I'd Really Love to See You Tonight

"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" is a song written by Parker McGee and was a hit by England Dan & John Ford Coley from their 1976 album Nights Are Forever. It eventually peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks, behind Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music" and No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart.[1] Billboard ranked it as the No. 21 song for 1976.[2] It reached No. 26 in the official UK chart.

"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"
Big Tree Records 1976 single cover
Single by England Dan & John Ford Coley
from the album Nights Are Forever
B-side"It's Not The Same"
ReleasedMay 1976
StudioStudio by the Pond, Hendersonville, TN
GenreSoft rock
Length2:42
LabelBig Tree (US)
Atlantic (UK)
Songwriter(s)Parker McGee
Producer(s)Kyle Lehning
England Dan & John Ford Coley singles chronology
"Simone"
(1972)		 "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"
(1976)		 "Nights Are Forever Without You"
(1977)

Dan Seals, the "England Dan" half of the duo, re-recorded the song in 1995 in an acoustic country music style.

Chart history

Other cover versions
  • The band performed the song on the 1977 NBC teen drama series James at 15 in the episode "The Blowout" during the school dance scene.
  • In the 1996 action thriller film The Long Kiss Goodnight starring Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson, Jackson's character hears the song on the car radio while driving and starts to sing the chorus as "I'm not talking 'bout the linens...", instead of "I'm not talking 'bout moving in", and Davis's character then promptly corrects his mondegreen.
  • In the 2013 comedy film Anchorman 2, the song is briefly featured in a scene where Ron Burgundy (played by Will Ferrell) revisits his divorced wife Veronica Corningstone (played by Christina Applegate) and his son Walter just as he is approaching the door of their apartment in New York City with a gift for Walter.
  • Featured in the 2019 Netflix film El Camino.

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 86.
  2. Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1976
  3. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  4. "Top Singles" (PDF). RPM Magazine. 18 September 1976. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  5. "MOR Playlist" (PDF). RPM Magazine. 4 September 1976. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  6. Recorded Music New Zealand, 27 September 1976
  7. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  8. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 86.
  9. "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 18, 1976". Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  10. "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  11. Musicoutfitters.com
  12. Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1976
  13. "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 1976". Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  14. "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
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