Let Me Love You Tonight

1980 single by Pure Prairie League

"Let Me Love You Tonight"

Single by Pure Prairie League

from the album Firin' Up

B-side

"Janny Lou"

Released

April 27, 1980

Length

2:47

Label

Casablanca

Songwriter(s)

George Greer, Jeff Wilson, Steve Woodard

Producer(s)

John Ryan

Pure Prairie League singles chronology

"I'm Almost Ready"
(1980)

"Let Me Love You Tonight"
(1980)

"Still Right Here in My Heart"
(1981)

"Let Me Love You Tonight" is a 1980 song by the American pop and country rock band Pure Prairie League. The lead vocalist for the band at the time was Vince Gill, who would later become a successful country music singer in his own right. Noted saxophonist David Sanborn can also be heard on the track.

Charts

Taken as the first single from their 1980 album, Firin' Up, "Let Me Love You Tonight" became the band's first (and, to date, only) song to enter the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at number 10 during the summer of 1980, and remained in the Top 40 for 11 weeks.^[1] The song also spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard adult contemporary chart.^[2]

Chart history

Chart (1980)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	10
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	1

Year-end chart (1980)	Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)^[3]	70

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)
^ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
^ "1980 Talent in Action – Year End Charts : Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 92, no. 51. December 20, 1980. p. TIA-10. Retrieved 5 April 2020.