"Everybody Have Fun Tonight" is a song by English
new wave band
Wang Chung, released as a
single from their studio album ''
Mosaic
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'' in 1986. Collaboratively written by
Jack Hues
Jeremy Allan Ryder, better known as Jack Hues, (born 10 December 1954) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician, who is best known for forming and fronting the 1980s English new wave band, Wang Chung. Hues was also a member of the one-o ...
,
Nick Feldman
Nicholas Laurence Feldman (born 1 May 1955) is an English musician best known for forming the British new wave band Wang Chung in 1980. Feldman was half of the duo Promised Land, which also featured Jon Moss of Culture Club. He was a founding ...
, and
Peter Wolf, it reached no. 2 on the
US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart on Christmas 1986 behind "
Walk Like an Egyptian
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" by
the Bangles
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. It also hit No. 1 on the
Canada ''RPM'' Top 100 Singles chart the week of 17 January 1987. With some different lyrics, the original ballad version of the song was placed on the B-side.
After their break-up in 1991, Wang Chung reunited in 2005 to perform this song on the television show ''
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time''.
The song is featured on numerous 1980s compilation albums and still receives some radio airplay across the United States. It has appeared in the "#2s" episode of
VH1 Classic
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's ''One Hit Wonders'' series, even though the band is also known for "
Let's Go!" and "
Dance Hall Days
"Dance Hall Days" is a song by English new wave band Wang Chung. It was originally released as a single in 1982 when the band was called Huang Chung, then it was re-recorded and re-released a year later in 1983 for the studio album ''Points on ...
".
Background
Lead vocalist
Jack Hues
Jeremy Allan Ryder, better known as Jack Hues, (born 10 December 1954) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician, who is best known for forming and fronting the 1980s English new wave band, Wang Chung. Hues was also a member of the one-o ...
said,
Critical reception
''
Billboard'' called it a "self-celebrating dance rocker" that "
oinsa new verb."
Track listing
7" Geffen / 7-28562 (USA)
# "Everybody Have Fun Tonight (edit)"
# "Fun Tonight: The Early Years"
7" Geffen / GEF 13F (UK)
*Side one
# "Everybody Have Fun Tonight (edit)"
# "Fun Tonight: The Early Years"
*Side two
# "Dance Hall Days"
# "Don't Let Go"
7" Geffen / P-2193 (JPN)
# "Everybody Have Fun Tonight (edit)"
# "Fun Tonight: The Early Years"
12" Geffen / 0-20551 (USA) and TA 2589 (UK)
*Side one
# "Everybody Have Fun Tonight (12 Inches of Fun)" – 6:45
# "Everybody Have Fun Tonight (edit)" – 3:59*
*Side two
# "Everybody Dub Tonight" – 6:02*
# "Fun Tonight: The Early Years" – 4:12
*times as indicated on record label (not actual)
12" (Promo) Geffen / PRO-A-2581 (USA)
*Side one
# "Everybody Have Fun Tonight (Edit)" – 3:59
*Side two
# "Everybody Have Fun Tonight (LP Version)" – 4:47
Music video
The
music video
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, directed by
Godley & Creme
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, features scenes of the band playing in a wood-lined room with very rapid editing between different takes of the same performance. The editing gives the video a somewhat disorienting
flip book-like animation style, employing the use of visual
jitter. Wang Chung, additional musicians and dancers are seen in several formations throughout the video. They are shown in close portrait and seated along a row of chairs, the seating arrangement of which was changed with each take. Each shot flips through up to four takes of the same shot, with some shots approaching up to 1/25th of a second between edits. The video was banned by the
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from airing after its premiere due to a medical expert retained by the BBC’s screening committee claiming it could possibly trigger “epileptic fits”.
In 2020, Wang Chung released the rewritten version of the song known as "Everybody Stay Safe Tonight" featuring
. The rewritten lyrics reflects the ongoing
movement. It was released on 8 June 2020.