page_title: Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
section_title: Promotion and release
hierarchical_section_title: Tonight: Franz Ferdinand / Promotion and release
caption_attribution_description: English: Franz Ferdiand
context_page_description: Tonight: Franz Ferdinand is the third studio album by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand. It was released on 26 January 2009 through the Domino Recording Company. It was the band's first studio album since You Could Have It So Much Better, released roughly three and a half years earlier.
  The album was recorded in a span of two years at the town hall of Govan, Scotland, and Mr. Dan's Studio in South London. It has been described as a concept album loosely based around a night of partying and the morning effects after. The album has more of a dance-oriented sound, featuring dance-punk, new wave, and electropop throughout, marking a departure from the band's post-punk sound, which was prominently featured on their past two albums.
  Upon release, the album received generally favourable reviews from music critics and had a positive commercial performance, peaking at number two on the UK Albums Chart, number nine on the US Billboard 200, and charting in the top ten in several other countries. Five official singles have been released from the album: "Lucid Dreams", "Ulysses", "No You Girls", "Can't Stop Feeling", and "What She Came For".
context_section_description: On 19 August 2008, Franz Ferdinand released "Lucid Dreams" through iTunes and made it available for streaming on their official website. It is also featured on the Madden NFL 09 soundtrack. The track on the album differs from this version and is four minutes longer. The song peaked at number 35 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100. "Ulysses" was released on 19 January 2009. The song received its first airplay during Zane Lowe's radio show on BBC Radio 1 on 17 November 2008 and was made available for streaming on the band's MySpace Music profile later that day. It peaked at number 20 on the UK Singles Chart and number 20 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. It also charted in several other countries, marking a significant chart performance. "No You Girls" was released as a single on 6 April. The song was used in a commercial for the iPod Touch. The song peaked at number 22 in the UK and number 106 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it their first single to chart in the Hot 100 since "Do You Want To". It peaked in several other countries, as well, also marking a significant chart performance. On 22 January, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand was made available for streaming through the band's official MySpace Music profile. "Can't Stop Feeling" was released as the next single from the album. The song didn't have a chart performance as positive as "Ulysses" and "No You Girls", but it did chart at number 19 on the Belgian Flanders Tip singles chart, number 24 on the Polish Singles Chart, number 47 on the Italian Singles Chart, and number 69 on the French Singles Chart. "What She Came For" was released as a single on 31 August 2009 and "Live Alone" was released as a single on 13 November 2009. Both songs had the worst chart performance out of all songs as they didn't chart in any country.
caption: The band performing live in 2009, following the release of Tonight.
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