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^ " Eagle-Eye Cherry – Save Tonight" (in French).^ " Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Issue 7940." RPM.^ " Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 7459." RPM.^ " Top RPM Singles: Issue 7044." RPM.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) ^ Save Tonight (US promo CD liner notes).^ Save Tonight (Australasian CD single liner notes).
^ Save Tonight (UK CD single liner notes).^ Save Tonight (UK cassette single sleeve).^ Save Tonight (European CD single liner notes).^ Save Tonight (Swedish CD single liner notes)."People Are Still Yelling "Save Tonight!" at Eagle-Eye Cherry on the Street". "Reviews & Previews: Singles - New & Noteworthy" (PDF). ^ "Alla Rockbjörnsvinnare sedan 1979".^ "StubHub - Artist Biography - Eagle-Eye-Cherry".Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. The video gives the illusion of being presented as one continuous take. The "first" Cherry appears once again at the end of the video, walking to the home of his date. Another Cherry is seen playing a guitar and another is a bum on the street.
As he leaves, he is hit by a pickup truck, and as bystanders help him up he is revealed to actually be Cherry, as well as the driver in the truck. A robber wearing tights on his head as a means of disguise (bought in the very first scene of the music video, which is watched by Cherry via shop window) then comes and takes the money out of the cash register. He then tells the butcher "goodbye" and the camera reveals that the butcher is in fact Cherry himself. The first is a man readying for a date by buying roses and a bottle of wine at a deli. The monochrome music video for the song was filmed at Skånegatan 92-94 in Stockholm's Södermalm district from 9–10 September 1997, and features Cherry playing different characters and seeing the story from different perspectives. An excellent, commercially sound way of introducing the artist's sterling full-length debut, " Desireless", this cut demands immediate modern and mainstream rock radio play-and perhaps even triple-A and eventually top 40 stations." Daily Record commented that with the song, "late jazz legend Don's son and Neneh's brother is living up to his musical heritage." Music video Beyond the single's well-crafted surface are vivid, storyteller lyrics that are smarter than what you'll typically find on radio. The "first" Cherry appears once again at the end of the video, apparently walking to his date's place.Larry Flick of Billboard wrote, "With a voice mildly reminiscent of Seal, the lad gives "Save Tonight" a richly soulful edge that cuts through the track's shiny arrangement of strumming acoustic guitars and prickly electric licks. As he leaves, however, he is run over by a van, and as bystanders help him up, he is revealed to be Cherry, as is the driver in the van. A robber wearing a ski mask then comes along and takes the money out of the cash register. At first, he is a man getting ready for a date by buying some roses and a bottle of wine at a deli. The monochrome video for the song features Cherry playing different characters and seeing the story from different perspectives.
It was featured on the video games Karaoke Revolution and American Idol and was featured in the movie A Lot Like Love. It is considered to be his signature song. The song is the album's opening track, and was released as its first single, reaching #3 in Ireland, #5 in the USA, #6 in the UK and #2 in Cherry's native Sweden. "Save Tonight" is a rock single written by Eagle-Eye Cherry for his 1997 debut album Desireless.