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Tonight I'm Yours

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

Production

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 the title track and "Young Turks". 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

The album was generally well received, receiving four out of five stars in both Rolling Stone's contemporary review and in a retrospective from AllMusic.

Track listing

Personnel

  • Rod Stewart – vocals
  • Jim Cregan – guitar and backing vocals
  • Robin Le Mesurier – guitar
  • Jeff Baxter – guitar and pedal steel guitar
  • Danny Johnson – guitar
  • Byron Berline – fiddle
  • Jimmy Zavala – harmonica and saxophone
  • Kevin Savigar – keyboards
  • Duane Hitchings – keyboards
  • Jay Davis – bass
  • Carmine Appice – drums and backing vocals
  • Tony Brock – drums, tambourine and backing vocals
  • Paulinho da Costa – percussion
  • Tommy Vig – tubular bells
  • Penny Jones – soloist
  • Linda Lewis, the Pentecostal Community Choir – backing vocals
  • Karat Faye – engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References