Song · Wang Chung
“Everybody Have Fun Tonight” by Wang Chung
From the album Mosaic (1986)
“Everybody Have Fun Tonight” by Wang Chung appears on 6 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1986 and 2021. It was first released in 1986 on the album Mosaic. Its best result is #46 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1986. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #47 alternative song of 1986 and #4,241 alternative song of all time.
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"Everybody Have Fun Tonight" is the 1986 single from Mosaic, the fourth studio album by English new wave band Wang Chung, and it's a party record with its tongue firmly in its cheek. Jack Hues and Nick Feldman wrote it with producer Peter Wolf, and the result is a slick, self-delighted dance rocker whose chorus, as Billboard put it, coins a new verb.
It started life as a ballad, and that earlier version, with different words, rode along on the B-side. The upbeat take went to number 2 on the Hot 100 over the holidays and topped the Cashbox chart and Canada's RPM chart. It keeps coming back: the band sang it on Hit Me, Baby, One More Time in 2005, and it turned up in the second trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 65 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986 | 107 |
| 1986 | 46 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1986 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 441 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) | 495 |
| 2002 | 826 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1593 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2021 | 352 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s | 909 |
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