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{{Short description|1997 single by Eagle-Eye Cherry}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Save Tonight
| cover = EagleEyeCherry - SaveTonight - SingleCover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Eagle-Eye Cherry]]
| album = [[Desireless (album)|Desireless]]
| B-side = Conversation
| released = {{Start date|1997|10|07|df=yes}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = [[Alternative rock]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=StubHub - Artist Biography - Eagle-Eye-Cherry|url=https://www.stubhub.com/eagle-eye-cherry-tickets/performer/100313434/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=18 December 2020|website=StubHub}}</ref><!--Do not add unsourced genres -->
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=55}}
*3:06 (video version)
| label =
* Superstudio Blå
* [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
* [[Work Records|Work]]
| writer = [[Eagle-Eye Cherry]]
| producer = Adam Kviman
| next_title = When Mermaids Cry
| next_year = 1998
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|Nntd2fgMUYw|"Save Tonight"}}}}
}}
"'''Save Tonight'''" is a song written and performed by Swedish [[Rock music|rock]] musician [[Eagle-Eye Cherry]], released on 7 October 1997 as the [[lead single]] from his debut album, ''[[Desireless (album)|Desireless]]'' (1997). It is the album's [[opening track]] and gained substantial radio success, reaching number three in Ireland, number five in the United States, number six in the United Kingdom, and number two in Cherry's native Sweden. "Save Tonight" was awarded the [[Rockbjörnen]] award in the "Swedish song of the year 1997" category.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/noje/special/rockbjorn00/gamla.html|title=Alla Rockbjörnsvinnare sedan 1979|newspaper=[[Aftonbladet]]|language=sv|date=2000|access-date=1 May 2011}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
[[Larry Flick]] of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' wrote, "With a voice mildly reminiscent of [[Seal (singer)|Seal]], the lad gives "Save Tonight" a richly soulful edge that cuts through the track's shiny arrangement of strumming acoustic guitars and prickly electric licks. Beyond the single's well-crafted surface are vivid, storyteller lyrics that are smarter than what you'll typically find on radio. An excellent, commercially sound way of introducing the artist's sterling full-length debut, ''[[Desireless (album)|Desireless]]'', this cut demands immediate modern and mainstream rock radio play—and perhaps even [[Adult Alternative Airplay|triple-A]] and eventually top 40 stations."<ref>{{cite magazine|author= Flick, Larry|author-link= Larry Flick|title= Reviews & Previews: Singles - New & Noteworthy |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1998/BB-1998-08-08.pdf |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= 8 August 1998 |page= 21 |access-date= 6 December 2020}}</ref> Scottish newspaper ''[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]'' felt that with the song, "late [[jazz]] legend [[Don Cherry (trumpeter)|Don]]'s son and [[Neneh Cherry|Neneh]]'s brother is living up to his musical heritage."<ref>"Chart Slot". ''[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]''. 31 July 1998.</ref>

==Music video==
The [[monochrome]] [[music video]] for the song was filmed at Skånegatan 92-94 in [[Stockholm]]'s [[Södermalm]] district from 9–10 September 1997,<ref>{{Cite web|last=McKinney|first=Kelsey|date=7 October 2017|title=People Are Still Yelling "Save Tonight!" at Eagle-Eye Cherry on the Street|url=https://www.gq.com/story/eagle-eye-cherry-save-tonight|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=11 November 2020|website=GQ|language=en-us}}</ref> and features Cherry playing different characters and seeing the story from different [[Perspective (cognitive)|perspectives]]. Cherry prepares for a date by buying roses and a bottle of wine at a [[Delicatessen|deli]]; he waves goodbye to the butcher, who proves to be another Cherry. A robber wearing tights over his head as a disguise (purchased in a nearby shop at the start of the video) enters the deli and takes money from he cash register; when he runs out, he is hit by a pickup truck. Both he and the driver are additional duplicates of Cherry, and two others appear as a man playing guitar and a homeless person sleeping on the sidewalk. The Cherry who entered the deli walks past and tosses some change to the latter before departing for his date. The video is edited to make it appear as a single continuous take.

==Track listings==
* '''Swedish and European CD single; UK cassette single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Save Tonight|others=[[Eagle-Eye Cherry]]|year=1997|type=Swedish CD single liner notes|publisher=Superstudio Blå|id=BLÅ CS-4, 74321 52452 2}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Save Tonight|others=Eagle-Eye Cherry|year=1998|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=[[Polydor Records]]|id=569 594-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Save Tonight|others=Eagle-Eye Cherry|year=1998|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Polydor Records|id=569 594-4}}</ref>
# "Save Tonight" – 3:55
# "Conversation" – 4:55

* '''UK CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Save Tonight|others=Eagle-Eye Cherry|year=1998|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Polydor Records|id=569595-2}}</ref>
# "Save Tonight"
# "Save Tonight" (Bacon & Quarmby remix)
# "Conversation"
# "Save Tonight" (video)

* '''Australasian CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Save Tonight|others=Eagle-Eye Cherry|year=1998|type=Australasian CD single liner notes|publisher=Polydor Records|id=569 595 2}}</ref>
# "Save Tonight"
# "Save Tonight" (Bacon & Quarmby remix)
# "Conversation"

==Personnel==
Personnel are lifted from the ''Desireless'' album booklet.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Desireless|title-link=Desireless (album)|others=Eagle-Eye Cherry|year=1998|type=US CD album booklet|publisher=Work Records|id=OK 69434}}</ref>
* Eagle-Eye Cherry – music, lyrics, vocals, background vocals, co-production
* Mattias Torell – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
* [[Klas Åhlund]] – electric guitar
* Elias Modig – bass
* Magnus Persson – drums
* Adam Kviman – production, mixing, engineering

==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1997–1999)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
{{single chart|Australia|20|artist=Eagle-Eye Cherry|song=Save Tonight|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Austria|17|artist=Eagle-Eye Cherry|song=Save Tonight|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|9|artist=Eagle-Eye Cherry|song=Save Tonight|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Wallonia|27|artist=Eagle-Eye Cherry|song=Save Tonight|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|9|chartid=7044|rowheader=true|access-date=10 March 2019}}
|-
{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|22|chartid=7459|rowheader=true|access-date=10 March 2019}}
|-
{{single chart|Canadarock|6|chartid=7940|rowheader=true|access-date=10 March 2019}}
|-
!scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-07-25.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=15|issue=30|page=12|date=25 July 1998|access-date=6 February 2020}}</ref>
|8
|-
{{single chart|France|11|artist=Eagle-Eye Cherry|song=Save Tonight|rowheader=true}}
|-
!scope="row"|France Airplay (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-08-01.pdf|title=Major Market Airplay: France|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=15|issue=31|page=23|date=1 August 1998|access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref>
|1
|-
{{single chart|Germany|18|artist=Eagle-Eye Cherry|song=Save Tonight|songid=3710|rowheader=true|access-date=10 March 2019}}
|-
!scope="row"|Greece ([[IFPI Greece|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-11-21.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=Music & Media|volume=15|issue=47|page=22|date=21 November 1998|access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref>
|7
|-
!scope="row"|Hungary ([[Association of Hungarian Record Companies|Mahasz]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-09-05.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=Music & Media|volume=15|issue=36|page=15|date=5 September 1998|access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref>
|7
|-
!scope="row"|Hungary Airplay (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-09-19.pdf|title=Major Market Airplay: Hungary|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=15|issue=38|page=27|date=19 September 1998|access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref>
|3
|-
!scope="row"|Iceland ([[Íslenski listinn|Íslenski Listinn Topp 40]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2970421#page/n7/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (11.6. – 18.6. 1998)|newspaper=[[DV (newspaper)|Dagblaðið Vísir]]|language=is|page=22|date=12 June 1998|access-date=3 October 2019}}</ref>
|8
|-
{{single chart|Ireland2|3|song=Save Tonight|rowheader=true|access-date=10 March 2019}}
|-
!scope="row"|Italy Airplay (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-05-16.pdf|title=Major Market Airplay: Italy|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=15|issue=20|page=23|date=16 May 1998|access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref>
|4
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|8|year=1998|week=13|rowheader=true|access-date=10 March 2019}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|9|artist=Eagle-Eye Cherry|song=Save Tonight|rowheader=true|access-date=10 March 2019}}
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|35|artist=Eagle-Eye Cherry|song=Save Tonight|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Norway|9|artist=Eagle-Eye Cherry|song=Save Tonight|rowheader=true}}
|-
!scope="row"|Poland (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref name="m&m">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-05-02.pdf|title=Major Market Airplay: Poland|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=15|issue=18|page=25|date=2 May 1998|access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref>
|17
|-
!scope="row"|Scandinavia Airplay (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-12-20.pdf|title=Major Market Airplay: Scandinavia|magazine=Music & Media|volume=14|issue=51|page=23|date=20 December 1997|access-date=30 August 2023}}</ref>
|2
|-
{{single chart|Scotland|4|date=19980718|rowheader=true|access-date=10 March 2019}}
|-
!scope="row"|Spain Airplay (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref name="m&m"/>
|3
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|2|artist=Eagle-Eye Cherry|song=Save Tonight|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Swiss|7|artist=Eagle-Eye Cherry|song=Save Tonight|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|6|date=19980704|rowheader=true|access-date=10 March 2019}}
|-
!scope="row"|UK Airplay (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Official UK Airplay Chart Top 50|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=13|date=11 July 1998}}</ref>
|1
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|5|artist=Eagle-Eye Cherry|rowheader=true|access-date=30 August 2019}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardadultalternativesongs|1|artist=Eagle-Eye Cherry|rowheader=true|access-date=30 August 2019}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|3|artist=Eagle-Eye Cherry|rowheader=true|access-date=30 August 2019}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|8|artist=Eagle-Eye Cherry|rowheader=true|access-date=30 August 2019}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|1|artist=Eagle-Eye Cherry|rowheader=true|access-date=30 August 2019}}
|}
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (2013)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
!scope="row"|Slovenia ([[SloTop50]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2013&week=20|title=SloTop50: Slovenian official singles weekly chart|publisher=[[SloTop50]]|language=sl|access-date=19 May 2013}}</ref>
|25
|}
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (2017)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
{{single chart|Poland|55|chartid=2223|year=2017|rowheader=true|access-date=13 February 2017}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1997)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=1997&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar, 1997|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|language=sv|access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref>
|8
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1998)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1998|title=Jaaroverzichten 1998|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=nl|access-date=10 March 2019}}</ref>
|69
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Volume+68-No.+12-December+14%2C+1998.pdf|title=RPM's Top 100 Hit Tracks of '98|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|volume=63|issue=12|page=20|date=14 December 1998|access-date=23 March 2019}}</ref>
|90
|-
!scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-12-19.pdf|title=Year in Focus – Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 1998|magazine=Music & Media|volume=15|issue=51|page=8|date=19 December 1998|access-date=6 February 2020}}</ref>
|40
|-
!scope="row"|France (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?annee=1998|title=Tops de L'année {{!}} Top Singles 1998|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]]|language=fr|access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref>
|51
|-
!scope="row"|Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1998 |title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1998|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment]]|language=de|access-date=7 August 2015}}</ref>
|56
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1998|title=Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1998|publisher=[[Dutch Top 40]]|access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref>
|58
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1998&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1998|publisher=[[MegaCharts]]|language=nl|access-date=10 March 2019}}</ref>
|72
|-
!scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/1998|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1998|language=de|access-date=10 March 2019}}</ref>
|40
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Sellers of 1998 – Singles Top 100|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=7|date=16 January 1999}}</ref>
|39
|-
!scope="row"|US Adult Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Most Played Adult Top 40 Songs of 1998|magazine=[[Airplay Monitor]]|volume=6|issue=52|page=55|date=25 December 1998}}</ref>
|36
|-
!scope="row"|US Mainstream Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Most Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs of 1998|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=6|issue=52|page=45|date=25 December 1998}}</ref>
|57
|-
!scope="row"|US Modern Rock Tracks (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music 1998: Hot Modern Rock Tracks|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=110|issue=52|page=YE-84|date=26 December 1998}}</ref>
|33
|-
!scope="row"|US Triple-A (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best of '98: Most Played Triple-A Songs|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=6|issue=52|page=35|date=25 December 1998}}</ref>
|7
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1999)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9952&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9952.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9952|title=RPM 1999 Top 100 Hit Tracks|magazine=RPM|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=10 March 2019}}</ref>
|49
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1999|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1999|access-date=28 August 2010}}</ref>
|22
|-
!scope="row"|US Adult Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1999/BB-1999-12-25.pdf|title=1999 The Year in Music: Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=111|issue=52|page=148|date=25 December 1999|access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref>
|5
|-
!scope="row"|US Mainstream Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Most Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs of 1999|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=7|issue=52|page=54|date=24 December 1999}}</ref>
|11
|-
!scope="row"|US Modern Rock Tracks (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Most Played Modern Rock Songs of 1999|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=7|issue=52|page=36|date=24 December 1999}}</ref>
|91
|-
!scope="row"|US Triple-A (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Best of '99: Most Played Triple-A Songs|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=7|issue=52|page=38|date=24 December 1999}}</ref>
|25
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1998|certyear=1999|access-date=10 March 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=single|artist=Eagle-Eye Cherry|title=Save Tonight|award=Platinum|id=13278|relyear=1997|certyear=2023|access-date=21 December 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=Eagle-Eye Cherry|title=Save Tonight|award=Gold|relyear=1997|certyear=2023|access-date=7 April 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|artist=Eagle-Eye Cherry|title=Save Tonight|award=Gold|relyear=1997|certyear=2019|id=6199|access-date=10 March 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=single|artist=Eagle-Eye Cherry|title=Save Tonight|award=Gold|relyear=1997|certyear=2024|access-date=25 November 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1997|certyear=1997|access-date=10 March 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Eagle-Eye Cherry|title=Save Tonight|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1998|certyear=2023|id=5694-2965-1|access-date=25 August 2023}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true}}

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"|Region
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Format(s)
!scope="col"|Label(s)
!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row"|Sweden
|7 October 1997
|CD
|Superstudio Blå
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/how-i-wrote/save-tonight-eagle-eye-cherry|title=How I wrote 'Save Tonight' by Eagle-Eye Cherry|last=Haskell|first=Duncan|website=Songwriting Magazine|date=20 May 2019|access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|United Kingdom
|15 June 1998
|{{hlist|CD|cassette}}
|[[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
|<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1998/Music-Week-1998-06-06.pdf|title=Reviews – For Records Out on 15 June 1998|magazine=Music Week|page=22|date=6 June 1998|access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|United States
|14 July 1998
|[[Contemporary hit radio]]
|[[Work Records|Work]]
|<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1998/RR-1998-07-10.pdf|title=New Releases|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|issue=1256|page=39|date=10 July 1998|access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref>
|}

==E.M.D. version==
{{Infobox song
| name = Save Tonight
| cover =
| alt =
| caption =
| type = single
| artist = [[E.M.D.]]
| album = [[Rewind (E.M.D. album)|Rewind]]
| released = 2010
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = <!-- Do not add unsourced genres -->
| length = 3:35
| label = [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]]
| writer = Eagle-Eye Cherry
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Välkommen hem (song)|Välkommen hem]]
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = [[What Is Love (Haddaway song)|What Is Love]]
| next_year = 2010
}}

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 (E.M.D. album)|Rewind]]'' (2010). Released first through digital stores on 28 May, the single had a physical release on 16 June.

===Track listing===
* '''CD and digital single'''
# "Save Tonight" – 3:35

===Charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!Chart (2010)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|3|artist=E.M.D.|song=Save Tonight|rowheader=true|access-date=10 March 2019}}
|}
{{clear}}

{{Portal|1990s}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140802015534/http://www.eagle-eye-cherry.com/ Eagle-Eye Cherry's official website]
* {{YouTube|Nntd2fgMUYw|"Save Tonight"}} – music video

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{{E.M.D.}}
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Latest revision as of 18:57, 9 December 2024

"Save Tonight"
Single by Eagle-Eye Cherry
from the album Desireless
B-side"Conversation"
Released7 October 1997 (1997-10-07)
GenreAlternative rock[1]
Length3:55
  • 3:06 (video version)
Label
Songwriter(s)Eagle-Eye Cherry
Producer(s)Adam Kviman
Eagle-Eye Cherry singles chronology
"Save Tonight"
(1997) 		"When Mermaids Cry"
(1998)
Music video
"Save Tonight" on YouTube

"Save Tonight" is a song written and performed by Swedish rock musician Eagle-Eye Cherry, released on 7 October 1997 as the lead single from his debut album, Desireless (1997). It is the album's opening track and gained substantial radio success, reaching number three in Ireland, number five in the United States, number six in the United Kingdom, and number two in Cherry's native Sweden. "Save Tonight" was awarded the Rockbjörnen award in the "Swedish song of the year 1997" category.[2]

Critical reception

[edit]

Larry Flick of Billboard wrote, "With a voice mildly reminiscent of Seal, the lad gives "Save Tonight" a richly soulful edge that cuts through the track's shiny arrangement of strumming acoustic guitars and prickly electric licks. Beyond the single's well-crafted surface are vivid, storyteller lyrics that are smarter than what you'll typically find on radio. An excellent, commercially sound way of introducing the artist's sterling full-length debut, Desireless, this cut demands immediate modern and mainstream rock radio play—and perhaps even triple-A and eventually top 40 stations."[3] Scottish newspaper Daily Record felt that with the song, "late jazz legend Don's son and Neneh's brother is living up to his musical heritage."[4]

Music video

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The monochrome music video for the song was filmed at Skånegatan 92-94 in Stockholm's Södermalm district from 9–10 September 1997,[5] and features Cherry playing different characters and seeing the story from different perspectives. Cherry prepares for a date by buying roses and a bottle of wine at a deli; he waves goodbye to the butcher, who proves to be another Cherry. A robber wearing tights over his head as a disguise (purchased in a nearby shop at the start of the video) enters the deli and takes money from he cash register; when he runs out, he is hit by a pickup truck. Both he and the driver are additional duplicates of Cherry, and two others appear as a man playing guitar and a homeless person sleeping on the sidewalk. The Cherry who entered the deli walks past and tosses some change to the latter before departing for his date. The video is edited to make it appear as a single continuous take.

Track listings

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  • Swedish and European CD single; UK cassette single[6][7][8]
  1. "Save Tonight" – 3:55
  2. "Conversation" – 4:55
  • UK CD single[9]
  1. "Save Tonight"
  2. "Save Tonight" (Bacon & Quarmby remix)
  3. "Conversation"
  4. "Save Tonight" (video)
  • Australasian CD single[10]
  1. "Save Tonight"
  2. "Save Tonight" (Bacon & Quarmby remix)
  3. "Conversation"

Personnel

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Personnel are lifted from the Desireless album booklet.[11]

  • Eagle-Eye Cherry – music, lyrics, vocals, background vocals, co-production
  • Mattias Torell – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Klas Åhlund – electric guitar
  • Elias Modig – bass
  • Magnus Persson – drums
  • Adam Kviman – production, mixing, engineering

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[67] Gold 35,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[68] Platinum 90,000‡
Germany (BVMI)[69] Gold 250,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[70] Gold 25,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[71] Gold 30,000‡
Sweden (GLF)[72] Platinum 30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[73] 2× Platinum 1,200,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Sweden 7 October 1997 CD Superstudio Blå [74]
United Kingdom 15 June 1998
  • CD
  • cassette
 Polydor [75]
United States 14 July 1998 Contemporary hit radio Work [76]

E.M.D. version

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"Save Tonight"
Single by E.M.D.
from the album Rewind
Released2010
Length3:35
LabelBMG
Songwriter(s)Eagle-Eye Cherry
E.M.D. singles chronology
"Välkommen hem"
(2009) 		"Save Tonight"
(2010) 		"What Is Love"
(2010)

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 (2010). Released first through digital stores on 28 May, the single had a physical release on 16 June.

Track listing

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  • CD and digital single
  1. "Save Tonight" – 3:35

Charts

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Chart (2010) Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[77] 3

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