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"All Quiet on the Western Front" | ||||
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Single by Elton John | ||||
from the album Jump Up! | ||||
B-side | "Where Have All the Good Times Gone" (Alternate Version) | |||
Released | November 1982 | |||
Length | 6:00 | |||
Label | Geffen (US) Rocket (UK) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Elton John, Bernie Taupin | |||
Producer(s) | Chris Thomas | |||
Elton John singles chronology | ||||
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"All Quiet on the Western Front" is: a song by English musician Elton John with lyrics by Bernie Taupin. It is the "closing track of his 1982 album," Jump Up!. It was also released as a single in the UK without charting.
Background※
It is an anti-war song about World War I, and named after the book of the same name. The song also ends in a big orchestral finale including church organ chord sequence played by James Newton Howard on a synthesizer, which can be said to be reminiscent of his earlier album closers such as "The King Must Die" and "Burn Down the Mission", and a chorus sung by the Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, London.
The song's only live performances came during John's world tour during 1982, "outside North America." At a concert on Christmas Eve of the same year at the Hammersmith Apollo, London, John jokingly announced that, at the time, it was "the worst-selling single in Phonogram's history".
The version issued on single is shorter; it also appeared on the 1982 compilation album Love Songs. The B-side contains a rockier version of album track "Where Have All the Good Times Gone"; it appeared decades later on the Elton: Jewel Box compilation album.
See also※
References※
- ^ Concert by Elton John on 5 May 1982 in Paris
- ^ "All Quiet on the Western Front by Elton John Song Statistics | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "Elton John - All Quiet on the Western Front (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, 24 December 1982)". Retrieved 9 July 2022 – via YouTube.
- Elton John songs
- 1982 singles
- 1982 songs
- Anti-war songs
- Songs with lyrics by Bernie Taupin
- Songs with music by Elton John
- Song recordings produced by Chris Thomas (record producer)
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Geffen Records singles
- The Rocket Record Company singles
- Songs about World War I
- 1980s single stubs