I'd Really Love to See You Tonight

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"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. Billboard ranked it as the No. 21 song for 1976. It also reached No. 26 on the UK Singles Chart. Record World called it a "sparkling tune with its extraordinary melodic hook." In 2024 Ultimate Classic Rock critic Michael Gallucci rated it as the 6th greatest soft rock song, saying that "The transcendent chorus ranks among the era's best." Dan Seals, the "England Dan" half of the duo, re-recorded the song in 1995 in an acoustic country version for the album In a Quiet Room. Coley recorded his version on his 2008 self-titled live EP. In 2026, Coley recorded new vocals for a 50th anniversary edition of the song. The accompanying music video features archive footage of the duo...

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