"Love Tonight" is a song by Australian-New Zealand

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duo Shouse, released on 14 December 2017, through Australian label Hell Beach, a sub-label of Onelove Recordings Australia, and marketed through

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subsidiary

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. The song was mixed by Matthew "Horse" Hadley, with additional mixing and mastering by Cass Irvine and Kevin Grainger at Wired Studios London. "Love Tonight" rose to prominence in 2021, becoming a

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, after several remixes were released. At the

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, the song won Best Independent Dance, Electronica or Club Single.

Background and composition

Shouse recorded "Love Tonight" in early 2016 at a warehouse in Brunswick, Victoria. It was the first track the duo created together and came about during a jam session. They reworked the song several times before having the idea of including a choir, although some components remained the same, namely the bassline, and the flute melody that was created with a

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. It was mixed by Matthew Hadley. A house song, "Love Tonight" is composed in the key of

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with a

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of 123 beats per minute. It features

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played by Tony Barnao and a chorus sung by a choir consisting of the two Shouse members and 18 friends gathered by them, all of whom are amateur singers and Melbourne underground artists. The inclusion of the choir was intended as both a

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and an homage to 1980s Band Aid and the 1985 song "

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". The choir includes eight lead singers: Bec Rigby, Oscar Slorach-Thorne, Christobel Elliott, Tony Barna, Maia, Daisy Catterall, Monte Morgan, and Mohini. According to Ed Service from the duo, the song is about unity, togetherness and community. Member Jack Madin, the writer of the lyrics, explained that it is about "the love of your friends" and "for all the people in Melbourne that make housewant to make music."

Release and promotion

"Love Tonight" was premiered online by British bimonthly magazine '' i-D'' on 21 November 2017. An accompanying music video directed by James Robinson was released on

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the previous day. The video embodies a lo-fi photography aesthetic with

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montages from personal studio recordings. A portion of the budget and proceeds made from the song were donated to the Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria. The single was released to digital and streaming services on 14 December 2017, through Australian label Hell Beach, a sub label of Onelove. To promote the release, Shouse held release shows in Melbourne and played at the Gaytimes Festival in Victoria.

Commercial performance

"Love Tonight" first charted in August 2019 in Lithuania where it peaked at number 15 on the AGATA Singles Chart, a week after debuting at number 31. In July 2021, the song appeared on several other charts following the release of the David Guetta remix and a rise in popularity on

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. It entered the US

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chart at number 20 with a total of 582,000 streams in its first charting week. The following month, it topped the US

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chart, receiving its core support from electronic dance music channel BPM, San Francisco radio station KMVQ-HD2 and

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's dance channel. The song became Shouse's first top 10 entry on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, registering 2 million streams and 1,100 download sales during the week of its climb from number 11 to number nine. It peaked at number eight the following week. "Love Tonight" debuted at number 71 on the

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in August 2021 with first-week sales of 5,692 units, and peaked at number 18 two months later with sales of 16,379 units. According to ''

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'', the David Guetta remix accounted for 65% of its sales during the single's surge of popularity in the UK. The track received a platinum certification from the

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(BPI), which denotes track-equivalent sales of 600,000 units. In Australia, "Love Tonight" peaked at number 22 in its ninth week on the ARIA Singles Chart. It was certified double platinum by the

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(ARIA) for track-equivalent sales of 140,000 units. The song also reached the top 10 in numerous countries throughout Europe, charting in the top five in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Russia, Switzerland, and Ukraine. On the ''Billboard'' Global 200 chart, "Love Tonight" peaked at number 20.

Track listings

*Digital download and streaming # "Love Tonight" – 8:13 # "Love Tonight" (edit) – 4:01 *Digital download and streaming – remixes # "Love Tonight" (Mike Simonetti remix) – 6:00 # "Love Tonight" (DJ Seinfeld remix) – 6:30 # "Love Tonight" (The Nights remix) – 7:20 *Limited edition

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# "Love Tonight" – 8:13 # "Love Tonight" (acapella) – 3:00 # "Love Tonight" (Mike Simonetti remix) – 6:00 # "Love Tonight" (DJ Seinfeld remix) – 6:30 *Digital download and streaming –

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remix # "Love Tonight" (Oliver Huntemann remix) – 6:55 # "Love Tonight" (Oliver Huntemann dub) – 6:56 # "Love Tonight" (Oliver Huntemann remix edit) – 3:25 *Digital download and streaming –

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and Kiko Franco remix # "Love Tonight" (Vintage Culture and Kiko Franco remix) – 6:26 # "Love Tonight" (Vintage Culture and Kiko Franco remix edit) – 3:28 *12-inch vinyl # "Love Tonight" – 8:13 # "Love Tonight" (Mike Simonetti remix) – 6:00 # "Love Tonight" (Oliver Huntemann remix) – 6:55 # "Love Tonight" (DJ Seinfeld remix) – 6:30 *Digital download and streaming –

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remix # "Love Tonight" (David Guetta remix edit) – 2:38 # "Love Tonight" (David Guetta remix) – 3:00 # "Love Tonight" (edit) – 4:01 *Digital download and streaming –

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remix # "Love Tonight" (Robin Schulz remix) – 3:04 # "Love Tonight" (edit) – 4:01 *Digital download and streaming – Franky Wah remix # "Love Tonight" (Franky Wah remix) – 3:52 # "Love Tonight" (edit) – 4:01

Charts

Weekly charts

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Certifications

Release history

References

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