{{Infobox song | name = Paradise Tonight | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Charly McClain with Mickey Gilley | album = Paradise | B-side = Four Seasons of Love | released = June 1983 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = 2:58 | label = Epic | writer = Bill Kenner<br />Mark Wright | producer = Chucko Productions | chronology = Charly McClain | prev_title = Fly into Love | prev_year = 1983 | next_title = Sentimental Ol' You | next_year = 1983 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Mickey Gilley | type = single | prev_title = Fool for Your Love | prev_year = 1983 | title = Paradise Tonight | year = 1983 | next_title = Your Love Shines Through | next_year = 1983 }} }} "'''Paradise Tonight'''" is a song written by Bill Kenner and Mark Wright, and recorded by American country music artists Charly McClain and Mickey Gilley. It was released in June 1983 as the second single from McClain's album ''Paradise''. The song was the most successful of three releases by McClain and Gilley as a duo. The single went to number one for one week and stayed a total of thirteen weeks on the top 40 country chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=221}}</ref>

==Charts==

===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|Chart (1983) !align="center"|Peak<br />position |- {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Charly McClain}} |- |align="left"|Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks |align="center"|1 |}

===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable" !Chart (1983) !Position |- |US Hot Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1983/hot-country-songs|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1983|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=June 19, 2021}}</ref> |align="center"|21 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Charly McClain}} {{Mickey Gilley}} Category:1983 singles Category:1983 songs Category:Charly McClain songs Category:Mickey Gilley songs Category:Male–female vocal duets Category:Epic Records singles Category:Songs written by Mark Wright (record producer) Category:Songs written by Bill Kenner

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