Joel wanted to recapture his teenage years with An Innocent Man by writing songs in the pop and soul styles of the late '50s and early '60s. "This Night" is a slow-dance tune about a guy who wants a no-strings-attached relationship with a like-minded woman but gets caught up in the romantic moment. He sings: Now that you're here, it's not the same situation Suddenly, I don't remember the rules anymore It was inspired by his then-romance with supermodel Elle Macpherson. "It's basically, 'Let's not get serious, let's keep it light,'" he told Sirius XM in 2016. "And I completely forgot the whole bit as soon as I started going out with her."
The chorus is an adaptation of a passage from the Beethoven sonata "Pathetique." "L. V. Beethoven" is credited in the album notes.
This was released as a single in the UK and Japan, where it peaked at #78 and #88, respectively. In the US, it was issued as the B-side to "Leave A Tender Moment Alone." Compared to his other albums, this one yielded the most hits, with the other six singles all reaching the Top 30 of the Hot 100 - including the chart-topper "Tell Her About It."
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