Writing a song for a guy elton

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The song is beloved by both John and Bernie Taupin and deemed a bookend of sorts to their first hit " Your Song ". Taupin has said he is surprised he wrote it, and said in an interview, "I think 'Sacrifice' is one of the best songs we've written.

Although the single was successful, Elton John did not tour Europe in both — to support the Sleeping with the Past album with the exception of one appearance in Knebworth Park on 30 June touring only in the US and Australia. The European tour was, instead, in support of the Reg Strikes Back album, with no material representing Sleeping with the Past.

Music video[ edit ] The video, which follows the song's lyrics, portrays a man and woman having problems in their relationship after being married and raising a daughter.

After they go their separate ways, the man raises his daughter alone. The version used in the promo video is slightly sped up compared to the album version. The result is a higher pitched vocal and shorter length time.

The video was filmed in Los Angeles inand was the second video made after Elton rejected a version from Ken Russell.

Chart performance[ edit ] Sacrifice was initially released as a single inbut stalled at number 55 in the UK and at number 18 in the US in March The song was then re-released as a double A-side single, along with " Healing Hands ", and reached number one in the UK in June Thus, it became John's first solo number-one single in the UK Singles Chartremaining on the top spot for five weeks.

With this re-release, Elton John also got his first number one in France and stayed on the chart for 26 weeks.Guy Burchett was a messenger for Elton's label, Rocket Records.

According to reviewer Claude Bernadin, Elton wrote and recorded this piece on the afternoon of Sunday, August 18, He had felt it was a song about death, and only learned the next day that Guy had been killed that very afternoon in a motorcycle accident.

Elton John song lyrics collection.

Browse lyrics and Elton John albums. "Song for Guy" is a mainly instrumental piece of music Musical structure. Elton said this in the sleeve notes of the 7-inch single: " As I was writing this song one Sunday, I imagined myself floating into space and looking down at my own body.

The single version cut one and a half minutes from the song. On The Very Best of Elton JohnGenre: Pop, easy listening. The story goes that Elton and his friends had ordered groceries from town in England and the guy delivering the items he was involved in an accident and was killed.

This piece of music was written for the guy killed while bringing a delivery to Elton.5/5(2).

33 years of eltonjohnallsongslist: The Story Behind "Song For Guy"

Elton John covered Don't Go Breaking My Heart, Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word, Alone Again, Naturally, Your Song and other songs. Elton John originally did Don't Go Breaking My Heart, Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word, Alone Again, Naturally, Your Song and other songs.

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