| The Way I Feel Tonight | |
| Cover: | The_Way_I_Feel_Tonight_-_Bay_City_Rollers.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Bay City Rollers |
| Album: | It's a Game |
| B-Side: | "Love Power" (US)"Don't Let the Music Die" (Japan) |
| Released: | October 1977 |
| Recorded: | 1977 |
| Genre: | Soft rock, pop |
| Length: | 3:28 |
| Label: | Arista |
| Producer: | Harry Maslin |
| Prev Title: | You Made Me Believe in Magic |
| Prev Year: | 1977 |
| Next Title: | Don't Let the Music Die |
| Next Year: | 1977 |
"The Way I Feel Tonight" is a pop ballad by the Bay City Rollers from their 1977 album It's a Game. The tune, written by Harvey Shield, and featuring a lead vocal by Les McKeown, is a slow, dramatic ballad with a heavily orchestrated arrangement.
The song was released as a 7" vinyl single in numerous territories, and had a peak position of No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[1] It was the Rollers' final charting US single, but was also their second and highest entry on the Adult Contemporary chart, where it peaked at No. 16.
1. "The Way I Feel Tonight" - 3:28
2. "Love Power" - 3:35
| Chart (1977-78) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report) | 56 |
| Canada RPM Top Singles | 23 |
| New Zealand [2] | 38 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] | 24 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[4] | 16 |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100[5] | 19 |
. Joel Whitburn . 1993 . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 . Record Research . 24.