Let's Not Be Alone Tonight
{{Infobox song
| name = Let's Not Be Alone Tonight
| cover = R5-lets-not-be-alone-tonight-lyric-video-1.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = R5
| album = Sometime Last Night
| released = February 13, 2015{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/lets-not-be-alone-tonight/id964295851?i=964295853&ign-mpt=uo%3D2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304044427/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/lets-not-be-alone-tonight/id964295851?i=964295853&ign-mpt=uo%3D2|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2015|title=Let's Not Be Alone Tonight - Single|website=iTunes |accessdate=2015-02-16}}
| format =
| recorded = 2014
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Power pop
| length = 2:55
| label = Hollywood
| writer = {{flatlist|
- Savan Kotecha
- Kristian Lundin
- Carl Falk
- Johan Carlsson
}}
| producer = {{flatlist|
- Falk
- Carlsson
}}
| chronology = R5
| prev_title = Smile
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = All Night
| next_year = 2015
}}
"Let's Not Be Alone Tonight" is a power pop song{{cite web|url=http://www.pandora.com/r5/lets-not-be-alone-tonight-single/lets-not-be-alone-tonight|title=Let's Not Be Alone Tonight: New Single By R5|accessdate=2015-07-23}} by American pop rock band R5. It was released on February 13, 2015, as the second single from their second studio album, Sometime Last Night.{{cn|date=April 2023}} Its music video premiered on April 6, 2015 along with the announcement of the album.{{cn|date=April 2023}}
Release
"Let's Not Be Alone Tonight" had its radio premiere on February 13, 2015 on SiriusXM Hits 1.{{cite web|url=http://www.dis411.net/2015/02/11/r5s-lets-not-be-alone-tonight-premiering-february-13-2015/|title=R5's "Let's Not Be Alone Tonight" Premiering February 13, 2015|work=Dis411|accessdate=2015-02-11}} The song was available for digital download on February 16. They also released a lyric video the same day.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uYJKEQ1IYM|title=Let's Not Be Alone Tonight (Official Lyric Video)|website=YouTube |accessdate=2015-02-16}} "Let's Not Be Alone Tonight" was sent to mainstream radio in March.{{cite web|url=http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16691 |title=FMQB |accessdate=2015-02-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322142450/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16691 |archivedate=March 22, 2013 }}
Music video
The music video was released on April 6, 2015. It features the band singing. Towards the end, several scenes feature 3D moments.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvCQuc98Dlc|title=R5's Let's Not Be Alone Tonight|website=YouTube |date=6 April 2015 }}
Reception
"Let's Not Be Alone Tonight" received positive reviews. Music website Fanlala praised the song; they called it "magical" and thought the lyrics were "lovable".{{cite web|url=http://www.fanlala.com/news/r5s-new-single-lets-not-be-alone-tonight-simply-magical|title=R5's New Single "Let's Not Be Alone Tonight" is Simply Magical|accessdate=2015-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217030830/http://www.fanlala.com/news/r5s-new-single-lets-not-be-alone-tonight-simply-magical|archive-date=2015-02-17|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fanlala.com/news/lyric-video-r5s-lets-not-be-alone-tonight|title=LYRIC VIDEO: R5's "Let's Not Be Alone Tonight"|accessdate=2015-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217063807/https://www.fanlala.com/news/lyric-video-r5s-lets-not-be-alone-tonight|archive-date=2015-02-17|url-status=dead}} Heather Thompson from M Magazine said the single was "quite catchy".{{cite web|url=http://www.m-magazine.com/posts/ross-lynch-and-r5-release-let-s-not-be-alone-tonight-song-51743|title=Ross Lynch and R5 Lets Not Be Alone Tonight|accessdate=2015-02-16}} Virginia Van de Wall from J-14 was positive towards Ross Lynch's vocals.{{cite web|url=http://www.j-14.com/posts/r5-releases-the-lyric-video-for-let-s-not-be-alone-tonight-51810|title=R5 released the Lyric Video for "Let's Not Be Alone Tonight"|date=20 November 2014 |accessdate=2015-02-17}} Teen magazine Popstar said "Let's Not Be Alone Tonight" is "nothing short of perfection".{{cite web|url=http://www.popstaronline.com/watch-r5s-lets-not-be-alone-tonight-lyric-video/|title=Watch R5′s "Let's Not Be Alone Tonight" Lyric Video!|accessdate=2015-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220014249/http://www.popstaronline.com/watch-r5s-lets-not-be-alone-tonight-lyric-video/|archive-date=2015-02-20|url-status=dead}}
Charts
= Weekly charts =
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| scope="col"| Chart (2015)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{singlechart|Billboardpopsongs|37|artist=R5|rowheader=true}} |
References
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Category:Hollywood Records singles
Category:Songs written by Savan Kotecha
Category:Songs written by Kristian Lundin