Firin' Up is the ninth studio album

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 by American

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 country rock

Country rock

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 band Pure Prairie League

Pure Prairie League

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, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music

1980 in music

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). "Let Me Love You Tonight

Let Me Love You Tonight

"Let Me Love You Tonight" is a 1980 song by the American pop and country-rock band Pure Prairie League.Taken as the first single from their 1980 album, Firin' Up, "Let Me Love You Tonight" became the band's first song to enter the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at number...

" is the band's biggest pop hit, peaking at number ten on the Billboard singles chart.

Track listing

1. "I'm Almost Ready" (Gill) - 3:39
2. "Give It Up" (Fritzching, Lubahn) - 3:54
3. "Too Many Heartaches in Paradise" (Greer, Wilson) - 4:02
4. "She's All Mine" (Gill) - 2:44
5. "You're My True Love" (Gill) - 3:10
6. "Let Me Love You Tonight
   Let Me Love You Tonight
   "Let Me Love You Tonight" is a 1980 song by the American pop and country-rock band Pure Prairie League.Taken as the first single from their 1980 album, Firin' Up, "Let Me Love You Tonight" became the band's first song to enter the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at number...
   
   " (Greer, Wilson, Woodard) - 2:43
7. "I Can't Stop This Feelin'" (Flower, Sanderfur) - 3:34
8. "Lifetime of Nighttime" (Gill) - 4:54
9. "I'll Be Damned" (Gill) - 2:42
10. "Janny Lou" (Gill) - 4:24

The band

• Vince Gill
  Vince Gill
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   - banjo
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  , fiddle
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  , guitar
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  , violin
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  , vocals
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• Michael Reilly - bass
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  , vocals
• Jeff Wilson - guitar, vocals
• Michael Connor - keyboards
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• Billy Hinds - drums
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Additional personnel

• Kristine Arnold - background vocals
• Janis Gill - background vocals
• Gary Mielke - synthesizer
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• David Sanborn
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   - alto saxophone
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Production

• Producer: John Ryan
• Engineer: Bill Drescher
• Orchestration: David Campbell
• Arranger: David Campbell

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1980	Pop Albums	37

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1980	"I'm Almost Ready"	Pop Singles	34
1980	"Let Me Love You Tonight"	Adult Contemporary	1
1980	"Let Me Love You Tonight"	Pop Singles	10

Trivia

"Let Me Love You Tonight" was featured in the Drawn Together

Drawn Together

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episode "Requiem for a Reality Show".