Recover Your Soul
"Recover Your Soul" | ||||
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Single by Elton John | ||||
from the album The Big Picture | ||||
A-side | "Recover Your Soul" (single remix) | |||
B-side |
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Released | 1 April 1998 (1998-04-01) (UK) 1 April 1998 (1998-04-01) (US) | |||
Recorded | November 1996 – May 1997 | |||
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Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 4:16 (single remix) 5:18 (album version) | |||
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Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Chris Thomas | |||
Elton John singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Recover Your Soul" on YouTube | ||||
"Recover Your Soul" is a song by English musician Elton John, written by John and Bernie Taupin. It was released in April 1998 by Mercury and Rocket as the second single from John's twenty-fifth studio album, The Big Picture (1997). The song passed a little bit in the shadow of a huge-success single "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997". John played this song a couple of times in between 1998 and 1999.[1]
Critical reception
A reviewer from Music Week gave the song two out of five, writing, "An optimistic follow-up to "Candle '97" will be a relief for many but, while sure to please his fans, this track is far from a classic Elton record."[2] The magazine's Alan Jones added, "An easy-paced and unforced mid-tempo AOR song, it draws a fine vocal from Elton, redolent of his superb interpretation of "Sacrifice", and its optimistic tone is ideal for radio."[3]
Music video
The accompanying music video for "Recover Your Soul" was directed by German director Marcus Nispel and shot at the Loew's Jersey Theatre in Jersey City with actor/comedian Victor Varnado as the role of the gramophone angel.
Personnel
- Elton John – piano, organ and vocals
- Davey Johnstone – guitar
- John Jorgenson – guitar
- Bob Birch – bass
- Guy Babylon – keyboards
- Charlie Morgan – drums and percussion
- Paul Clarvis – tabla
- Carol Kenyon – backing vocals
- Jackie Rawe – backing vocals
Charts
Weekly charts
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References
- ^ "Recover Your Soul by Elton John Song Statistics | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Reviews: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 17 January 1998. p. 25. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ Jones, Alan (7 February 1998). "Talking Music" (PDF). Music Week. p. 12. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 146.
- ^ "Elton John – Recover Your Soul" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "Elton John – Recover Your Soul" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ "Elton John Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Elton John Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "1998 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 52. 26 December 1998. p. YE-95. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
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