Tonight (Westlife song)

"Tonight" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released together with "Miss You Nights" as a double A-side single on 24 March 2003 in the UK. It was the second and final single from their first compilation album Unbreakable – The Greatest Hits Volume 1 (2002). In other countries, "Tonight" was released without "Miss You Nights" as separately with an emphasis more on the "Tonight" release.

"Tonight"
Single by Westlife
from the album Unbreakable – The Greatest Hits Volume 1
Released24 March 2003 (2003-03-24)
StudioRokstone (London, UK)
Length
  • 4:34 (single remix)
  • 4:13 (7-inch Metro mix)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Steve Mac
Westlife singles chronology
"Unbreakable"
(2002)		 "Tonight" / "Miss You Nights"
(2003)		 "Hey Whatever"
(2003)
Music video
"Tonight" on YouTube

The single peaked at No. 1 in Ireland, Westlife's 10th number one single in their home country. In the United Kingdom, the songs reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart. It has sold 115,000 copies in UK, becoming the band's 20th-best-selling UK single in paid-for sales as of January 2019.[1][2]

Background and content

"Tonight" was written by Steve Mac, Wayne Hector and Jorgen Elofsson. It was composed in the traditional verse–chorus form in B♭ major, with McFadden, Filan and Feehily's vocal ranging from the chords of F4 to B5.[3]

Track listings

United Kingdom

CD1

  1. "Tonight" (single remix) – 4:43
  2. "Miss You Nights" (single remix) – 3:09
  3. "Where We Belong" – 3:35
  4. "Tonight" (video) – 4:43

CD2

  1. "Tonight" (single remix) – 4:43
  2. "Tonight" (12-inch Metro Mix) – 8:12
  3. "Miss You Nights" (video) – 3:09

Australia
  1. "Tonight" (single remix) – 4:43
  2. "Tonight" (7-inch Metro Mix) – 4:11
  3. "Where We Belong" – 3:35
  4. "Tonight" (video) – 4:43

Charts

Release history
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 24 March 2003 (2003-03-24)
  • CD
  • cassette
[18]
Australia 5 May 2003 (2003-05-05) CD [19]

References
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  2. Copsey, Rob (12 January 2019). "Westlife's Top 20 biggest songs on the Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
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  13. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  14. "Westlife – Tonight". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
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  16. "Top 100 Songs of 2003". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 2003. Archived from the original on 2 June 2004. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  17. "The Official UK Singles Chart 2003" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  18. "New Releases – For Week Starting 24 March 2003: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 22 March 2003. p. 25. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  19. "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 5th May 2003" (PDF). ARIA. 5 May 2003. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2003. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
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