Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy) (original) (raw)
"Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)" is a song by English band the 1975 from their fourth studio album, Notes on a Conditional Form (2020). The song was written by band members George Daniel, Matthew Healy, Adam Hann and Ross MacDonald alongside Guendoline Viray Rome Gomez and Hiroshi Sato. Daniel and Healy handled the production of the song. It originated from an a cappella sample, with the band gradually merging different pieces of music together to create the final version. Healy was inspired by the Backstreet Boys, producer Max Martin and rapper Kanye West, along with the melodic music of Brandy, Whitney Houston, SWV and TLC.
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| dbo:abstract | "Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)" is a song by English band the 1975 from their fourth studio album, Notes on a Conditional Form (2020). The song was written by band members George Daniel, Matthew Healy, Adam Hann and Ross MacDonald alongside Guendoline Viray Rome Gomez and Hiroshi Sato. Daniel and Healy handled the production of the song. It originated from an a cappella sample, with the band gradually merging different pieces of music together to create the final version. Healy was inspired by the Backstreet Boys, producer Max Martin and rapper Kanye West, along with the melodic music of Brandy, Whitney Houston, SWV and TLC. "Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)" is a mid-tempo experimental alternative R&B and neo soul slow jam. The song is produced in a retro 1990s style, containing a funk-influenced drum beat, reggae rhythms, brass instrumentation and influences of contemporary R&B, electropop, jazz, dub, ska and electronic music. The lyrics recount Healy's wish that his feelings of attraction toward a potential partner are reciprocated, touching upon themes of existentialism and dread. The song samples "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" by the Temptations, while the chord progression is based around Sato's "Say Goodbye". "Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)" was deemed an album highlight by numerous contemporary music critics and later included in several year-end lists. Contemporary reviewers praised the song's lyrics, its sampling of the Temptations and sonic experimentation. Commercially, the song reached number 11 on the US Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, number 14 on the New Zealand Hot Singles Chart, number 56 on the UK Singles Chart and number 67 in Ireland. A music video for the song was released on 22 May 2020. Directed by Most Dismal Swamp, it follows the exploits of a depressed teddy bear who becomes haunted by frightening images originating from within his computer. (en) |
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| dbp:description | A 25-second sample of "Tonight " showcasing the song's blend of reggae rhythms, brass instrumentation and a funk-influenced drum beat. (en) |
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| dbp:genre | * Alternative R&B * neo soul (en) |
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| dbp:producer | * George Daniel * Matthew Healy (en) |
| dbp:quote | "I don't think we ever do anything retro. We never do anything pastiche-y. But there's definitely a reflection on a certain time of our musical upbringing. And that was very much part of that." (en) |
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| dbp:source | —Healy, on creating "Tonight ". (en) |
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| dbp:writer | * George Daniel * Matthew Healy * Ross MacDonald * Adam Hann * Guendoline Viray Rome Gomez * Hiroshi Sato (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | "Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)" is a song by English band the 1975 from their fourth studio album, Notes on a Conditional Form (2020). The song was written by band members George Daniel, Matthew Healy, Adam Hann and Ross MacDonald alongside Guendoline Viray Rome Gomez and Hiroshi Sato. Daniel and Healy handled the production of the song. It originated from an a cappella sample, with the band gradually merging different pieces of music together to create the final version. Healy was inspired by the Backstreet Boys, producer Max Martin and rapper Kanye West, along with the melodic music of Brandy, Whitney Houston, SWV and TLC. (en) |
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