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“You're All I've Got Tonight” by The Cars

From the album The Cars (1978)

“You're All I've Got Tonight” by The Cars appears on 33 radio countdowns from 20 stations between 1997 and 2026. It was first released in 1978 on the album The Cars. Its best result is #205 on the BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,196 alternative song of all time.

33countdowns
20stations
#205best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1997–2026years charted

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"You're All I've Got Tonight" is a live wire off the Cars' debut album, The Cars, released by Elektra in June 1978, and it never needed to be a single to stick around: like "Bye Bye Love" and "Moving in Stereo", it still turns up on classic rock radio, though in the Netherlands it did slip out as the flip of "All Mixed Up".

Ric Ocasek wrote it and sings it, and keyboardist Greg Hawkes has praised his knack for spinning a great song out of an everyday phrase. Roy Thomas Baker produced it with Geoff Workman engineering, and it's slick, swaggering hard rock: it kicks off with tom-toms run through a flanger, then flanged, distorted guitars climb a chromatic ladder of power chords before settling into a long vamp on B major.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1997 881 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1997 398 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1998 469 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 491 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
2002 496 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2004 901 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2011 426 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2012 205 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2012 562 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 378 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 330 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2014 855 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 428 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2016 306 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 342 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2016 454 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2017 352 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2018 356 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2019 481 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2020 879 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 425 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2021 997 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 361 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2022 438 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2022 870 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 497 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 340 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2023 497 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 475 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 421 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2023 254 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2025 454 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2026 274 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500

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