"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" is a song written by Parker McGee and recorded by

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from their 1976 album ''

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''. It eventually peaked at No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart for two weeks, behind Wild Cherry's "

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" and No. 1 on the

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chart. ''Billboard'' ranked it as the No. 21 song for 1976.

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It also reached No. 26 on the

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, the "England Dan" half of the duo, re-recorded the song in 1995 in an acoustic

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style for the album ''

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''.

Chart history

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

All-time charts

Other cover versions

* Dee Dee Sharp Gamble covered the song on her 1977 album ''What Color Is Love''. * Reba McEntire and

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covered the song in 1978 as part of a double-sided single with "Three Sheets in the Wind". Their version reached number 20 on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart. *

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covered the song on his 1992 album ''From Both Sides Now''. * Barry Manilow covered it on the 1996 album ''

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''. * Charlie McGettigan and Paul Harrington covered it on the album ''

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''. * Lillo Thomas covered the song on this 2010 album ''Come and Get It''.

References

External links

Lyrics of this song
* {{DEFAULTSORT:I'd Really Love to See You Tonight 1976 songs 1976 singles Songs written by Parker McGee Song recordings produced by Kyle Lehning Big Tree Records singles Atlantic Records singles