"Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man" is a song written by Rivers Rutherford

Rivers Rutherford

Rivers Rutherford is an American country music songwriter. Active since the mid-1990s as a songwriter, he has penned several Number One country hits, including "Ain't Nothing 'bout You" by Brooks & Dunn, which was the Number One country song of 2001 according to Billboard...

 and Troy Verges

Troy Verges

Troy Verges is an American country music songwriter. His credits include the singles "Who I Am" by Jessica Andrews, "Blessed" by Martina McBride and "Wasted", all of which went to number one on the country music charts...

, and recorded by American country music artist Andy Griggs

Andy Griggs

Andrew Tyler "Andy" Griggs is an American country music artist. He has released three albums for RCA Records Nashville and a fourth for Montage Music Group...

. Released in January 2002, it was the second single from the album Freedom

Freedom (Andy Griggs album)

Freedom is the second album by country music singer Andy Griggs. Released in 2002 on RCA Records Nashville, it features the singles "How Cool Is That", "Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man", and "Practice Life", a duet with Martina McBride; respectively, these reached No. 22, No. 7, and No...

. The song reached #7 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Hot Country Singles & Tracks

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

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Chart performance

"Tonight I Wanna Your Man" debuted at number 51 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Single & Tracks for the week of February 2, 2002. > >

Chart (2002)	Peak position