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“Tonight Tonight Tonight” by Genesis
From the album Invisible Touch (1986)
“Tonight Tonight Tonight” by Genesis appears on 11 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2014 and 2026. It was first released in 1986 on the album Invisible Touch. Its best result is #175 on the River 500 (2022).
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"Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" sits second on Genesis' 1986 album Invisible Touch, and it's a dark one. It started from a LinnDrum pattern Phil Collins put together; Tony Banks laid an ominous chord sequence over it, and that gloom shaped a lyric about an addict desperate to get through to a dealer for one more fix. Collins cranks the tension at the climax with huge gated-reverb drum fills, and the album version runs close to nine minutes, with a keyboard solo the single edit chopped out.
Banks, Collins and Mike Rutherford share the music, and the band produced it with Hugh Padgham at Fisher Lane Farm. Released as the album's fourth single in 1987, it climbed to 3 in the US and 18 in the UK. Its working title was "Monkey, Zulu".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 822 | Big 100 | BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2019 | 482 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 | 1025 |
| 2020 | 998 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) | 1025 |
| 2021 | 779 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s | 909 |
| 2021 | 774 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) | 1043 |
| 2022 | 956 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) | 1043 |
| 2022 | 349 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2022 | 175 | 97.1 The River | River 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2022 | 1015 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) | 1025 |
| 2025 | 744 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) | 1043 |
| 2026 | 195 | KSHE 95 | KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026) | 499 |
Also listed as: Tonight, Tonight, Tonight.
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