"Still Got Tonight" is a song recorded by American actor and singer Matthew Morrison for his eponymous debut studio album. It was written and produced by Andrew Frampton and Steve Kipner and co-written by Kris Allen. "Still Got Tonight" was released April 26, 2011 as the second single from ''Matthew Morrison''.

Background

Kris Allen wrote "Still Got Tonight" with the producers and co-writers behind his hit single "

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" — Andrew Frampton and Steve Kipner — for his second major label album, but eventually opted not to record the track. A few years later, Frampton and Kipner offered the song to Morrison while working with him on Morrison's debut album. According to

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, Morrison only discovered Allen's involvement with the song after it had been selected as the second single and Allen tweeted that he had a song on Morrison's record. The two met on the set of ''Glee'' the week "Still Got Tonight" was released.

Release and promotion

"Still Got Tonight" was one of three promotional countdown singles made available to

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prior to the release of ''Matthew Morrison''. It was later released to digital retailers through

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on April 26, 2011 as the album's second official single. Morrison performed the song on the ''Glee'' season two finale episode, "

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", as his character Will Schuester. The song itself received average reviews, but its inclusion in the show was met with criticism for "shameless self-promotion".

Critical reception

The song has received mixed to positive reviews from contemporary music critics.

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'' singled "Still Got Tonight" out as a highlight of ''Matthew Morrison'' in their reviews of the album. The performance of the song on ''Glee'' was rated a B+ and B− by Anthony Benigno of independent music blog ''The Faster Times'' and Sandra Gonzalez of ''

'', respectively. Amanda Hensel at ''PopCrush'' rated the song 7 stars out of 10, and praised it for being "light, but passionate, heartfelt and upbeat — just how we like our pop songs, plus that 'Idol' touch." In particular, she complimented the song's chorus and described "Still Got Tonight" as superior to previous single " Summer Rain". Becky Bain at ''

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'' found the single to be underwhelming, writing "truth be told, we're kind of snoozing over here at all the tracks we've heard from Morrison so far."

Chart performance

References

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