All About Tonight (Blake Shelton song) explained

All About Tonight
Cover:Blake Shelton All About Tonight.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Blake Shelton
Ep:All About Tonight
Released:April 5, 2010
Genre:Country
Length:3:27 (album version)
3:20 (single version)
Label:Warner Bros. Nashville
Reprise Nashville
Producer:Scott Hendricks
Prev Title:Hillbilly Bone
Prev Year:2009
Next Title:Who Are You When I'm Not Looking
Next Year:2010

"All About Tonight" is a song written by Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, and Ben Hayslip, also known as The Peach Pickers, and recorded by American country music artist Blake Shelton. It serves as the first single from All About Tonight, his second extended play, and seventh studio release.

Content

The lyrics in All About Tonight focus around partying and living in the moment. Co-writer Rhett Akins told The Boot that they wanted to write a song about how they don't care about tomorrow because tomorrow can wait until tomorrow. Akins said "we just went from there and touched on things like I know I'm going to have a headache in the morning, and I'll probably be broke. There's no telling what we're going to do, and I don't even care because it's all about tonight. That's all I'm worried about! It's a good, fun party song about where the night is going to go. After we wrote it, we thought it sounds just like a Blake Shelton song."[1]

Critical reception

Giving the song four and-a-half out of five stars, Matt Bjorke of Roughstock stated that "Even if “All About Tonight” isn’t a ‘deep’ song, it has that southern rock melody mixed with a good time joe attitude that clearly makes “All About Tonight” one of the most obvious hit singles of Blake Shelton’s career to date"[2]

Blake Boldt with Engine 145 gave the song a "thumbs down" rating, saying that "Shelton convinces as a liquored-up barfly who’s itching for his next conquest. In a radio climate that favors long-term love affairs, a song that even suggests a one-night stand is a slightly-bold move. That’s about the only risk taken on “Tonight,” which swings along on a standard modern-country production with a touch of twang. The nifty slide guitar line in the bridge is a neat twist, but the rest of “Tonight” is a forgettable template plugged into a filler tune."[3]

Music video

A live music video for the song was made and premiered on Country Music Television on June 16, 2010.[4] It was directed by Jon Small. This is Blake's first live performance video.[5]

Chart performance

"All About Tonight" debuted at No. 45 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in April 2010. For the week of August 28, 2010, the song became his seventh Number One on the Hot Country Songs chart.

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blake Shelton, 'All About Tonight' – Story Behind the Lyrics. Conaway. Alanna. June 18, 2010. The Boot. June 20, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100620030434/http://www.theboot.com/2010/06/18/blake-shelton-all-about-tonight-lyrics/. June 20, 2010 . live.
  2. Web site: Blake Shelton – "All About Tonight" . Roughstock.com . April 5, 2010 . May 30, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100619044012/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/blake-shelton-all-about-tonight- . June 19, 2010 . dead . mdy-all .
  3. Web site: Blake Shelton – "All About Tonight" . Engine 145 . May 6, 2010 . May 30, 2010 . https://archive.today/20141218052639/http://www.engine145.com/blake-shelton-all-about-tonight/ . December 18, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
  4. Web site: Music Binge – 6.16.10 : All About Tonight. Country Music Television. July 28, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100628115452/http://www.cmt.com/videos/blake-shelton/528483/all-about-tonight.jhtml?id=1641657. June 28, 2010 . dead.
  5. Web site: CMT : Videos : Blake Shelton : All About Tonight. Country Music Television. July 28, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100712105051/http://www.cmt.com/videos/blake-shelton/528483/all-about-tonight.jhtml. July 12, 2010 . dead.
  6. Web site: Best of 2010: Country Songs . . . 2010 . December 13, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101211104551/http://www.billboard.com/. December 11, 2010 . live.