Tonight I'm Yours is the eleventh studio album by Rod Stewart, released in 1981. It features elements of classic rock, pop and new wave. The album spawned three hit singles: the title track "Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)" (US Billboard No. 20, US Cash Box No. 15; Canada No. 2), "Young Turks" (US No. 5), and "How Long" (US No. 49).
Production Tonight I'm Yours saw Rod Stewart further adopting current musical trends, after some disco-influenced songs on Blondes Have More Fun and Foolish Behaviour, by adding elements of synth-pop and new wave to the title track and "Young Turks". The album included three covers: "Tear It Up", "How Long", and "Just Like a Woman".
The song "Never Give Up on a Dream" was dedicated to Canadian athlete Terry Fox, who ran 3,339 miles with one prosthetic leg in the Marathon of Hope to raise money for cancer research. Fox succumbed to cancer in 1981, the year the album was released.
The music video for "Tonight I'm Yours" was shot by Australian film director Russell Mulcahy.
Critical reception
The album was generally well received, receiving four out of five stars in both Rolling Stone's contemporary review and in a retrospective from AllMusic.
Track listing
Personnel
Rod Stewart – lead vocals, backing vocals (3) Kevin Savigar – synthesizers Duane Hitchings – synthesizers and clavinet (1, 9) Jim Cregan – guitars, backing vocals (2, 3, 5, 9) Jeff Baxter – additional guitar (1), pedal steel guitar (6) Robin Le Mesurier – guitars (2–6, 8, 10) Danny Johnson – guitars (7) Jay Davis – bass (except 9) Carmine Appice – snare drum (1), backing vocals (2, 5, 9), drum machine (9) and hi-hat (9) Tony Brock – percussion (1), drums (2–8, 10), backing vocals (2, 3, 5), tambourine (10) Tommy Vig – tubular bells (1) Paulinho da Costa – percussion (7) Jimmy Zavala – saxophone (3), harmonica (7) Byron Berline – fiddle (5) Linda Lewis – female vocal (1) Penny Jones – vocal soloist (10) The Pentecostal Community Choir – choir (10) Keith Pringle – choir director (10)
Production Rod Stewart – producer Jim Cregan – co-producer, mixing George Tutko – engineer, mixing Ricky Charles Delena – assistant engineer Larry Emerine – mastering Stephen Marcussen – mastering Precision Lacquer (Hollywood, California) – mastering location Malcolm Cullimore – album coordinator Richard Seireeni – art direction Raul Vega – photography
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1981–1982) Peakposition Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) 11
Year-end charts Chart (1982) Position Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) 97 US Billboard 200 47
Certifications
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