<Table> <Tr> <Td> "This Old Heart of Mine" (1976) </Td> <Td> "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" (1976) </Td> <Td> "The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)" (1976) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "This Old Heart of Mine" (1976) </Td> <Td> "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" (1976) </Td> <Td> "The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)" (1976) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" is a song by Rod Stewart, recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama for his 1976 album A Night on the Town . The song became his second US chart topper on the Billboard Hot 100 . It made its debut at number 81 on October 2, 1976 and rose quickly, climbing from number eight to the top of the chart on November 13, 1976, and remained on top for eight consecutive weeks until January 8, 1977 . It was the longest stay of any song during 1976, as well as the longest stay at number one for Rod Stewart in his entire recording career . The song also peaked at No. 5 in the UK, No. 3 in Australia and charted well in other parts of the world . It was the number 1 song on Billboard's 1977 year - end chart . It became the best - selling single of 1977 in the United States . As of 2015, it is the seventeenth most popular song in the history of the chart . </P> <P> According to Dan Peek of America, Stewart's inspiration for "Tonight's the Night" was America's Top 30 hit "Today's the Day": Peek recalls that one evening when he and his guest Rod Stewart were playing together in Peek's home recording studio: "I played' Today's the Day', the song I had been working on . Rod said that he liked it and that it gave him an idea for a song . Of course after his recording of' Tonight's the Night' came out I laughed when I remembered what he'd said . I'm sure I probably smacked my forehead and said:' Why didn't I think of that?"' </P>

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