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About This Track
“Someone Saved My Life Tonight” is an Elton John song from his album Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy. It concludes side one in the album’s telling of the history of John’s and lyricist Bernie Taupin’s struggles to find careers within the music industry. When released as the album’s only single in 1975, it reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and entered the top 25 on the UK Singles Chart.
Taupin’s lyric refers to a time in 1969, before John was a popular musician, when John was considering marriage to his girlfriend, Linda Woodrow. John and Woodrow were sharing a flat with Taupin on Furlong Road in the East End of London, hence the opening line. While having serious doubts about the looming marriage, John contemplated suicide. He took refuge in his friends, especially Long John Baldry, who convinced John to abandon his plans to marry in order to salvage and maintain his musical career. As a sign of his respect and gratitude for Baldry, Taupin wrote him into the song as the “someone” in the title and as the “Sugar Bear” mentioned in the lyrics.
Taupin’s lyric refers to a time in 1969, before John was a popular musician, when John was considering marriage to his girlfriend, Linda Woodrow. John and Woodrow were sharing a flat with Taupin on Furlong Road in the East End of London, hence the opening line. While having serious doubts about the looming marriage, John contemplated suicide. He took refuge in his friends, especially Long John Baldry, who convinced John to abandon his plans to marry in order to salvage and maintain his musical career. As a sign of his respect and gratitude for Baldry, Taupin wrote him into the song as the “someone” in the title and as the “Sugar Bear” mentioned in the lyrics.
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r-iman wrote:
i love playing this song on my drums verytime you play it out at a bar very one just starts sing along it is a lot of fun.
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listentothewarm wrote:
I ♥ this~
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olivegreen85 wrote:
"Just a porno played by a dominating queen." ... Yep. I like my version better.
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VincentVanGogh wrote:
how does it only have 320k scrobbles from 100k users? what is wrong with people?!?!
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Crystal_Flower wrote:
Dark Tower [10]
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adammichel wrote:
one of the best he ever did
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frode1974 wrote:
A faboulous song. Pure pop magic!
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Jiilliian wrote:
Most amazing <3333333333 xoxoxox
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Stocktontova wrote:
Thi is a great song
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H0USE-MD wrote:
Dark Tower [9]. Callahan saved, Callahan saved, Callahan saved my life tonight ♫
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KommisarK wrote:
It's 4 o'clock in the morning DAMMIT!
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arielitristao wrote:
Dark Tower [8]
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FICTON1 wrote:
just super .... *,*
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DeadDeserted wrote:
This song gets its hooks in me every time.
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kato1984 wrote:
Dark Tower [7]
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burnsbaby wrote:
This is the Elton John song that locked me as a lover of his songs
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MuffinCoffin wrote:
haunting
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Kanixtant wrote:
Oh wait, it was mentioned in the series. Right.
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Kanixtant wrote:
What's the Dark Tower reference? I don't get it.
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themik wrote:
Dark Tower [6] :)
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