Save Tonight

"Save Tonight"
Single by Eagle-Eye Cherry
from the album Desireless
Released 7 October 1997
(See release history)
Format 12", cassette, CD
Recorded 1997
Genre Alternative rock, pop rock
Length 3:55
Label Work
Writer(s) Eagle-Eye Cherry
Producer(s) Adam Kviman
Eagle-Eye Cherry singles chronology
"Save Tonight"
(1997)		 "When Mermaids Cry"
(1998)

"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 number 3 in Ireland, number 5 in the US, number 6 in the UK, and number 2 in Cherry's native Sweden. It was voted song of the year by New Zealand radio station "The Edge" in 1997. "Save Tonight" is considered the signature song of Eagle-Eye Cherry.

The song was awarded a Rockbjörnen award in the "Swedish song of the year 1997" category.[1]

Music video

The monochrome video for the song, filmed at Skånegatan 92-94 in Stockholm's Södermalm district, features Cherry playing different characters and seeing the story from different perspectives. The first is a man readying for a date by buying 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 tights (bought in the very first scene of the music video, which is watched by Cherry via shop window) 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 actually be Cherry, as well as 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.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Save Tonight".

  1. "Save Tonight" - 3:55
  2. "Conversation" - 4:55
  1. "Save Tonight" - 3:55
  2. "Save Tonight" (Bacon & Quarmby remix) - 3:36
  3. "Conversation" - 4:55
  1. "Save Tonight" (radio edit) - 3:59
  2. "Save Tonight" (Bacon & Quarmby remix) - 3:36
  3. "Conversation" - 4:53
  4. "Save Tonight" (video) - 3:09

Release history

Country Release date
Sweden 7 October 1997
Rest of Europe 31 March 1998
United Kingdom 22 June 1998
United States 6 October 1998

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1997-99) Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 20
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 17
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 9
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[5] 27
Canada Alternative 30 (RPM)[6] 9
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[7] 6
France (SNEP)[8] 11
Germany (Media Control Charts)[9] 18
Ireland (IRMA) 3
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10] 8
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[11] 35
Norway (VG-lista)[12] 9
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 7
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[15] 6
US Billboard Adult Top 40 3
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 8
US Billboard Hot 100 5
US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 1
US Billboard Top 40 Tracks 1
US Billboard Adult Recurrents 1

End of year charts

End of year chart (1999) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[16] 22

E.M.D. version

Release information

"Save Tonight"
Single by E.M.D.
from the album Rewind
Released May 28, 2010
Format CD, Digital Download
Recorded 2010
Genre Pop
Length 3:35
Label BMG
E.M.D. singles chronology
"Välkommen hem"
(2009)		 "Save Tonight"
(2010)		 "What Is Love"
(2010)
Alternative cover
Digital cover

In 2010 Swedish boy band E.M.D. released a cover version of "Save Tonight" as the first single from their second studio album Rewind. Released first through digital stores on May 28, the single received a physical release on June 16.

Track listing

  1. "Save Tonight" - 3:35
  1. "Save Tonight" - 3:35

Chart performance

The single peaked at number three on the Swedish singles chart.[17]

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Swedish Singles Chart 3

Successions

Preceded by
Gå & fiska! by Gyllene Tider		 Rockbjörnen award for "Swedish Song of the year"
1997 		Succeeded by
Big Big World by Emilia Rydberg

References

  1. ↑ "Alla Rockbjörnsvinnare sedan 1979" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 2000. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Eagle-Eye Cherry – Save Tonight". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  3. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Eagle-Eye Cherry – Save Tonight" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  4. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Eagle-Eye Cherry – Save Tonight" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  5. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Eagle-Eye Cherry – Save Tonight" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  6. ↑ Canadian Rock peak
  7. ↑ Canadian Top Singles peak
  8. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Eagle-Eye Cherry – Save Tonight" (in French). Les classement single.
  9. ↑ "Chartverfulgong > Eagle-Eye Cherry > Save Tonight – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  10. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Eagle-Eye Cherry search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
  11. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Eagle-Eye Cherry – Save Tonight". Top 40 Singles.
  12. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Eagle-Eye Cherry – Save Tonight". VG-lista.
  13. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Eagle-Eye Cherry – Save Tonight". Singles Top 60.
  14. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Eagle-Eye Cherry – Save Tonight". Swiss Singles Chart.
  15. ↑ ""Save Tonight" UK Chart Position". Retrieved 2008-02-15.
  16. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1999". Retrieved 2010-08-28.
  17. ↑ E.M.D. version on Swedish charts

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