All Night Long (Joe Walsh song)

"All Night Long"
Single by Joe Walsh
from the album Urban Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
B-side	"Orange Blossom Special/Hoedown"
Released	May 1980
Genre	Hard rock
Length	3:50 (Album version) 3:32 (Single version)
Label	Full Moon
Songwriter(s)	Joe Walsh
Producer(s)	Joe Walsh
Joe Walsh singles chronology
"Life's Been Good" (1978) "All Night Long" (1980) "A Life of Illusion" (1981)

"All Night Long" is a song by Joe Walsh, the guitarist for the Eagles. It became one of Walsh's best charting singles. A live version of the song was included on the album Eagles Live (1980). It also appears in the soundtrack to the film Urban Cowboy (1980).

Critical reception

Billboard described the work of Joe Walsh as a "wailing through the rocker that has a subtle country rock flavor", praised the guitar and a vocal performance.[1] Cash Box said that Walsh plays "red hot guitar" and there is "plenty of power packed into the gut-grabbing chording."[2]

Background

Unlike the other tracks on the film's soundtrack, it does not have much to do with country music—despite its reference to chewing tobacco: "Keep a-grinning 'til the weekend comes / Just a pinch between your cheek and gum."[3]

Chart performance

Weekly charts One month before the film Urban Cowboy on May 11, the single entered the Billboard's Hot 100 chart at the position #74; and on July 20 it peaked at #19 (for 2 weeks) and spent 16 weeks on the Hot 100, making it one of Walsh's highest-charting solo singles.[4] On the Canadian pop singles chart, it reached #13 for three weeks.[5] Chart (1980) Peak position Canada RPM[6] 13 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 19 U.S. Cash Box Top 100[7] 18

Year-end charts Chart (1980) Rank U.S. Billboard [8] 99

Personnel

• Joe Walsh – lead vocals, guitars
• George "Chocolate" Perry – bass guitar
• Paul Harris – keyboards
• Joe Vitale – drums

References

1. "Review: Joe Walsh — All Night Long" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 20. 17 May 1980. p. 68. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via American Radio History.
2. "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. May 17, 1980. p. 18. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
3. "Top 10 Joe Walsh Songs". Ultimateclassicrock.com. 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
4. "All Night Long by Joe Walsh Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
5. "Image : RPM Weekly". 2024-04-02.
6. "Image : RPM Weekly". 2024-04-02.
7. "Cash Box Top 100 8/02/80".
8. "Pop Singles" Billboard December 20, 1980: TIA-10

External links

• Joe Walsh – All Night Long on YouTube