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( March 2010 ) `` I 'd Really Love to See You Tonight '' Big Tree Records 1976 single cover Single by England Dan & John Ford Coley from the album Nights Are Forever B - side `` It 's Not The Same '' Released May 1976 Format 7 '' Genre Soft rock Length 2 : 42 Label Big Tree ( US ) Atlantic ( UK ) Songwriter ( s ) Parker McGee Producer ( s ) Kyle Lehning England Dan & John Ford Coley singles chronology `` I 'd Really Love to See You Tonight '' ( 1976 ) `` Nights Are Forever Without You '' ( 1977 ) `` I 'd Really Love to See You Tonight '' ( 1976 ) `` Nights Are Forever Without You '' ( 1977 ) `` I 'd Really Love to See You Tonight '' is a song written by Parker McGee and was a hit by England Dan & John Ford Coley from their 1976 album Nights Are Forever. It eventually peaked at # 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks, behind Wild Cherry 's `` Play That Funky Music '' and # 1 on the Easy Listening chart. Billboard ranked it as the # 21 song for 1976. It reached # 26 in the official UK chart Dan Seals, the `` England Dan '' half of the duo, re-recorded the song in 1995 in an acoustic country music style. Contents 1 Chart history 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 Other cover versions 3 In popular culture 4 References Chart history Weekly charts Chart ( 1976 ) Peak position Australia Kent Music Report 25 Canada RPM Top Singles Canada RPM Adult Contemporary New Zealand 15 UK Singles Chart ( OCC ) 26 US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Easy Listening US Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1976 ) Rank Canada 67 US Billboard Hot 100 21 US Billboard Easy Listening US Cash Box 47 Other cover versions Dee Dee Sharp Gamble covered the song on her 1977 album What Color Is Love Reba McEntire and Jacky Ward covered the song in 1978 as part of a double - sided single with `` Three Sheets in the Wind ''. Ian McShane covered the song on his 1992 album From Both Sides Now. Barry Manilow covered it on the 1996 album Summer of ' 78. Charlie McGettigan and Paul Harrington covered it on the album Rock ' n ' Roll Kids. Lillo Thomas covered the song on this 2010 album Come and Get It. In popular culture The band performed the song on the 1977 NBC teen drama series James at 15 in the episode `` The Blowout '' during the school dance scene. In the 1996 action thriller film The Long Kiss Goodnight starring Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson, Jackson 's character hears the song on the car radio while driving and starts to sing the chorus as `` I 'm not talking ' bout the linens... '', instead of `` I 'm not talking ' bout moving in '', and Davis 's character then promptly corrects his mondegreen. In the 2013 comedy film Anchorman 2, the song is briefly featured in a scene where Ron Burgundy ( played by Will Ferrell ) revisits his divorced wife Veronica Corningstone ( played by Christina Applegate ) and his son Walter just as he is approaching the door of their apartment in New York City with a gift for Walter. References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 - 2001. Record Research. p. 86. Jump up ^ Billboard Year - End Hot 100 singles of 1976 Jump up ^ `` Forum - 1970 ( ARIA Charts : Special Occasion Charts ) ''. australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 20. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Missing or empty url = ( help ) ; access - date = requires url = ( help ) Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Missing or empty url = ( help ) ; access - date = requires url = ( help ) Jump up ^ Recorded Music New Zealand, 27 September 1976 Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 - 2001. Record Research. p. 86. Jump up ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 18, 1976 Jump up ^ `` Top Singles -- Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977 ''. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 30, 2017. Jump up ^ Musicoutfitters.com Jump up ^ Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1976 Jump up ^ Cash Box Year - End Charts : Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 1976 Preceded by `` If You Know What I Mean '' by Neil Diamond Billboard Easy Listening number - one single August 21, 1976 Succeeded by `` Shower the People '' by James Taylor England Dan & John Ford Coley John Ford Coley Dan Seals Studio albums England Dan & John Ford Coley ( 1971 ) Fables ( 1972 ) I Hear the Music ( 1976 ) Nights Are Forever ( 1976 ) Dowdy Ferry Road ( 1977 ) Some Things Do n't Come Easy ( 1978 ) Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive ( 1979 ) Just Tell Me You Love Me ( 1980 ) Compilations The Best of England Dan and John Ford Coley ( 1979 ) The Best of England Dan and John Ford Coley Vol. 2 ( 1981 ) Singles `` I 'd Really Love to See You Tonight '' `` It 's Sad to Belong '' `` We 'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again '' `` Love Is the Answer '' Barry Manilow singles 1970s `` Mandy '' ( 1974 ) `` Sandra '' ( 1974 ) `` It 's a Miracle '' ( 1975 ) `` Could It Be Magic '' ( 1975 ) `` I Write the Songs '' ( 1975 ) `` Tryin ' to Get the Feeling Again '' ( 1976 ) `` This One 's for You '' ( 1976 ) `` Weekend in New England '' ( 1976 ) `` Looks Like We Made It '' ( 1977 ) `` Daybreak '' ( 1977 ) `` It 's Just Another New Year 's Eve '' ( 1977 ) `` Ca n't Smile Without You '' ( 1978 ) `` Even Now '' ( 1978 ) `` Copacabana '' ( 1978 ) `` Ready to Take a Chance Again '' ( 1978 ) `` Somewhere in the Night '' ( 1978 ) `` Ships '' ( 1979 ) `` When I Wanted You '' ( 1979 ) 1980s `` I Do n't Want to Walk Without You '' ( 1980 ) `` Bermuda Triangle '' ( 1980 ) `` I Made It Through the Rain '' ( 1980 ) `` Lonely Together '' ( 1981 ) `` The Old Songs '' ( 1981 ) `` Somewhere Down the Road '' ( 1981 ) `` Let 's Hang On ! '' ( 1982 ) `` Oh Julie '' ( 1982 ) `` Memory '' ( 1982 ) `` I 'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter '' ( 1982 ) `` Read ' Em and Weep '' ( 1983 ) `` When October Goes '' ( 1984 ) `` Run to Me '' ( 1985 ) `` I 'm Your Man '' ( 1986 ) `` Keep Each Other Warm '' ( 1989 ) 1990s `` If I Can Dream '' ( 1990 ) `` I 'd Really Love to See You Tonight '' ( 1997 ) 2000s `` River '' ( 2003 ) `` Unchained Melody '' ( 2006 ) `` Love Is a Many - Splendored Thing '' ( 2006 ) 2010s `` Santa Claus Is Coming to Town '' ( 2012 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I%27d_Really_Love_to_See_You_Tonight&oldid=832038926 '' Categories : 1976 singles England Dan & John Ford Coley songs Billboard Adult Contemporary number - one singles Vocal duets Reba McEntire songs Jacky Ward songs Song recordings produced by Kyle Lehning 1976 songs Big Tree Records singles Atlantic Records singles Hidden categories : Pages using web citations with no URL Pages using citations with accessdate and no URL Articles needing additional references from March 2010 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Nederlands Edit links This page was last edited on 23 March 2018, at 13 : 20. 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Question: who wrote i really love to see you tonight
Answer: Parker McGee