I'd Really Love to See You Tonight

"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" is a song written by Parker McGee and recorded by England Dan & John Ford Coley from their 1976 album Nights Are Forever. It eventually peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks, behind Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music" and No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart.^[2] Billboard ranked it as the No. 21 song for 1976.^[3] It also reached No. 26 on the UK Singles Chart.

"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"
Big Tree Records 1976 single cover
Single by England Dan & John Ford Coley
from the album Nights Are Forever
B-side	"It's Not the Same"
Released	May 1976
Studio	Studio by the Pond, Hendersonville, TN
Genre	Soft rock[1]
Length	2:39
Label	Big Tree (US) Atlantic (UK)
Songwriter(s)	Parker McGee
Producer(s)	Kyle Lehning
England Dan & John Ford Coley singles chronology
"Simone" (1972) "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" (1976) "Nights Are Forever Without You" (1977)

Record World called it a "sparkling tune with its extraordinary melodic hook."^[4]

Dan Seals, the "England Dan" half of the duo, re-recorded the song in 1995 in an acoustic country music style for the album In a Quiet Room.

Chart history

Weekly charts Chart (1976) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 25 Canada RPM Top Singles[6] 5 Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[7] 1 New Zealand (RIANZ)[8] 15 UK Singles Chart (OCC)[9] 26 US Billboard Hot 100[10] 2 US Billboard Easy Listening[2] 1 US Cash Box Top 100[11] 4

Year-end charts Chart (1976) Rank Canada[12] 67 US Billboard Hot 100[13] 21 US Billboard Easy Listening [14] 2 US Cash Box[15] 47 All-time charts Chart (1958-2018) Position US Billboard Hot 100[16] 320

Other versions

• Dee Dee Sharp Gamble covered the song on her 1977 album What Color Is Love.
• Reba McEntire and Jacky Ward covered the song in 1978 as part of a double-sided single with "Three Sheets in the Wind".^[17] Their version reached number 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.^[17]
• Ian McShane covered the song on his 1992 album From Both Sides Now.
• Barry Manilow covered it on the 1996 album Summer of '78.
• Charlie McGettigan and Paul Harrington covered it on the album Rock 'n' Roll Kids.
• Lillo Thomas covered the song on this 2010 album Come and Get It.
• Teresa Carpio covered the song on her 1977 self-titled album.
• The song appears in the Broadway musical Disaster!.