I'd Really Love to See You Tonight

"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" is a song written by Parker McGee^[2] and recorded by England Dan & John Ford Coley from their 1976 album Nights Are Forever. It eventually peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks, behind Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music" and No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart.^[3] Billboard ranked it as the No. 21 song for 1976.^[4] It also reached No. 26 on the UK Singles Chart.

B-side"It's Not the Same"

ReleasedMay 1976

StudioStudio by the Pond, Hendersonville, Tennessee, US

GenreSoft rock^[1]

Quick facts Single by England Dan & John Ford Coley, from the album Nights Are Forever ...

"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"
Single by England Dan & John Ford Coley
from the album Nights Are Forever
B-side	"It's Not the Same"
Released	May 1976
Studio	Studio by the Pond, Hendersonville, Tennessee, US
Genre	Soft rock[1]
Length	2:39
Label	Big Tree (US) Atlantic (UK)
Songwriter	Parker McGee
Producer	Kyle Lehning
England Dan & John Ford Coley singles chronology
"Simone" (1972) "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" (1976) "Nights Are Forever Without You" (1977)

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Record World called it a "sparkling tune with its extraordinary melodic hook."^[5]

Dan Seals, the "England Dan" half of the duo, re-recorded the song in 1995 in an acoustic country version for the album In a Quiet Room. Coley recorded his version on his 2008 self-titled live EP.^[6]