| "All About Tonight" | ||||
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| Single byPixie Lott | ||||
| from the albumYoung Foolish Happy | ||||
| Released | 2 September 2011 (2011-09-02) | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
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| Length | 3:06 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
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| Producer | Brian Kidd | |||
| Pixie Lott singles chronology | ||||
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"All About Tonight" is a song by the English singerPixie Lott from her second studio album,Young Foolish Happy (2011). It was written by Lott,Tebey Ottoh, Brian Kidd, andTommy Lee James, and produced by Kidd. The song released as the album's lead single on 2 September 2011, after premiering onBBC Radio 1'sThe Chris Moyles Show on 11 July 2011.[1]
"All About Tonight" debuted at number one on theUK Singles Chart, becoming Lott's third number-one single on the chart. The song was nominated for British Single at the2012 Brit Awards.[2] The accompanying music video was directed byMarc Klasfeld and depicts Lott during a night out with her friends inDowntown Los Angeles.
"All About Tonight" was written during a studio meeting between Lott, Canadian singer-songwriterTebey and producer Brian Kidd at the ole Pop/Urban Songcamp inLos Angeles. Tebey had started working with a new manager, Ed Jefferson, who introduced him to Kidd. When the two got together, Tebey had the track done and his job was to write the top line. "I wrote the verse and started on the chorus, but I wasn't really loving it; I didn't think it was as strong as it should be. I called my friend Tommy Lee James, who's my main co-writer. He just happened to be in Los Angeles so I had him come by the studio and we wrote the rest of the song together after redoing the chorus", Tebey explained. "We weren't trying to write for her. We just wanted to write a great, upbeat pop song and it just so happened that it was what they were looking for in the next stage of her career, which is to try and break her in America... but the song can definitely work in the U.K. as well." The song was sent toA&R executives Jamie Nelson and Joe Kentish atMercury Records, who showed immediate interest in it.[3]
Musically, "All About Tonight" is adance-pop andelectropop song with elements ofHi-NRG.[4][5][6] Lott herself described the song as "a party track about going out with the girls and forgetting about past dramas and relationships so that you can have fun and let your hair down."[7]
The song received mixed to positive reviews from music critics.Digital Spy music editor Robert Copsey gave the song three out of five stars, stating, "Naturally, she's decided to change tack; vamping up her sound to match her cheekier girl-next-door look for the LP's trailer single 'All About Tonight'. 'We'll be dancing and singing and climbing up on the tables,' she announces over a light 'n' bouncydisco-pop beat, before asking us to 'grab someone if you're single, grab someone if you're not'. It mightn't get the nod from most marriage counsellors, but thankfully Pix's gentle tones sound moreMade in Chelsea thanGeordie Shore."[8] In a review ofYoung Foolish Happy, Duncan Gillespie ofNME found the song "quite good" and compared it to American singerKesha.[6]
Pip Ellwood of Entertainment Focus, rating "All About Tonight" four out of five stars, viewed it as "another gem that sits nicely next to Pixie's previous singles but stands alone as a strong pop track", also calling it "an absolutecorker".[9] OddOne of Unreality Shout, however, gave the track one star only and noted that it "barely tries to set itself away from the aggregation of cheaply produced electropop/dance hits", further concluding, "From someone who achieved five Top 20 singles from her début, her futility and inability to advance from genres that ran bereft of character, fun and personality over a year ago suggest she and her team are quite clearly out of ideas."[10]
"All About Tonight" debuted at number one on theUK Singles Chart with first-week sales of 88,893 copies (the highest of Lott's career),[11] earning Lott her third UK chart-topper.[12] Since the songs release it has been certified Platinum in the United Kingdom for the sales of 600,000 copies, becoming Lott's biggest hit of her career.[13] The song also entered theIrish Singles Chart at number 10,[14] peaking at number nine the following week.[15] It became Lott's second top ten single in Ireland.
The music video for "All About Tonight" was directed byMarc Klasfeld and filmed inDowntown Los Angeles.[16][17] It premiered on 14 July 2011.[18] The video begins with Lott walking and smiling to the camera, with superimposed shots of theManhattan skyline at night.[17] Lott is seen walking down a dim street andtext messaging while partygoers watch her. She is soon joined by dancers as they perform a choreographed routine along the6th Street Bridge. The video is intercut with clips of Lott lying on a black seat in the back of a car, as well as shots of her wearing a blonde wig under a bridge while surrounded by several people and objects, such as vintage furniture and acarousel horse. The video ends with Lott dancing with both female and male dancers, followed by a close-up shot of her smiling.
Lott's first live performance of "All About Tonight" took place at Hanley Park Festival inStoke-on-Trent on 16 July 2011,[citation needed] followed by a performance atTramlines Festival inSheffield on 23 July.[19] On 31 July, she performed the song atKey 103 Live inManchester and atLeeds'Party in the Park.[20][21][22][23] On 28 August, Lott performed the track atManchester Pride.[24] Lott performed the song live on the British television game showRed or Black? on 4 September 2011.[25] Two days later, she performed it on the British breakfast television showLorraine.[26]
The song was also performed at Sainsbury's Super Sunday festival atLondon'sClapham Common on 11 September,[citation needed] atBBC Radio 1's Teen Awards on 9 October,[27][28][29] at theRadio Forth Awards inEdinburgh on 10 November,[30] and atCapital FM'sJingle Bell Ball on 3 December.[31] On 5 December 2011, Lott performed "All About Tonight" at the 99thRoyal Variety Performance atThe Lowry theatre inSalford, Greater Manchester, in the presence ofPrincess Anne. The event aired onITV1 on 14 December.[32] In August 2014, Lott performed the song atV Festival.[33]
Credits adapted from the liner notes ofYoung Foolish Happy.[38]
Weekly charts[edit]
| Year-end charts[edit]
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[47] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| Ireland | 2 September 2011 | Digital download | Mercury | [34] |
| United Kingdom | 4 September 2011 | [48] | ||
| France | 12 September 2011 | Universal | [49] | |
| Australia | 23 September 2011 | [50] | ||
| Austria | 18 November 2011 | [35] | ||
| Germany | [36] | |||
| Switzerland | [37] |
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