'Tonight Is Forever' first appeared in 1986 in the Please album. It was later covered by Liza Minnelli when she collaborated with the band on her 1989 album, Results.
Production and Recording[]
The tubular bells on the track are real, not sampled, even though the Boys were against having real instruments on any of the tracks.
Background[]
According to Neil, this song is about attending the club Heaven in London:
The idea that you can make a brief transitory excitement - fancying someone in a nightclub - into your whole life.
Chris said:
In the early Eighties everyone I knew sort of didn't work. Just got dressed up, lived on the dole, and got into clubs cheap - a life of living at night.
This was intended to be the follow up single to 'West End Girls' but after a poor reception of a performance of this on 'The Tube', they vetoed the idea in favour of 'Love Comes Quickly'.
In 1989, the Boys loaned this song to Liza Minelli when they produced her 'Results' album. Her version was orchestral and very filmic.
Lyrics[]
I may be wrong, I may be right Money's short and time is tight Don't even think about those bills Don't pay the price, we never will We're out again, another night I never have enough It will be like this forever if we fall in love Tonight is forever Tell me now you don't disagree Tonight is forever Open the door, you hold the key I may be wrong, I may be right so don't depend, I could lie I haven't got a job to pay but I could stay in bed all day Then out again another night I never have enough It will be like this forever if we fall in love Tonight is forever Tell me now you don't disagree Tonight is forever Open the door, you hold the key Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight tonight is the first night We don't need any more when we dance I don't think of the future tonight Tonight is forever Tell me now you don't disagree Tonight is forever Open the door, you hold the key I may be wrong, I may be right but I don't give up any night You could say conventional and I could claim intentional We're out again another night We never have enough It will be like this forever when we fall in love Tonight is forever Tell me now you don't disagree Tonight is forever Open the door, you hold the key tonight ------------------------------------- written by Tennant/Lowe