"Tonight She Comes" is a 1985 song by American rock band the Cars from their Greatest Hits album. It was released as a single in October 1985, reaching number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1986.[1] The song reached number one on the Top Rock Tracks chart, where it stayed for three weeks.
"Tonight She Comes" was written by Cars singer and guitarist Ric Ocasek, who had originally intended to save the song for his solo career; however, the song was instead recorded as a standalone single. Ocasek recalled, "I was in the middle of recording my solo album and it was one of the songs I didn't use in the solo album at that point. That was like a one-off single that we just all came together and did."[2]
In the interview, Easton described the custom-made Kramer guitar used for the solo, and said the reason the solo was "so dense" was due to the four weeks spent recording the single, which allowed Easton ample time to compose it.[3] The title of the song is yet another Ocasek double entendre, although as Easton said, "It doesn't actually say that she reaches orgasm. It could mean that tonight she's coming over to make popcorn."[3]
Release and receptionedit
"Tonight She Comes" was the Cars' fourth and last Top 10 hit.[4] It was the first of two songs to be released as a single from their album of Greatest Hits. A remixed version of "I'm Not the One", previously recorded in 1981 for the album Shake It Up, was the second.[4] A music video was made, and was put into heavy rotation on MTV.[5]
Cash Box said that the song "captures the group’s technologically astute and emotionally problematic songwriting perspective."[6]AllMusic critic Greg Prato, in his review of Greatest Hits, described the track as "playful", while Tim Sendra, also of AllMusic, said in his review of The Essentials that the track (among the others on said album), was "definitely essential".[7][8]
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^"The Cash Box Year-End Charts: 1986 – Top 100 Pop Singles". Cash Box. December 27, 1986. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
January 01, 1970
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Tonight She Comes is a 1985 song by American rock band the Cars from their Greatest Hits album It was released as a single in October 1985 reaching number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1986 1 The song reached number one on the Top Rock Tracks chart where it stayed for three weeks Tonight She Comes Single by the Carsfrom the album Greatest HitsB side Just What I Needed ReleasedOctober 14 1985GenreNew waveLength3 52LabelElektraSongwriter s Ric OcasekProducer s The Cars Mike ShipleyThe Cars singles chronology Why Can t I Have You 1985 Tonight She Comes 1985 I m Not the One 1986 Music video Tonight She Comes on YouTube Contents 1 Background 2 Composition 3 Release and reception 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 5 ReferencesBackground edit Tonight She Comes was written by Cars singer and guitarist Ric Ocasek who had originally intended to save the song for his solo career however the song was instead recorded as a standalone single Ocasek recalled I was in the middle of recording my solo album and it was one of the songs I didn t use in the solo album at that point That was like a one off single that we just all came together and did 2 Composition editIt is a straightforward diatonic song in F major with a guitar solo by Cars guitarist Elliot Easton The solo was transcribed by Steve Vai in the February 1986 issue of Guitar Player magazine as the centerpiece to an interview with Easton In the interview Easton described the custom made Kramer guitar used for the solo and said the reason the solo was so dense was due to the four weeks spent recording the single which allowed Easton ample time to compose it 3 The title of the song is yet another Ocasek double entendre although as Easton said It doesn t actually say that she reaches orgasm It could mean that tonight she s coming over to make popcorn 3 Release and reception edit Tonight She Comes was the Cars fourth and last Top 10 hit 4 It was the first of two songs to be released as a single from their album of Greatest Hits A remixed version of I m Not the One previously recorded in 1981 for the album Shake It Up was the second 4 A music video was made and was put into heavy rotation on MTV 5 Cash Box said that the song captures the group s technologically astute and emotionally problematic songwriting perspective 6 AllMusic critic Greg Prato in his review of Greatest Hits described the track as playful while Tim Sendra also of AllMusic said in his review of The Essentials that the track among the others on said album was definitely essential 7 8 Charts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for Tonight She Comes Chart 1985 1986 Peakposition Australia Kent Music Report 9 16 Canada Top Singles RPM 10 36 New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 11 20 UK Singles OCC 12 79 US Billboard Hot 100 13 7 US Mainstream Rock Billboard 14 1 US Cash Box Top 100 Singles 15 10 Year end charts edit Year end chart performance for Tonight She Comes Chart 1986 Position US Billboard Hot 100 16 81 US Mainstream Rock Billboard 17 15 US Cash Box Top 100 Singles 18 98References edit Billboard Jan 11 1986 Billboard 11 January 1986 Dolan Jon Doyle Patrick Hiatt Brian Hoard Christian Leight Elias Sheffield Rob Schteamer Hank 16 September 2019 The Cars Ric Ocasek 17 Essential Songs Rolling Stone Retrieved 17 September 2019 a b Milano Brett Just What I Needed The Cars Anthology Rhino a b Whitburn Joel 2004 The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits 8th ed Billboard Books p 109 ISBN 0 8230 7499 4 Inc Nielsen Business Media January 11 1986 Billboard Nielsen Business Media Inc via Google Books a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a last has generic name help Single Releases PDF Cash Box November 2 1985 p 15 Retrieved 2022 08 02 Prato Greg Greatest Hits AllMusic Sendra Tim The Essentials The Cars AllMusic Retrieved 18 October 2011 Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 illustrated ed St Ives N S W Australian Chart Book ISBN 0 646 11917 6 Top RPM Singles Issue 0614 RPM Library and Archives Canada Retrieved May 22 2021 The Cars Tonight She Comes Top 40 Singles Retrieved May 22 2021 Cars Artist Chart History Official Charts Company Retrieved May 22 2021 The Cars Chart History Hot 100 Billboard Retrieved May 22 2021 The Cars Chart History Mainstream Rock Billboard Retrieved May 22 2021 Cash Box Top 100 Singles Week ending January 18 1986 Cash Box Retrieved August 20 2017 Hot 100 Songs Year End 1986 Billboard Archived from the original on June 3 2021 Retrieved May 22 2021 Mainstream Rock Songs Year End 1986 Billboard Archived from the original on 22 May 2021 Retrieved February 26 2020 The Cash Box Year End Charts 1986 Top 100 Pop Singles Cash Box December 27 1986 Retrieved January 12 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tonight She Comes amp oldid 1220999164, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
