Tonight I'm Yours is the eleventh studio album by Rod Stewart, released in 1981. It features hints of classic rock, pop and new wave. The album had three hit singles, with the title track "Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)" (US Billboard No. 20, US Cash Box No. 15; Canada No. 2[4]), "Young Turks" (US No. 5), and "How Long" (US No. 49).
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| Released | 6 November 1981 | |||
| Recorded | November 1980 – June 1981 | |||
| Studio | Record Plant, Los Angeles | |||
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| Length | 41:29 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros., Riva | |||
| Producer | Jim Cregan, Rod Stewart | |||
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Album information
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 a couple of songs (the title track, and "Young Turks"), while mostly keeping to his rock traditions elsewhere. 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
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Robert Christgau | B[6] |
| Rolling Stone | [7] |
The album was mostly well received, being given four out of five stars in both Rolling Stone's contemporary review[7] and in a retrospective from AllMusic.[5] On AllMusic, Stewart has not yet surpassed the 4-star rating that the album received with any of his subsequent releases.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)" | Stewart, Jim Cregan, Kevin Savigar | 4:09 |
| 2. | "How Long" | Paul Carrack | 4:12 |
| 3. | "Tora, Tora, Tora (Out With The Boys)" | Stewart | 4:29 |
| 4. | "Tear It Up" | Dorsey Burnette, Johnny Burnette, David Burlinson | 2:29 |
| 5. | "Only a Boy" | Stewart, Cregan, Savigar | 4:09 |
| 6. | "Just Like a Woman" | Bob Dylan | 3:55 |
| 7. | "Jealous" | Stewart, Carmine Appice, Jay Davis, Danny Johnson | 4:30 |
| 8. | "Sonny" | Stewart, Cregan, Savigar, Bernie Taupin | 4:01 |
| 9. | "Young Turks" | Stewart, Appice, Duane Hitchings, Savigar | 5:04 |
| 10. | "Never Give Up on a Dream" | Stewart, Cregan, Taupin | 4:20 |
| Total length: | 41:34 | ||
Personnel
- Rod Stewart – vocals
- Jim Cregan – guitar and backing vocals
- Robin Le Mesurier – guitar
- Jeff Baxter – guitar and pedal steel guitar
- Danny Johnson – guitar
- Byron Berline – fiddle
- Jimmy Zavala – harmonica and saxophone
- Kevin Savigar – keyboards
- Duane Hitchings – keyboards
- Jay Davis – bass
- Carmine Appice – drums and backing vocals
- Tony Brock – drums, tambourine and backing vocals
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
- Tommy Vig – tubular bells
- Penny Jones – soloist
- Linda Lewis, the Pentecostal Community Choir – backing vocals
- Karat Faye – engineer
Charts
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[18] | Platinum | 50,000^ |
| Canada (Music Canada)[19] | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
| Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[20] | Platinum | 20,000* |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[21] | Gold | 100,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[22] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||