There Will Never Be Another Tonight
{{Short description|1991 single by Bryan Adams}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox song
| name = There Will Never Be Another Tonight
| cover = There Will Never Be Another Tonight.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Bryan Adams
| album = Waking Up the Neighbours
| released = {{start date|1991|11|11}}{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=21|date=November 9, 1991}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 4:40
| label = A&M
| writer = {{hlist|Bryan Adams|Jim Vallance|Robert Lange}}
| producer = {{hlist|Robert Lange|Bryan Adams}}
| prev_title = Can't Stop This Thing We Started
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven
| next_year = 1992
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|l5N6dupJ2Ko|"There Will Never Be Another Tonight"}}}}
}}
"There Will Never Be Another Tonight" is a song written by Bryan Adams, Robert Lange, and Jim Vallance for Adams sixth studio album Waking Up the Neighbours (1991). It was the third single released from the album, in November 1991. The song peaked at number two on Canada's RPM Top Singles chart, number six on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, and number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has only appeared on one compilation album released by Adams: Anthology (2005). Starting in 2009, the song is used as the opening theme song for the CBC reality competition, Battle of the Blades.
Writing and recording
The song was produced by Mutt Lange and Bryan Adams and was recorded by Nigel Green at Battery Studios, London, and by Ken Lomas at Warehouse Studios, Vancouver. It was mixed by Bob Clearmountain at Mayfair Studios, London."{{cite web | url=http://www.jimvallance.com/01-music-folder/songs-folder-may-27/pg-song-adams-there-will-n.html | title=There Will Never Be Another Tonight | publisher=JimVallance.com | access-date=October 3, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720085127/http://www.jimvallance.com/01-music-folder/songs-folder-may-27/pg-song-adams-there-will-n.html | archive-date=July 20, 2008}}
Vallance's involvement was minimal when "There Will Never Be Another Tonight" was written and recorded, although it was actually written in 1988 or '89 by both Adams and Vallance. The demo got the title "Buddy Holly Idea" since it is vaguely reminiscent of the Buddy Holly song "Peggy Sue". Lange and Adams turned the demo into a song.
Chart performance
In the United States, the song reached the top forty on the Billboard Hot 100, and the following week it debuted on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart at 6. In Canada, it peaked on the RPM Top singles chart at number two, becoming the first single from the album to not top the listing.
The song was released in Australia, Europe, and New Zealand in 1991. "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (Waking Up the Neighbours' first single) and "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" reached the UK top five. "There Will Never Be Another Tonight" continued the trend of lower-charting singles when it debuted and peaked at number 31 on the UK Singles Chart. Although "There Will Never Be Another Tonight" reached the top twenty in Ireland, it was a moderate top thirty success in the Netherlands and the top thirty in Australia and Sweden.
Music videos
The video for this song was directed by Steve Barron and shot at Sheffield Arena. Actress Rachel Weisz can be seen in audience.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5N6dupJ2Ko video description]
Track listing
CD single
- "There Will Never Be Another Tonight"
- "One Night Love Affair" (live in Brussels, Belgium)
- "Into The Fire" (live in Tokyo, Japan)
Personnel
- Bryan Adams – rhythm guitar, vocals and backing vocals
- Keith Scott – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Robbie King – organ
- Phil Nichols – keyboards and programming
- Dave Taylor – bass
- Mickey Curry – drums
- Mutt Lange – backing vocals
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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!Chart (1991–1992) !Peak |
| {{single chart|Australia|30|artist=Bryan Adams|song=There Will Never Be Another Tonight|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Flanders|17|artist=Bryan Adams|song=There Will Never Be Another Tonight|rowheader=true|access-date=May 6, 2020}} |
| {{single chart|Canadatopsingles|2|chartid=2060|rowheader=true|access-date=May 6, 2020}} |
| scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-12-14.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=8|issue=50|page=37|date=December 14, 1991|access-date=May 6, 2020}}
|49 |
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| {{single chart|Ireland2|11|song=There Will Never Be Another Night|rowheader=true|access-date=May 6, 2020}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch40|27|artist=Bryan Adams|song=There Will Never Be Another Tonight|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|29|artist=Bryan Adams|song=There Will Never Be Another Tonight|rowheader=true|access-date=May 6, 2020}} |
| {{single chart|New Zealand|21|artist=Bryan Adams|song=There Will Never Be Another Tonight|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"|Portugal (AFP){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-02-15.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=Music & Media|volume=9|issue=7|page=26|date=February 15, 1992|access-date=August 6, 2020}}
|10 |
| {{single chart|Sweden|33|artist=Bryan Adams|song=There Will Never Be Another Tonight|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|UK|32|date=19921123|rowheader=true|access-date=May 6, 2020}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|31|artist=Bryan Adams|rowheader=true|access-date=May 6, 2020}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|6|artist=Bryan Adams|rowheader=true|access-date=May 6, 2020}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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!Chart (1992) !Position |
| scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine|url=http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Volume%2056-No.%2025-December%2019,%201992.pdf|title=The RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1992|magazine=RPM|volume=56|issue=25|page=8|date=December 19, 1992|access-date=May 6, 2020}}
|34 |
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| scope="row"|US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music: Top Album Rock Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=104|issue=52|page=YE-42|date=December 26, 1992}}
|40 |
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080720085127/http://www.jimvallance.com/01-music-folder/songs-folder-may-27/pg-song-adams-there-will-n.html JimVallance.com]
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Category:Music videos directed by Steve Barron
Category:Song recordings produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Category:Songs written by Bryan Adams