Tonight I'm Yours

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Tonight I'm Yours
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Studio album by
Rod Stewart
Released6 November 1981
RecordedNovember 1980 –June 1981
Studio Record Plant, Los Angeles
Genre
Length41:29
Label Warner Bros., Riva
Producer Jim Cregan, Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart chronology
Foolish Behaviour
(1980)		Tonight I'm Yours
(1981)		 Absolutely Live
(1982)
Singles from Tonight I'm Yours
  1. "Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)"
    Released: October 1981 (UK) [1]
  2. "Young Turks"
    Released: October 1981 (US) [2]
  3. "How Long"
    Released: February 1982
  4. "Just Like a Woman"
    Released: March 1982 (EU) [3]

Tonight I'm Yours is the eleventh studio album by Rod Stewart, released in 1981. It features hints of classic rock, pop and new wave. The album had three hit singles, with the title track "Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)" (US Billboard No. 20, US Cash Box No. 15; Canada No. 2 [4] ), "Young Turks" (US No. 5), and "How Long" (US No. 49).

Contents

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 synth-pop 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 athlete Terry 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.

The music video for "Tonight I'm Yours" was shot by Australian film director, Russell Mulcahy.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Robert Christgau B [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]

The album was mostly well received, being given four out of five stars in both Rolling Stone's contemporary review [7] and in a retrospective from AllMusic. [5] On AllMusic, Stewart has not yet surpassed the 4-star rating that the album received with any of his subsequent releases.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)"Stewart, Jim Cregan, Kevin Savigar 4:09
2."How Long" Paul Carrack 4:12
3."Tora, Tora, Tora (Out With The Boys)"Stewart4:29
4."Tear It Up" Dorsey Burnette, Johnny Burnette, David Burlinson2:29
5."Only a Boy"Stewart, Cregan, Savigar4:09
6."Just Like a Woman" Bob Dylan 3:55
7."Jealous"Stewart, Carmine Appice, Jay Davis, Danny Johnson4:30
8."Sonny"Stewart, Cregan, Savigar, Bernie Taupin 4:01
9."Young Turks"Stewart, Appice, Duane Hitchings, Savigar5:04
10."Never Give Up on a Dream"Stewart, Cregan, Taupin4:20
Total length:41:34

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [18] Platinum50,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [19] 2× Platinum200,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong) [20] Platinum20,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [21] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [22] Platinum1,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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"Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)" is a song by Rod Stewart, the title track of his 1981 album Tonight I'm Yours. It was one of three singles released from the album. The song was the lead single internationally except for the United States, where it was the follow-up to "Young Turks."

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