Recorded March 1981 at the Power Station, New York.  Produced by Bob Clearmountain and Bryan Adams.  Recorded and mixed by Bob Clearmountain.

I've always liked this track ... it was a fun song to write, and I particularly like Bryan's rhythm guitar work.

While we were writing "Tonight" Bryan discovered an interesting sequence of minor and major chords, with open E and B strings ringing in common over the chord movement. I think it's quite a haunting sound (we used similar chord voicings several years later when we wrote "When The Night Comes" for Joe Cocker).

In 1982, former Eagles bassist Randy Meisner recorded a rather uninspired version of "Tonight", and the song was also covered by ex-Stories singer Ian Lloyd in 1984.

It's interesting to compare Bryan's version of "Tonight" with the song "Your Love", a top-ten hit for "The Outfield" in 1985. The resemblance -- particularly the use of Bryan's open-string guitar style is, uhmm, flattering (see audio box in the left margin).