Tonight (New Kids on the Block song)

"Tonight" is a 1990 song recorded by the American pop band New Kids on the Block. It was their third single from their 1990 album Step by Step. It was a big hit on both sides of the Atlantic. It first reached #7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and then went on to reach #3 on the UK Singles Chart soon after its American success, giving the band another hit, as, at this point, they were at their commercial peak.

"Tonight"
Single by New Kids on the Block
from the album Step by Step
B-side"Hold On"
ReleasedJuly 26, 1990[1]
Recorded1990
GenrePop, progressive pop
Length3:26
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Maurice Starr, Al Lancellotti
Producer(s)Maurice Starr
New Kids on the Block singles chronology
"Valentine Girl"
(1990)		 "Tonight"
(1990)		 "Let's Try It Again"
(1990)

The song is "half slow tempo, half ska"[2] and is mostly sung in unison by all five members of the group until the "la la..." section of the chorus. The song "discusses the relationship that binds the members of the group to their fans, since the beginning", with many references to their earlier hits in the first couplet.

The "ska part" is the melody of Johann Sebastians Bach's Cantate "Sleepers awake" (BWV 140). The song reminds of the Beatles' compositive style of Magical Mystery Tour and the White Album.

Track listings

US[3] and Canada[4] 7-inch single

  1. "Tonight" - 3:27
  2. "Hold On" - 3:36
7" single / 7" single - Picture disc
  1. "Tonight" — 3:26
  2. "Hold on" — 3:36
12" maxi / CD maxi
  1. "Tonight" — 3:27
  2. "Hold on" — 3:36
  3. "Don't Give Up on Me" — 4:45

Versions
  • "Tonight" [Album Version] - 3:30
  • "Tonight" [Remix] - 3:29
  • "Tonight" [12" Version] - 4:47
  • "Tonight" [Video Version] - 3:11

Charts

Certifications and sales
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
France (SNEP)[19] Silver 200,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References
  2. Elia Habib, Muz hit. tubes, 2002, p. 197 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X) : "Les jeunes de NKOTB réalisent là leur meilleur classement avec une chanson moitié slow, moitié ska façon Madness."
  3. Tonight (US 7-inch Single liner notes). New Kids on the Block. Columbia. 1990. 38-73461.CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. Tonight (Canadian 7-inch Single liner notes). New Kids on the Block. Columbia. 1990. 38-73461.CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. "Tonight", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 26, 2008)
  6. "Ultratop.be – New Kids on the Block – Tonight" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  7. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1341." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  8. Top40.nl, 20 October 1990, Week 42 Retrieved August 4, 2009
  9. Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved February 26, 2008)
  10. "Charts.nz – New Kids on the Block – Tonight". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  11. "Notowanie nr 449" (in Polish). 28 September 1990. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  12. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  13. "New Kids on the Block Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  14. "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart 1990 (61–100) (from The ARIA Report No. 50)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  15. "Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1990". RPM. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  16. "Single top 100 over 1990" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  17. "Eurochart Hot 100 of 1990" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 7 no. 51. 22 December 1990. p. 60. OCLC 29800226. Retrieved 15 January 2020 – via American Radio History.
  18. "Eurochart Hot 100 1991" (PDF). Music & Media. 8 (51–52): 21. December 21, 1991. Retrieved January 17, 2020 – via American Radio History.
  19. "French single certifications – New Kids On The Block – Tonight" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
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