Give Me Tonight
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"Give Me Tonight" is a 1984 song released as a single by Shannon
Shannon (singer)
Shannon is an American singer. She is best known for her 1983 million-selling record, "Let the Music Play". The record re-defined the electro funk sound that would eventually be called freestyle music.-Biography:...

, an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 R&B and dance
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...

 artist. Released as the follow-up single to her smash debut single, "Let the Music Play," "Give Me Tonight" was not as successful as its predecessor on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

, where it peaked at #46. It did, however, receive the same enthusiastic response in the dance clubs as did her previous single, hitting the top spot on the Hot Dance Club Play
Hot Dance Club Play
The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...

 chart in March 1984 and remaining there for two weeks. It also was a significant Urban
Urban contemporary
Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop/rap, contemporary R&B, pop, electronica such as dubstep and drum and bass and Caribbean music...

 hit, reaching #6 on the American R&B chart. Internationally, the song peaked at #24 on the UK singles chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

.

In 2000 Hex Hector
Hex Hector
Hex Hector , is an American dance remixer. He won a Grammy in 2001 for "Best Remixer".-Biography:Hector was born in in Manhattan, New York, of a Puerto Rican mother and Cuban father, and was raised in the Washington Heights neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan...

 remixed the song and the mixes were called the 'Give Me Tonight (2000 A.D. Mixes)'

Other versions

  • In 1995 Leila K
    Leila K
    Laila El Khalifi better known by her stage name Leila K, is a Swedish Eurodance singer and former rapper of Moroccan descent.-Biography:...

     released the song "Electric
    Electric (Leila K song)
    "Electric" is a song performed by Leila K. The song was released as a single in late 1995 and later included on the 1996 album Manic Panic. The chorus is sung by Jessica Folcker....

    ." The chorus (sung by Jessica Folcker
    Jessica Folcker
    Jessica Folcker born , is a Swedish singer.-Biography:Folcker was born as Jessica Elisabeth Angelique Folcker in Täby, a Stockholm suburb, on . Her mother is Swedish and her father is from Senegal....

    ) has the same melody as "Give Me Tonight". Chris Barbosa
    Chris Barbosa
    Chris Barbosa is a producer from New York who redefined electro funk as Latin freestyle in the early 1980s with Shannon's "Let the Music Play".- Early career :...

     and Ed Chisolm share songwriting credits together with Denniz PoP
    Denniz Pop
    Dag Krister Volle , better known under the artistic name Denniz Pop , was a Swedish DJ, music producer and songwriter....

    , Max Martin
    Max Martin
    Martin Karl Sandberg, known professionally as Max Martin, is a Swedish music producer and songwriter. Raised in Stenhamra, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, he broke through as a producer and songwriter in the mid to late 1990s after crafting a string of hits for pop artists like the Backstreet Boys,...

    , Herbie Crichlow
    Herbie Crichlow
    Herbie Crichlow is a 4-time ASCAP-awarded English music producer and songwriter. Born in England, raised in Barbados. He is Best known for his Multi Diamond, Platinum and Gold awarded works. He is also known for his penned collaborations with Max Martin , RedOne, Grammy award winner David Franks...

     and Leila K
    Leila K
    Laila El Khalifi better known by her stage name Leila K, is a Swedish Eurodance singer and former rapper of Moroccan descent.-Biography:...

    .


This song has a nearly identical drum machine
Drum machine
A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums or other percussion instruments. They are used in a variety of musical genres, not just purely electronic music...

 pattern as the original version of Exposé
Exposé (band)
Exposé is an American vocal group. Primarily consisting of lead vocalists Ann Curless, Jeanette Jurado, and Gioia Bruno, the group achieved much of their success in the late 1980s and early 1990s, becoming the first group to have four top ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart from their debut...

's later song "Point of No Return
Point of No Return (Exposé song)
"Point of No Return" is a single by the female dance-pop trio Exposé. Written and produced by Lewis Martineé, the single was originally released in 1985 with Alejandra Lorenzo as the lead singer...

".
  • In 2006, a (demo) goth-rock version by Nyromantisk (http://www.myspace.com/nyromantiskgoth)
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