"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" is a song written by Parker McGee and recorded 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 also reached No. 26 on the UK Singles Chart.
"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" | ||||
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Single by England Dan & John Ford Coley | ||||
from the album Nights Are Forever | ||||
B-side | "It's Not the Same" | |||
Released | May 1976 | |||
Studio | Studio by the Pond, Hendersonville, TN | |||
Genre | Soft rock | |||
Length | 2:39 | |||
Label | Big Tree (US) Atlantic (UK) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Parker McGee | |||
Producer(s) | Kyle Lehning | |||
England Dan & John Ford Coley singles chronology | ||||
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Record World called it a "sparkling tune with its extraordinary melodic hook."[3]
Dan Seals, the "England Dan" half of the duo, re-recorded the song in 1995 in an acoustic country music style for the album In a Quiet Room.
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The song appears in the Broadway musical Disaster!.