"Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" is the second track on the 1986 album Invisible Touch

Invisible Touch

Invisible Touch is the 13th studio album by the band Genesis, released in 1986. It reached No.1 in the UK where it remained in the charts for 96 weeks, making it by far the most commercially successful album of their career, eventually selling over 15 million copies worldwide...

by Genesis

Genesis (band)

Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Tony Banks , Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins . Past members Peter Gabriel , Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillips , also played major roles in the band in its early years...

. It is the second longest song on the album at 8 minutes and 53 seconds (8:53). It peaked at number three in the U.S. and number 18 in the UK as the fourth single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 from the album. The working title was "Monkey, Zulu".

The single included an edited version of the song (at 4:32) and the first part of "Domino" ("In The Glow of the Night") as the B-side. This shorter version was used in the later compilation Turn It On Again: The Hits

Turn It on Again: The Hits

Turn It On Again: The Hits is a greatest hits collection by British progressive rock band Genesis. The album was first released as a single album on 26 October 1999 by Virgin Records in England and by Atlantic Records in the United States.In 2007, an expanded two-disc edition, subtitled The Tour...

. Some singles that included the full version of the song included the second part of "Domino" ("The Last Domino") as the B-side. Other releases contained the rare track "Paperlate

Paperlate

"Paperlate" was the lead song from the second of two EPs by the British rock group Genesis. The EP, titled 3 X 3 , peaked at #10 on the album charts in mid-1982. The success of the EP led to an appearance on Top of the Pops...

" and a 12" remix

Remix

A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....

 of "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight". The full live version from the Live at Wembley Stadium

Genesis Live at Wembley Stadium

Live at Wembley Stadium is a 2003 DVD featuring concert footage from a sold out Genesis concert at the titular London venue on 4 July 1987. It was first released in 1988 as The Invisible Touch Tour....

 video was included as a B-side on the "Tell Me Why"

Tell Me Why (Genesis song)

"Tell Me Why" is a rock song by Genesis. It first appeared as the seventh track on their 1991 album We Can't Dance, and was later issued as a single in Europe and Britain . It was the last Genesis single featuring Phil Collins on vocals.-Background:A royalty from the single was donated to the...

 CD single.

The song was performed in concerts in support of Invisible Touch between 1986 and 1988. A shorter version (which segued into "Invisible Touch

Invisible Touch (song)

"Invisible Touch" is the title track of the 1986 Genesis album of the same name. It is the most successful single in the band's lengthy history and was their first and only #1 single in the United States. It went to number four in Canada, but only reached number 15 in the United Kingdom.Its B-side...

") was played on the We Can't Dance

We Can't Dance

Rolling Stone chiefly commented on the album's lyrics. They criticized "Tell Me Why" and "Way of the World" for being soulless and impersonal social commentaries, but regarded most of songs as outstanding, and summarized "Although We Can't Dance doesn't quite achieve the vulnerable grace of Duke or...

and Turn It On Again

Turn It on Again: The Tour

Turn It On Again: The Tour was a 2007 concert tour of Europe and North America by progressive rock band Genesis. The tour was notable for the return of drummer and vocalist Phil Collins, who left the group in 1996.-History:...

tours, albeit transposed down a key to account for the deepening of Phil Collins

Phil Collins

Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....

' voice over the years.

Music video

In the music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 for the song, the atmosphere is reminiscent of the film Blade Runner

Blade Runner

Blade Runner is a 1982 American science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young. The screenplay, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is loosely based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K...

, which was purportedly a source of inspiration for the video.

Pop culture uses

• "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" was featured in a 1980s advertising campaign for Michelob beer.
• The song was featured - almost at length - in the Magnum, P.I.
  Magnum, P.I.
  Magnum, P.I. is an American television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from 1980 to 1988 in first-run broadcast on the American CBS television network....
  
  episode "Laura," guest starring Frank Sinatra
  Frank Sinatra
  Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
  
   (who had also appeared in Michelob commercials).

7": Virgin / GENS 4 United Kingdom

1. "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" (Edit) - 4:32
2. "In The Glow Of The Night" (Part One)

12": Virgin / GENSG 4-12 United Kingdom

1. "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" (Edit) - 4:32
2. "In The Glow Of The Night" (Part One)
3. "Tonight Tonight Tonight" (12" Potoker remix)
   • gatefold sleeve

12": Virgin / GENS 4-12 United Kingdom

1. "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" (Edit) - 4:32
2. "In The Glow Of The Night" (Part One)
3. "Paperlate"
4. "Tonight Tonight Tonight" (12" Potoker remix)

CD: Virgin / CDEP1 United Kingdom

1. "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" (Edit) - 4:32
2. "In The Glow Of The Night" (Part One)
3. "Invisible Touch" (extended remix)
4. "Tonight Tonight Tonight" (12" Potoker remix)

External links

• Music Video at VH1 Classic
  VH1 Classic
  VH1 Classic is a television network, launched on May 8, 2000. It is operated as part of MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom and primarily features music videos and concert footage from the 1970s through the mid-1990s, though it formerly included a wider range of genres and time periods...