Everybody Have Fun Tonight

"Everybody Have Fun Tonight"
Single by Wang Chung
from the album Mosaic
B-side	"Fun Tonight: The Early Years"
Released	13 September 1986
Format	CD LP cassette
Recorded	1986
Genre	New wave dance-rock pop rock post-disco
Length	4:47 4:15 (7" version)
Label	Geffen
Songwriter(s)	Nick Feldman Jack Hues Peter Wolf
Producer(s)	Peter Wolf
Wang Chung singles chronology
"To Live and Die in L.A." (1985) "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" (1986) "Let's Go!" (1987)
"To Live and Die in L.A." (1985) "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" (1986) "Let's Go!" (1987)
Mosaic track listing
"—" (0) "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" (1) "Hypnotize Me" (2)
The Best of Wang Chung track listing
"—" (0) "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" (1) "Dance Hall Days" (2)
Music video
"Everybody Have Fun Tonight" on YouTube

"Everybody Have Fun Tonight" is a song performed by the British new wave group Wang Chung, released as a single from their album Mosaic in 1986. Collaboratively written by Jack Hues, Nick Feldman, and Peter Wolf, it reached #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on Christmas 1986 behind "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles. It also hit #1 on the Canada RPM Top 100 Singles chart the week of January 17, 1987.

After their breakup in 1991, Wang Chung reunited in 2005 to perform this song on the television show Hit Me, Baby, One More Time.

The song is featured on numerous 1980s compilation albums and still receives some radio airplay across the United States.

It has appeared in the "#2s" episode of VH1 Classic's One Hit Wonders series, even though the band had one more top 10 single, "Let's Go", in April 1987.

Track listing

7": Geffen / 7-28562 (USA)

1. "Everybody Have Fun Tonight (edit)"
2. "Fun Tonight: The Early Years"

7": Geffen / GEF 13F (UK)

• Side One

1. "Everybody Have Fun Tonight (edit)"
2. "Fun Tonight: The Early Years"

• Side Two

1. "Dance Hall Days"
2. "Don't Let Go"

7": Geffen / P-2193 (JPN)

1. "Everybody Have Fun Tonight (edit)"
2. "Fun Tonight: The Early Years"

12": Geffen / 0-20551 (USA) and TA 2589 (UK)

• Side One

1. "Everybody Have Fun Tonight (12 Inches of Fun)" - 6:45
2. "Everybody Have Fun Tonight (edit)" - 3:59*

• Side Two

1. "Everybody Dub Tonight" - 6:02*
2. "Fun Tonight: The Early Years" - 4:12

*times as indicated on record label (not actual)

12" (Promo): Geffen / PRO-A-2581 (USA)

• Side One

1. "Everybody Have Fun Tonight (Edit)" - 3:59

• Side Two

1. "Everybody Have Fun Tonight (LP Version)" - 4:47

Music video

A screenshot of the band in the then-banned first music video.

Two music videos were made for the song.

The first music video, directed by Godley & Creme, featured scenes of the band playing in a wood-lined room with very rapid editing between different takes of the same performance, giving an appearance similar to flip book-style animation. Wang Chung, additional musicians and dancers are seen in several formations throughout the video, including in close portrait and seated along a row of chairs, the seating arrangement of which was changed with each take. This video was banned by television networks from airing after its premiere due to reviews determining that it would trigger epileptic seizures.

A second version of the video was shot and debuted shortly after the first. The original video later became a collector's edition.

Charts

Year-end charts

References