Save Tonight

This is a simple song expressing the values of the night, relationships and ultimately life. The singer is going to go away the next day and he wants to cherish this one last night spent with his love. He explains that you can't fight changes, all you can do is accept them.

The Swedish-born singer Eagle-Eye Cherry, son of jazz trumpeter Don Cherry, released this first in his homeland in the fall of 1997, where it slowly gained steam before crossing over to the UK and US charts. Almost a year and a half after its release, it peaked at #5 on the Hot 100.

This was the last song Cherry wrote for his debut album and he wanted it to be special, "something that would stand the test of time." He achieved his goal - two decades later, the song is still in rotation on throwback radio stations and is a fixture on the setlists of countless cover bands. "People point at me and say 'Save Tonight?' like it's my name," Cherry told GQ in 2017. "Which I guess it kind of is."