All Quiet on the Western Front (song)
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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 | |||
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"All Quiet on the Western Front" is a song by British 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
[edit]"All Quiet on the Western Front" is an anti-war song about World War I,[1] and named after the book of the same name. The song also ends in a big orchestral finale including a 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.[2] 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".[3]
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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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)". 11 October 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2022 – via YouTube.
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