 'n' Roll Kids.
• Lillo Thomas covered the song on this 2010 album Come and Get It.

The song appears in the Broadway musical Disaster!.

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 86.
2. Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1976
3. "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. May 29, 1976. p. 26. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
4. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
5. "Top Singles" (PDF). RPM Magazine. 18 September 1976. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
6. "MOR Playlist" (PDF). RPM Magazine. 4 September 1976. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
7. "The Official New Zealand Music Chart". THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART.
8. "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
9. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
10. . Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
11. . RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
12. "Top 100 Hits of 1976/Top 100 Songs of 1976 | Music Outfitters". www.musicoutfitters.com.
13. "Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1976 - 45cat". www.45cat.com.
14. . Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
15. "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
16. "Reba McEntire Chart History: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved October 19, 2021.

External links

• Lyrics of this song
• England Dan & John Ford Coley - I'd Really Love to See You Tonight on YouTube