"All Night Long" is a song by Joe Walsh, the guitarist for the Eagles. It became one of Walsh's best charting singles. A live version of the song was included on the album Eagles Live (1980). It also appears in the soundtrack to the film Urban Cowboy (1980).
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| Single by Joe Walsh | ||||
| from the album Urban Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
| B-side | "Orange Blossom Special/Hoedown" | |||
| Released | May 1980 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 3:50 (Album version) 3:32 (Single version) | |||
| Label | Full Moon | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Joe Walsh | |||
| Producer(s) | Joe Walsh | |||
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Critical reception
editBillboard described the work of Joe Walsh as a "wailing through the rocker that has a subtle country rock flavor", praised the guitar and a vocal performance.[1] Cash Box said that Walsh plays "red hot guitar" and there is "plenty of power packed into the gut-grabbing chording."[2]
Background
editUnlike the other tracks on the film's soundtrack, it does not have much to do with country music—despite its reference to chewing tobacco: "Keep a-grinning 'til the weekend comes / Just a pinch between your cheek and gum."[3]
Chart performance
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Weekly chartseditOne month before the film Urban Cowboy on May 11, the single entered the Billboard's Hot 100 chart at the position #74; and on July 20 it peaked at #19 (for 2 weeks) and spent 16 weeks on the Hot 100, making it one of Walsh's highest-charting solo singles.[4] On the Canadian pop singles chart, it reached #13 for three weeks.[5]
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Personnel
editReferences
edit- ^ "Review: Joe Walsh — All Night Long" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 20. 17 May 1980. p. 68. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via American Radio History.
- ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. May 17, 1980. p. 18. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
- ^ "Top 10 Joe Walsh Songs". Ultimateclassicrock.com. 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
- ^ "All Night Long by Joe Walsh Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
- ^ "Image : RPM Weekly". 2024-04-02.
- ^ "Image : RPM Weekly". 2024-04-02.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 8/02/80".
- ^ "Pop Singles" Billboard December 20, 1980: TIA-10
