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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 | 20 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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| "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" on YouTube | ||||
"Someone Saved My Life Tonight" is a song with music by British 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 20 June 1975,[3] the only single released from the album. Like the rest of the album, the song is autobiographical, and addresses an attempted suicide by John.
At 6 minutes and 45 seconds, "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" was twice as long as a typical single, but owing to the highly personal nature of the lyrics, John refused to let it be edited down to a more suitable length for radio airplay. Despite the length, the song 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 John's 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.
- ^ 10 Things You Need to Know About Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy Retrieved 8 April 2018
- ^ Someone Saved My Life Tonight / House of Cards by Elton John – RYM/Sonemic, retrieved 13 May 2022
- ^ "Recording News". NME. 24 May 1975. p. 3.