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Tonight is het zestiende studioalbum van de Britse muzikant David Bowie, uitgebracht in 1984. Het album volgde een jaar na Let's Dance, commercieel gezien het meest succesvolle album van Bowie. Hoewel het album de nummer 1-positie bereikte in Engeland, wordt het door critici echter gezien als een minder geslaagde poging om het succes van Let's Dance op te volgen. Ook Bowie zelf nam later afstand van het album, toegevend dat het niet een van zijn betere werken was. Het album bevatte een aantal covers van onder andere de Beach Boys en Chuck Jackson. De nummers "Don't Look Down" en "Neighborhood Threat" werden oorspronkelijk opgenomen door Iggy Pop, een goede vriend van Bowie. Met hem zong hij ook het slotnummer "Dancing with the Big Boys".

Drie nummers kwamen ook uit op single. "Blue Jean" werd vergezeld door een promotiefilm van 22 minuten, genaamd Jazzin' for Blue Jean, en bereikte de tiende plaats in Nederland en de zesde plaats in Engeland. Ook "Loving the Alien" was een hit met de 25e plaats in Nederland en de negentiende positie in Bowie's thuisland. "Tonight", een duet met Tina Turner, werd in eerste instantie geen hit, maar behaalde in een live-uitvoering de nummer 1-positie in Nederland in 1988.

Tonight is the sixteenth studio album by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released on 24 September 1984 through EMI America Records. The follow-up to his most commercially successful album Let's Dance, it was written and recorded in mid-1984 at Le Studio in Morin-Heights, Canada, following the conclusion of the Serious Moonlight Tour. Bowie, Derek Bramble and Hugh Padgham co-produced the album. Many of the same personnel from Let's Dance and the accompanying tour returned for Tonight, with a few additions. Much of Bowie's creative process was the same as he used on Let's Dance, similarly playing no instruments and offering little creative input to the musicians.

The music on Tonight has been characterised as pop, blue-eyed soul, dance and rock. Much of the album's sound is the same as its predecessor's, due to Bowie's effort to retain the new audience that he had recently attracted, although some tracks contain R&B and reggae influences. Devoid of new ideas from touring, Bowie wrote only two new songs himself. Three songs, including the title track, were covers of Iggy Pop songs, who was present during most of the sessions and co-wrote two tracks. The title track is a duet with singer Tina Turner. The artwork, featuring Bowie blue-painted against an oil painting backdrop, was designed by Mick Haggerty.

Supported by the singles "Blue Jean", "Tonight" and "Loving the Alien", Tonight was a commercial success, reaching number one on the UK Albums Chart. Critical reception was poor, with most finding a lack of creativity. Following the critical dismissal of his next studio album Never Let Me Down (1987), Bowie expressed dissatisfaction with this period, calling Tonight not one of his stronger efforts, a sentiment echoed by later commentators. He did not tour to support the album and only performed "Loving the Alien" and "Blue Jean" on subsequent tours. The album was remastered in 2018 as part of the box set Loving the Alien (1983–1988).