Song · Eagle Eye Cherry
“Save Tonight” by Eagle Eye Cherry
Released 1998
“Save Tonight” by Eagle Eye Cherry appears on 25 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 1998 and 2023. It was first released in 1998. Its best result is #6 on the Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #25 alternative song of 1998, #2,641 alternative song of all time and #187 of the '90s.
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Eagle-Eye Cherry opened his debut album, Desireless, with "Save Tonight", and the Swedish rocker, who wrote it himself, sent it out as the lead single on 7 October 1997. Jangling acoustic strums and spiky electric licks give it a bright sheen, and Cherry's voice lays a soulful edge over the top; Billboard's Larry Flick heard a hint of Seal in it and praised lyrics with a storyteller's eye, sharper than the radio norm.
Radio pounced. It went to number five in the US, six in the UK, three in Ireland and two back home in Sweden, where it was named Swedish song of the year at the Rockbjörnen awards for 1997.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 48 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1998 | 107 |
| 1998 | 9 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1998 | 91 |
| 1998 | 60 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1998 | 106 |
| 1998 | 19 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 | 101 |
| 1998 | 10 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1998 | 100 |
| 1998 | 29 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 101.7 Songs of 1998 | 102 |
| 1998 | 6 | Virgin Radio United Kingdom | Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 1998 | 10 |
| 1998 | 28 | DC101 Washington, D.C. | DC101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 | 101 |
| 1998 | 30 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1998 | 103 |
| 1998 | 30 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998 | 102 |
| 1999 | 74 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999 | 101 |
| 1999 | 96 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999 | 104 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 278 | WHFS | WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) | 500 |
| 1999 | 288 | 91X | 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) | 500 |
| 1999 | 367 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 941 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 2001 | 240 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2003 | 60 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio VR10x10 (April 2003) | 100 |
| 2005 | 948 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
| 2020 | 296 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) | 420 |
| 2021 | 284 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) | 420 |
| 2022 | 785 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2022 | 303 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) | 420 |
| 2023 | 854 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2023 | 306 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) | 420 |
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