Synopsis
Genesis perform "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" in a shadowy, cinematic urban setting. The band appears inside the Bradbury Building, while Phil Collins is also shown moving through the nighttime streets and a series of rough-looking city locations. The clip relies on stark lighting, industrial architecture, crowded interiors, and a brooding atmosphere rather than a conventional storyline. Its noir-inspired visual style reflects the song's tense account of addiction, desperation, and the expectation of a troubled late-night encounter.
Factoids & Trivia
- The video was filmed at the Bradbury Building in downtown Los Angeles, a location strongly associated with the science-fiction film "Blade Runner."
- Additional filming took place at the old Ford warehouse in Kansas City, Missouri.
- The clip's dark, industrial visual language mirrors the song's subject matter. The lyrics describe a person struggling with drug addiction and trying to arrange another fix.
- The song's nearly nine-minute album version was edited substantially for single release. The principal single edit runs for about four and a half minutes, while the music video runs for approximately six minutes.
- "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" was released as the fourth single from "Invisible Touch" in 1987. It reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the fifth Genesis single from the album to reach the US top five.
- The song also appeared in a major Michelob advertising campaign. The pairing was notably ironic because the track's narrative concerns cocaine addiction, while the commercial presented it as a stylish nighttime anthem.
- The track began as an instrumental jam and was originally known inside the band as "Monkey/Zulu." Its extended instrumental section helped give the song a more progressive structure than most of the other "Invisible Touch" singles.