| "All Night Long" | ||||
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| Single byJoe Walsh | ||||
| from the albumUrban Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
| B-side | "Orange Blossom Special/Hoedown" | |||
| Released | May 1980 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 3:50 (Album version) 3:32 (Single version) | |||
| Label | Full Moon | |||
| Songwriter | Joe Walsh | |||
| Producer | Joe Walsh | |||
| Joe Walsh singles chronology | ||||
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"All Night Long" is a song byJoe Walsh, the guitarist for theEagles. It became one of Walsh's best charting singles. A live version of the song was included on the albumEagles Live (1980). It also appears inthe soundtrack to the filmUrban Cowboy (1980).
Billboard described the work of Joe Walsh as a "wailing through the rocker that has a subtlecountry rock flavor", praised the guitar and a vocal performance.[1]Cashbox said that Walsh plays "red hot guitar" and there is "plenty of power packed into the gut-grabbing chording."[2]
Unlike the other tracks on the film's soundtrack, it does not have much to do with country music—despite its reference to chewingtobacco: "Keep a-grinning 'til the weekend comes / Just a pinch between your cheek and gum."[3]
One month before the filmUrban Cowboy on May 11, the single entered theBillboard Hot 100 chart at the position #74; and on July 20 it peaked at #19 (for 2 weeks) and spent 16 weeks on the Hot 100, making it one of Walsh's highest-charting solo singles.[4] On the Canadian pop singles chart, it reached #13 for three weeks.[5]
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