I'd Die to Be with You Tonight

"I'd Die to Be with You Tonight" is a song by Australian rock musician, Jimmy Barnes. Released in August 1985 as the lead single from his second studio album, For the Working Class Man. The song peaked at number seven on the Australian Kent Music Report, becoming Barnes' first top ten single. Kim Carnes participates in the song on the harmony vocals..

"I'd Die to Be with You Tonight"
Single by Jimmy Barnes
from the album For the Working Class Man
B-side"Vision"
ReleasedAugust 1985
StudioRhinoceros
Genre
Length3:54
LabelMushroom
Songwriter(s)Chas Sandford
Producer(s)
  • Chas Sandford
  • Gary Gersh
Jimmy Barnes singles chronology
"Daylight"
(1985)
"I'd Die to Be with You Tonight"
(1985)
"Working Class Man"
(1985)

In his autobiography, Barnes claimed that Sandford was initially unwilling to part with the song, saying that he had already declined to give it to Don Henley because he was saving it for a solo album.[1]

Kim Carnes participates in the song on the harmony vocals.

Track listing

7" Single (K-9819)

  • Side A "I'd Die to Be with You Tonight" - 3:54
  • Side B "Vision" - 3:08

12" /Maxi (X 14248)

  • Side A "I'd Die to Be with You Tonight" (Extended)
  • Side B1 "Resurrection Shuffle"
  • Side B2 "Vision" - 3:08

Charts

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report [2] 7
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[3] 16

References

  1. Jimmy Barnes (2017). Working Class Man. HarperCollins. pp. 279–280. ISBN 978-1460752142.
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 27. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.
  3. "Charts.nz – Jimmy Barnes – I'd Die to Be with You Tonight". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
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