Tonight I'm Yours

Tonight I'm Yours
Tonight I'm Yours
Studio album by Rod Stewart
Released 6 November 1981
Genre Soft rock, pop, New Wave
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Jim Cregan, Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart chronology
Foolish Behaviour
(1980)
Tonight I'm Yours
(1981)
Absolutely Live
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars [2]

Tonight I'm Yours is a 1981 album by Rod Stewart. It features hints of Classic Rock, Pop and New Wave. The album had two hit singles with, title track "Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)" (#1 on charts), "Young Turks" (#5 on the US charts charts) and "How Long?" (# 2 on charts).

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Album information

Tonight I'm Yours saw Rod Stewart further adopting current musical trends after some disco-influenced songs on Blondes Have More Fun and Foolish Behaviour by adding elements of Synthpop and New Wave to a couple of songs (the title track, and "Young Turks"), while mostly keeping to his Rock traditions elsewhere. The album included three covers, "Tear It Up", "How Long?", and "Just Like a Woman".

The song "Never Give Up on a Dream" was dedicated to Canadian athleteTerry Fox, who ran 3,339 miles with one prosthetic leg in the Marathon of Hope to raise money for cancer research. Fox succumbed to cancer in 1981, the year the album was released. It also played during the audition process of the seventh season of American Idol, in 2008 [1].

Critical reaction

The album was mostly well-received, receiving 4 stars alike from both Allmusic and Rolling Stone. On Allmusic, Stewart has not yet surpassed the 4-star rating that the album received with any of his subsequent releases.The album has sold more 10 million in worldwide.

Track listing

  1. "Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)" 4:09 (Stewart, Jim Cregan, Kevin Savigar)
  2. "How Long?" 4:12 (Paul Carrack)
  3. "Tora, Tora, Tora (Out With The Boys)" 4:29 (Stewart)
  4. "Tear It Up" 2:29 (Dorsey Burnette, Johnny Burnette)
  5. "Only a Boy" 4:09 (Stewart, Jim Cregan, Kevin Savigar)
  6. "Just Like a Woman" 3:55 (Bob Dylan)
  7. "Jealous" 4:30 (Stewart, Carmine Appice, Jay Davis, Danny Johnson)
  8. "Sonny" 4:01 (Stewart, Cregan, Savigar, Bernie Taupin)
  9. "Young Turks" 4:56 (Stewart, Appice, Duane Hitchings, Savigar)
  10. "Never Give Up on a Dream" 4:20 (Stewart, Cregan, Taupin)

Chart performance

The album reached #11 on the "Pop Album Charts" in the USA, eventually going platinum. The song "Young Turks" was the biggest hit from the album, reaching #5 on the "Pop Singles" chart. "Young Turks", and four further singles, "How Long?", "Jealous", "Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)", and "Tora, Tora, Tora (Out With The Boys)", all peaked within the Top 50 of the "Pop Singles" and "Mainstream Rock" charts.

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