All Night Long (Joe Walsh song)

"All Night Long" is a song by Joe Walsh, the guitarist for the Eagles. It became one of Walsh's best charting singles. A live version of the song was included on the Eagles Live album. It also appears in the soundtrack to the film Urban Cowboy.

"All Night Long"
Single by Joe Walsh
from the album Urban Cowboy: Original Motion Picture soundtrack
B-side"Orange Blossom Special/Hoedown"
ReleasedMay 1980
GenreHard rock
Length3:50
LabelFull Moon
Songwriter(s)Joe Walsh
Producer(s)Joe Walsh
Joe Walsh singles chronology
"Life's Been Good"
(1978)		 "All Night Long"
(1980)		 "A Life of Illusion"
(1981)

Unlike the other tracks on the film's soundtrack, it does not have much to do with country music—despite its reference to chewing tobacco: "Keep a-grinning 'til the weekend comes / Just a pinch between your cheek and gum."[1]

Critical reception

Billboard described the work of Joe Walsh as a "wailing through the rocker that has a subtle country rock flavor", praised the guitar and a vocal performance.[2]

Background

One month before the film Urban Cowboy on May 11, the single entered the Billboard's Hot 100 chart at the position #74; and on July 20 it peaked at #19 (for 2 weeks) and spent 16 weeks on the Hot 100, making it one of Walsh's highest-charting solo singles.[3] On the Canadian pop singles chart, it reached #13 for three weeks.[4]

Chart performance

Personnel

References
  1. "Top 10 Joe Walsh Songs". Ultimateclassicrock.com. 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  2. "Review: Joe Walsh — All Night Long" (PDF). Billboard. 85 (20). 17 May 1980. p. 68. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via American Radio History.
  3. "All Night Long by Joe Walsh Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  4. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0240a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0240a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0240a
  5. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0240a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0240a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0240a
  7. "Pop Singles" Billboard December 20, 1980: TIA-10
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