Someone Saved My Life Tonight
1975 single by Elton John / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Someone Saved My Life Tonight" is a song, with music by English musician Elton John and lyrics by Bernie Taupin, from John's 1975 album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. It was released as a single on 23 June 1975, the only single released from the album. Like the rest of the album, the song is autobiographical, and addresses an attempted suicide by John.
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"Someone Saved My Life Tonight" | ||||
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Single by Elton John | ||||
from the album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy | ||||
B-side | "House of Cards" | |||
Released | 23 June 1975 | |||
Recorded | August 1974[1] | |||
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Length | 6:45 | |||
Label | MCA (US) DJM (UK) | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Gus Dudgeon | |||
Elton John singles chronology | ||||
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Official audio | ||||
"Someone Saved My Life Tonight" on YouTube | ||||
At 6 minutes and 45 seconds, it was long for a single, but owing to the highly personal nature of the lyrics, John refused to let it be cut down to a more typical single length. Despite the length it peaked on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart at No. 4 and in Canada on the RPM Top Singles chart at No. 2. It would be his last single for eight years to feature the original Elton John Band of John, Dee Murray, Davey Johnstone, and Nigel Olsson, as John fired Murray and Olsson following the recording of the album.