Tonight (David Bowie album)

Tonight is an album by David Bowie, released in 1984. The album features a collaboration with Tina Turner on the title track, and a cover of the Beach Boys' song "God Only Knows". The album was derided by music critics who condemned it as a lazy effort, dashed off by Bowie as an attempt to recapture the chart success of his 1983 album Let's Dance. However, the album bore the Top 10 hit "Blue Jean" whose long-form video Jazzin' for Blue Jean, a 22-minute short film directed by Julien Temple, reflected Bowie's long-standing interest in combining music with drama. It also featured the minor hit "Loving the Alien", a deep song about religious conflict and one of the few songs from Tonight to later return to Bowie's stage repertoire. The album also has a pair of dance version rewrites of "Neighborhood Threat" and "Tonight", old songs Bowie wrote with Iggy Pop, both of which originally appeared on Lust for Life. The image of Bowie on the cover appears to be normal flesh color under black light.

Track listing

LP: EMI / DB 1 (UK)

Side one

1. "Loving the Alien" <small>(David Bowie)</small> – 7:11
2. "Don't Look Down" <small>(Iggy Pop, James Williamson)</small> – 4:11
3. "God Only Knows" <small>(Brian Wilson, Tony Asher)</small> – 3:08
4. "Tonight" <small>(Bowie, Pop)</small> (performed by David Bowie and Tina Turner) – 3:46

Side two

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