All Night Long (Joe Walsh song)
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3:32 (Single version)
| "All Night Long" | ||||
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| Single by Joe Walsh | ||||
| from the album Urban Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
| B-side | "Orange Blossom Special/Hoedown" | |||
| Released | May 1980 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 3:50 (Album version) 3:32 (Single version) | |||
| Label | Full Moon | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Joe Walsh | |||
| Producer(s) | Joe Walsh | |||
| Joe Walsh singles chronology | ||||
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"All Night Long" is a song by Joe Walsh, the guitarist for the Eagles. It became one of Walsh's best charting singles. A live version of the song was included on the album Eagles Live (1980). It also appears in the soundtrack to the film Urban Cowboy (1980).
Billboard described the work of Joe Walsh as a "wailing through the rocker that has a subtle country rock flavor", praised the guitar and a vocal performance.[1] Cashbox said that Walsh plays "red hot guitar" and there is "plenty of power packed into the gut-grabbing chording."[2]
Background
Chart performance
One month before the film Urban Cowboy on May 11, the single entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart at the position #74; and on July 20 it peaked at #19 (for 2 weeks) and spent 16 weeks on the Hot 100, making it one of Walsh's highest-charting solo singles.[4] On the Canadian pop singles chart, it reached #13 for three weeks.[5]