Format 12", cassette, CD Length 3:55 | Recorded 1997 Label Work | |
Released 7 October 1997 (1997-10-07) Genre Alternative rock, pop rock | ||
"Save Tonight" is a song by Swedish rock musician Eagle-Eye Cherry and the lead single from his 1997 debut album, Desireless. It is the album's opening track and gained substantial radio success, reaching number 3 in Ireland, number 5 in the US, number 6 in the UK, and number 2 in Cherry's native Sweden. It was voted song of the year by New Zealand radio station "The Edge" in 1997. "Save Tonight" is considered the signature song of Eagle-Eye Cherry. It was awarded a Rockbjörnen award in the "Swedish song of the year 1997" category.
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Music video
The monochrome video for the song, filmed at Skånegatan 92-94 in Stockholm's Södermalm district, features Cherry playing different characters and seeing the story from different perspectives. The first is a man readying for a date by buying roses and a bottle of wine at a deli. He then tells the butcher "goodbye" and the camera reveals that the butcher is in fact Cherry himself. A robber wearing tights (bought in the very first scene of the music video, which is watched by Cherry via shop window) then comes along and takes the money out of the cash register. As he leaves, however, he is run over by a pickup truck, and as bystanders help him up, he is revealed to actually be Cherry, as well as the driver in the truck. Another Cherry is seen playing a guitar and another is a bum on the street. The "first" Cherry appears once again at the end of the video, walking to the home of his date. The video presents itself as being one continuous take.
Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Save Tonight".
- "Save Tonight" – 3:55
- "Conversation" – 4:55
- "Save Tonight" – 3:55
- "Save Tonight" (Bacon & Quarmby remix) – 3:36
- "Conversation" – 4:55
- "Save Tonight" (radio edit) – 3:59
- "Save Tonight" (Bacon & Quarmby remix) – 3:36
- "Conversation" – 4:53
- "Save Tonight" (video) – 3:09
Release information
In 2010 Swedish boy band E.M.D. released a cover version of "Save Tonight" as the first single from their second studio album Rewind. Released first through digital stores on May 28, the single received a physical release on June 16.
Track listing
- "Save Tonight" – 3:35
- "Save Tonight" – 3:35
Chart performance
The single peaked at number three on the Swedish singles chart.