Discover the story of the song > Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright) – Rod Stewart

"Tonight's the Night" is a song written by Rod Stewart and recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama for his 1976 album A Night on the Town. The song proved to be a massive commercial success and became his second hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. It debuted at #81 on October 2, 1976, and quickly climbed from #8 to #1 on November 13, 1976, and remained at #1 for eight consecutive weeks until January 8, 1977. It was the longest stay of any song in 1976, the longest peak performance for a single in the U.S. in over eight years, and the longest number one for Rod Stewart in his entire career. The song also reached number 5 in the UK, number 1 for six weeks in Canada, number 3 in Australia and did well in other parts of the world. It was the number one song on Billboard's 1977 year-end chart and the year-end Canadian singles chart, becoming the best-selling single of 1977 in the United States. As of 2018, it is the nineteenth most popular song in the history of this chart.