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You Gotta Love Someone
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Wikipedia article
"'You Gotta Love Someone'" is a song by English musician Elton John, written by John along with Bernie Taupin and released as a single from the 'Days of Thunder' soundtrack in October 1990. The single was also used to promote the Rocket Records 2-CD retrospective 'The Very Best of Elton John', issued largely in overseas markets excluding the United States, where the more expansive box set 'To Be Continued...' was issued.
Produced by Don Was, "You Gotta Love Someone" and the three other tracks that close Disc 4 of 'To Be Continued...' (along with "Made For Me," "Easier To Walk Away" and "I Swear I Heard The Night Talking", the latter of which was released first as a B-side of the single in France), were all recorded in one take each (minus overdubs).Elizabeth Rosenthal, 'His Song: The Musical History of Elton John'. The tracks were also purported to be selections for a possible studio album project that was later abandoned.
Chart performance
Despite not being released in the US, the single peaked at number 43 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 and spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, his tenth such achievement there. The song also topped the Canadian 'RPM' Top Singles chart for a week, becoming John's fourteenth No. 1 single in Canada.
Music video
The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan. It is very similar overall to his 1993 video for Billy Joel's hit "The River of Dreams", with several elements from the earlier video (such as lighting, sets, locations, camera angles, tinting etc.) being re-used with very slight variations in the later one.
Track listings
'CD single and 12-inch single'
# "You Gotta Love Someone"
# "Medicine Man"
# "Medicine Man" (Elton John with Adamski)
'7-inch double A-side'
*A. "You Gotta Love Someone"
*AA. "Sacrifice"
'7-inch single'
*A. You Gotta Love Someone
*B. Medicine Man
'7-inch single (France)'
*A. You Gotta Love Someone
*B. I Swear I Heard the Night Talking
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
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