Everybody Have Fun Tonight


"Everybody Have Fun Tonight" is a song performed by the British new wave group Wang Chung, released as a single from their album Mosaic in 1986. Collaboratively written by Jack Hues, Nick Feldman, and Peter Wolf, it reached #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on Christmas 1986 behind "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles. It also hit #1 on the Canada RPM Top 100 Singles chart the week of 17 January 1987. With some different lyrics, the original ballad version of the song was placed on the B-side.
After their breakup in 1991, Wang Chung reunited in 2005 to perform this song on the television show Hit Me, Baby, One More Time.
The song is featured on numerous 1980s compilation albums and still receives some radio airplay across the United States.
It has appeared in the "#2s" episode of VH1 Classic's One Hit Wonders series, even though the band had one more top 10 single, "Let's Go", in April 1987.

Track listing

; 7" Geffen / 7-28562
  1. "Everybody Have Fun Tonight "
  2. "Fun Tonight: The Early Years"
; 7" Geffen / GEF 13F
  1. "Everybody Have Fun Tonight "
  2. "Fun Tonight: The Early Years"
  1. "Dance Hall Days"
  2. "Don't Let Go"
; 7" Geffen / P-2193
  1. "Everybody Have Fun Tonight "
  2. "Fun Tonight: The Early Years"
; 12" Geffen / 0-20551 and TA 2589
  1. "Everybody Have Fun Tonight " - 6:45
  2. "Everybody Have Fun Tonight " - 3:59*
  1. "Everybody Dub Tonight" - 6:02*
  2. "Fun Tonight: The Early Years" - 4:12
; 12" Geffen / PRO-A-2581
  1. "Everybody Have Fun Tonight " - 3:59
  1. "Everybody Have Fun Tonight " - 4:47

    Music video

The music video, directed by Godley & Creme, features scenes of the band playing in a wood-lined room with very rapid editing between different takes of the same performance. The editing gives the video a somewhat disorienting flip book-like animation style, employing the use of visual jitter. Wang Chung, additional musicians and dancers are seen in several formations throughout the video. They are shown in close portrait and seated along a row of chairs, the seating arrangement of which was changed with each take. Each shot flips through up to four takes of the same shot, with some shots approaching up to 1/24th of a second between edits. The video was banned by the BBC from airing after its premiere due to a medical expert retained by the BBC’s screening committee claiming it could possibly trigger “epileptic fits”.

Charts

Year-end charts

In popular culture

"Everybody Have Fun Tonight" appeared in the following programs: