You Gotta Love Someone
and The Very Best of Elton John
- 4:58 (album version)
- 4:20 (single version)
- Rocket
- MCA
- Elton John
- Bernie Taupin
- Don Was
- Elton John, James Newton Howard (on "Medicine Man")
"Club at the End of the Street" (1990) | "You Gotta Love Someone" (1990) | "Easier to Walk Away" (1990) |
"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.[2]
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).[3] The tracks were also purported to be selections for a possible studio album project that was later abandoned.
Chart performance
The single peaked at number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent five weeks at number one on the Adult Contemporary chart, his tenth such achievement there. In Canada, the song topped the RPM Top Singles chart for a week, becoming John's fourteenth number-one single in Canada.
Music video
The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan.[4] 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
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References
- ^ "New Singles". Music Week. 6 October 1990. p. 39.
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 128.
- ^ Elizabeth Rosenthal, His Song: The Musical History of Elton John.
- ^ Garcia, Alex S. "mvdbase.com – Elton John – "You gotta love someone"". Music Video DataBase. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ^ "Elton John – You Gotta Love Someone". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Elton John – You Gotta Love Someone" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Elton John – You Gotta Love Someone" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1423." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 1418." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 7, no. 49. 8 December 1990. p. IV. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ "Elton John – You Gotta Love Someone" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Elton John – You Gotta Love Someone" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – You Gotta Love Someone". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 50, 1990" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Elton John – You Gotta Love Someone" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Elton John – You Gotta Love Someone". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 – ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 26, 1991
- ^ * Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
- ^ "Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1990". RPM. 22 December 1990. Retrieved 12 April 2019 – via Library and Archives Canada.
- ^ "Top 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks of 1990". RPM. 22 December 1990. Retrieved 12 April 2019 – via Library and Archives Canada.
- ^ "RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1991". RPM. 21 December 1991. Retrieved 12 April 2019 – via Library and Archives Canada.
- ^ "RPM 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks of 1991". RPM. 21 December 1991. Retrieved 12 April 2019 – via Library and Archives Canada.
- ^ "1991 The Year in Music" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 103, no. 51. 21 December 1991. p. YE-36. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
External links
- Lyrics of this song
- Elton John – You Gotta Love Someone on YouTube
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