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Someday Out of the Blue
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Wikipedia article
"'Someday Out of the Blue'" is a song recorded by Elton John for the soundtrack to the film 'The Road to El Dorado' released in 2000, written by John, Patrick Leonard (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics). It serves as one of the themes of the said film and the first single of the soundtrack. The song tackles on remembering all the backstories that had been revealed to all of us, and spread when we get a little emotional on being a part of the culture.
"Someday Out of the Blue" reached No. 5 on the 'Billboard' Adult Contemporary chart and No. 49 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song became John's most recent entry on the latter one in 21 years until it broke by the song "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)", which debuted at No. 81. It also reached No. 40 in Switzerland and No. 69 in Germany.
Music video
The music video includes some scenes of the movie and it features John performing this song (from the background of the film) in person to being an animated character on the film. It was directed by Joseph Kahn and Bibo Bergeron.
Live performances
John performed this on various locations and concerts to promote the movie. However, he dropped it from his setlists later on and not played since 2000.
Charts
Personnel
*Elton John lead vocals, piano
*Patrick Leonard piano, keyboards and programming
*Tim Pierce electric guitar
*Heitor Pereira nylon string guitar
*Dean Parks acoustic guitar
*Curt Bisquera drums
*Luis Conte percussion
*Richard Page, Siedah Garrett, Lynn Davis, Kudisan Kai, Davey Johnstone, Phillip Ingram, Dorian Holley background vocals
*Jeremy Lubbock string arrangement
References
Category:2000 songs
Category:Elton John songs
Category:Songs written by Patrick Leonard
Category:Songs about friendship
Category:Songs with music by Elton John
Category:Songs with lyrics by Tim Rice
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