Everybody Have Fun Tonight

"Everybody Have Fun Tonight" is a song by the English new wave band Wang Chung, released as a single from their fourth studio album Mosaic in 1986. Collaboratively written by Jack Hues, Nick Feldman, and Peter Wolf, it reached no. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1986 Christmas season. It also hit No. 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 break-up 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 is also known for "Let's Go!" and "Dance Hall Days".

Critical reception
Billboard called it a "self-celebrating dance rocker" that "[coins] a new verb."

Track listing
7-inch Geffen / 7-28562 (USA)
 * 1) "Everybody Have Fun Tonight (edit)"
 * 2) "Fun Tonight: The Early Years"

7-inch Geffen / GEF 13F (UK)
 * Side one
 * 1) "Everybody Have Fun Tonight (edit)"
 * 2) "Fun Tonight: The Early Years"


 * Side two
 * 1) "Dance Hall Days"
 * 2) "Don't Let Go"

7-inch Geffen / P-2193 (JPN)
 * 1) "Everybody Have Fun Tonight (edit)"
 * 2) "Fun Tonight: The Early Years"

12-inch Geffen / 0-20551 (USA) and TA 2589 (UK)
 * Side one
 * 1) "Everybody Have Fun Tonight (12 Inches of Fun)" – 6:45
 * 2) "Everybody Have Fun Tonight (edit)" – 3:59*


 * Side two
 * 1) "Everybody Dub Tonight" – 6:02*
 * 2) "Fun Tonight: The Early Years" – 4:12

*times as indicated on record label (not actual)

12-inch (Promo) Geffen / PRO-A-2581 (USA)
 * Side one
 * 1) "Everybody Have Fun Tonight (Edit)" – 3:59


 * Side two
 * 1) "Everybody Have Fun Tonight (LP Version)" – 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 band and 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 1/25th 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”.

Other versions
In 2020, Wang Chung released a rewritten version of the song known as "Everybody Stay Safe Tonight" featuring Valerie Day. The rewritten lyrics reflects the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement. It was released on 8 June 2020.