Something About the Way You Look Tonight

Not to be confused with The Way You Look Tonight.

"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"
Single by Elton John
from the album The Big Picture
B-side
  • "I Know Why I'm in Love"
  • "No Valentines"
  • "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (single edit)
Released8 September 1997 (1997-09-08)
Recorded13 January 1997[1]
Length
  • 3:59 (single edit)
  • 5:13 (album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Chris Thomas
Elton John singles chronology
"Live Like Horses"
(1996) 		"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"
(1997) 		"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997"
(1997)
"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"/"Candle in the Wind 1997"
Single by Elton John
from the album The Big Picture
A-side"Candle in the Wind 1997"
B-side"You Can Make History (Young Again)"
Released13 September 1997 (1997-09-13)
Length
  • 3:59 ("Something About the Way You Look Tonight")
  • 4:09 ("Candle in the Wind 1997")
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Chris Thomas
Elton John singles chronology
"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"
(1997) 		"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997"
(1997) 		"Recover Your Soul"
(1998)

"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" is a song by English musician Elton John, taken from his 25th studio album, The Big Picture. It was written by John and Bernie Taupin, and produced by Chris Thomas. It was released as the album's first single on 8 September 1997 by Mercury Records and the Rocket Record Company.

Five days after the song's solo release, it was issued as a double A-side single with "Candle in the Wind 1997". That single and its video were dedicated to the memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, who died that year, with proceeds from the sale of the single going towards Diana's charities.[2] According to the Recording Industry Association of America, with certified sales, this double A-side is "the best-selling single of all time".[3][4] The Guinness World Records 2009 states that the song is "the biggest-selling single since UK and US singles charts began in the 1950s, having accumulated worldwide sales of 33 million copies".[5]

  1. ^ Diamond Moments: Elton 60 Live at Madison Square Garden Retrieved 7 January 2018
  2. ^ "17 Years Ago, Elton John's 'Candle In the Wind 1997' Started Its 14-Week No. 1 Run". No. 11 October 2014. Billboard. 11 August 2015.
  3. ^ "RIAA News Room – The American Recording Industry Announces its Artists of the Century". Recording Industry Association of America website. Recording Industry Association of America. 10 November 1999. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2017. 'Candle In The Wind 1997' soon surpassed Bing Crosby's 'White Christmas' to become the best-selling single of all time. (certified sales)
  4. ^ Elton John: Biography | Rolling Stone Music Rolling Stone "Candle in the Wind 1997," easily became the all-time highest-certified single".
  5. ^ Guinness Book of Records, 2007 Edition, page 187