I'd Really Love to See You Tonight

"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"
"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"
	Big Tree Records 1976 single cover
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	2:42
Label	Big Tree (US); Atlantic (UK)
Songwriter(s)	Parker McGee
Producer(s)	Kyle Lehning
England Dan & John Ford Coley singles chronology

"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" is a song written by Parker McGee and was a hit 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 reached No. 26 in the official UK chart.

Dan Seals, the "England Dan" half of the duo, re-recorded the song in 1995 in an acoustic country music style.

Chart history[]

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Australia Kent Music Report^[3]	25
Canada RPM Top Singles^[4]	5
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary^[5]	1
New Zealand^[6]	15
UK Singles Chart (OCC)	26
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	2
US Billboard Easy Listening^[8]	1
US Cash Box Top 100^[9]	4

Chart (1958-2018)	Position
US Billboard Hot 100^[14]	320

Dee Dee Sharp Gamble covered the song on her 1977 album What Color Is Love
Reba McEntire and Jacky Ward covered the song in 1978 as part of a double-sided single with "Three Sheets in the Wind".
Ian McShane covered the song on his 1992 album From Both Sides Now.
Barry Manilow covered it on the 1996 album Summer of '78.
Charlie McGettigan and Paul Harrington covered it on the album Rock 'n' Roll Kids.
Lillo Thomas covered the song on this 2010 album Come and Get It.

The band performed the song on the 1977 NBC teen drama series James at 15 in the episode "The Blowout" during the school dance scene.
In the 1996 action thriller film The Long Kiss Goodnight starring Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson, Jackson's character hears the song on the car radio while driving and starts to sing the chorus as "I'm not talking 'bout the linens...", instead of "I'm not talking 'bout moving in", and Davis's character then promptly corrects his mondegreen.
In the 2013 comedy film Anchorman 2, the song is briefly featured in a scene where Ron Burgundy (played by Will Ferrell) revisits his divorced wife Veronica Corningstone (played by Christina Applegate) and his son Walter just as he is approaching the door of their apartment in New York City with a gift for Walter.
Featured in the 2019 Netflix film El Camino.

^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 86.
^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1976
^ "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
^ "Top Singles" (PDF). RPM Magazine. 18 September 1976. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
^ "MOR Playlist" (PDF). RPM Magazine. 4 September 1976. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
^ Recorded Music New Zealand, 27 September 1976
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 86.
^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 18, 1976". Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
^ "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
^ Musicoutfitters.com
^ Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1976
^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 1976". Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
^ "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2018.

show v t England Dan & John Ford Coley
John Ford Coley Dan Seals
Studio albums	England Dan & John Ford Coley (1971) Fables (1972) I Hear Music (1976) Nights Are Forever (1976) Dowdy Ferry Road (1977) Some Things Don't Come Easy (1978) Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive (1979) Just Tell Me You Love Me (1980)
Compilations	The Best of England Dan and John Ford Coley (1979) The Best of England Dan and John Ford Coley Vol. 2 (1981)
Singles	"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" "Nights Are Forever Without You" "It's Sad to Belong" "We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again" "Love Is the Answer"

show v t Barry Manilow singles
1970s	"Mandy" (1974) "Sandra" (1974) "It's a Miracle" (1975) "Could It Be Magic" (1975) "I Write the Songs" (1975) "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" (1976) "This One's for You" (1976) "Weekend in New England" (1976) "Looks Like We Made It" (1977) "Daybreak" (1977) "It's Just Another New Year's Eve" (1977) "Can't Smile Without You" (1978) "Even Now" (1978) "Copacabana" (1978) "Ready to Take a Chance Again" (1978) "Somewhere in the Night" (1978) "Ships" (1979) "When I Wanted You" (1979)
1980s	"I Don't Want to Walk Without You" (1980) "Bermuda Triangle" (1980) "I Made It Through the Rain" (1980) "Lonely Together" (1981) "The Old Songs" (1981) "Somewhere Down the Road" (1981) "Let's Hang On!" (1982) "Oh Julie" (1982) "Memory" (1982) "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" (1982) "Read 'Em and Weep" (1983) "When October Goes" (1984) "Run to Me" (1985) "I'm Your Man" (1986) "Keep Each Other Warm" (1989)
1990s	"If I Can Dream" (1990) "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" (1997) "I Go Crazy" (1997)
2000s	"River" (2003) "Unchained Melody" (2006) "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" (2006)
2010s	"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (2012)