Why do so many pop songs end their chorus with the word 'tonight'? Ed Sheeran, Vanessa Carlton, The Greatest Showman, Scissor Sisters, Train, Chris De Burgh, Bill Haley and Jerome Kern are all guilty of using it, so why is this habitual hook so persistent across popular music? SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/davidbennettpiano Twin Monarch blogpost: https://twinmonarch.com/songwriting/history-tonight-trick-popular-music/?utm_source=david-bennett&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=tonight-trick