I Saved the World Today

"I Saved the World Today"
Single by Eurythmics
from the album Peace
B-side"Lifted"
Released4 October 1999 (1999-10-04)
StudioThe Church (North London)
Length
  • 4:52 (album version)
  • 4:27 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Eurythmics singles chronology
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
(1991) 		"I Saved the World Today"
(1999) 		"17 Again"
(2000)
Music video
"I Saved the World Today" on YouTube

"I Saved the World Today" is a song recorded by British pop music duo Eurythmics for their eighth studio album, Peace (1999). It was written and co-produced by band members Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart.

The song was released as the first single from the album and returned Eurythmics to the UK Singles Chart for the first time in nearly a decade, peaking at number 11. It peaked within the top 10 in several countries, including Finland, Greece, Hungary, and Italy. In the United States, the song was added to adult contemporary radio in January 2000.

Background

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Producer Andy Wright said, "The first time I met Annie Lennox she was sitting at a piano playing something new that she'd been working on – the chord progression to what turned out to be the song, "I Saved The World Today". ... We began work at The Church Studios in North London, Dave's studio, a place I was very familiar with. Annie was sitting playing the piano in the upstairs studio which has a very big live room, and we began straight away. "I Saved The World Today" was the first thing we did. I put together a beat and some ideas, Annie recorded some piano, we put down a guide vocal, Dave came up with a great Rickenbacker 12-string guitar part, and the song just started to emerge."[1]

In an interview with Sain magazine, Lennox summarized the general premise of the song:

It's a song that really sums up feelings that I have, and what a lot of people have. It's about feeling impotent in the face of extreme violence, in the form of warfare or tragedies we're bombarded with every day in the media. It's about 'If only someone could do that' and the implausibility of that idea. I feel very sad about this song sometimes.[2]

Charts

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Weekly chart performance for "I Saved the World Today"
Chart (1999) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 85
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] 18
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 36
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[6] 12
Croatia (HRT)[7] 2
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles)[8] 21
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] 2
Germany (GfK)[10] 28
Greece (IFPI)[11] 8
Hungary (MAHASZ)[12] 6
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[13] 30
Ireland (IRMA)[14] 23
Italy (Musica e dischi)[15] 7
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)[16] 2
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[17] 44
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[18] 33
Scotland (OCC)[19] 15
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[20] 16
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 31
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 16
UK Singles (OCC)[23] 11

Release history

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Release dates and formats for "I Saved the World Today"
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Worldwide 20 September 1999 Radio
[24]
United Kingdom 4 October 1999
  • CD
  • cassette
 [25]
Canada 26 October 1999 CD [26]
United States 17 January 2000
Arista [27]

References

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  1. ^ "I Saved the World Today, Eurythmics - Andy Wright".
  2. ^ Eliezer, Christie (1 October 1999). "After a decade, the Eurythmics are back". Sain. p. 26. Retrieved 17 September 2024 – via Ultimate Eurythmics Archives.
  3. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  4. ^ "Eurythmics – I Saved the World Today" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Eurythmics – I Saved the World Today" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Eurythmics – I Saved the World Today" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  7. ^ "HR Top 20 Lista" (in Croatian). Croatian Radiotelevision. 30 October 1999. Archived from the original on 3 November 1999. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 16, no. 44. 30 October 1999. p. 25. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  9. ^ "Eurythmics: I Saved the World Today" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  10. ^ "Eurythmics – I Saved the World Today" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Top National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 16, no. 52. 25 December 1999. p. 9. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  12. ^ "Top National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 17, no. 1. 1 January 2000. p. 19. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  13. ^ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (Vikuna 4.11 – 11.11 1999 45. Vika)". DV (in Icelandic). 5 November 1999. p. 10. ISSN 1021-8254 – via Timarit.is.
  14. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I Saved the World Today". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  15. ^ "Top National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 16, no. 46. 13 November 1999. p. 11. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  16. ^ "Eurythmics – I Saved the World Today" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  17. ^ "Eurythmics – I Saved the World Today" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  18. ^ "Eurythmics – I Saved the World Today". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  19. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  20. ^ "Eurythmics – I Saved the World Today" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  21. ^ "Eurythmics – I Saved the World Today". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  22. ^ "Eurythmics – I Saved the World Today". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  23. ^ "Eurythmics: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  24. ^ Flick, Larry (2 October 1999). "Eurythmics Find 'Peace' Again". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 40. p. 113. ...'I Saved The World Today" went to stations throughout the rest of the world Sept. 20.
  25. ^ "New Releases – For Week Starting 4 October, 1999: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 2 October 1999. p. 27. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  26. ^ "Album Releases: October 1999". Jam!. Archived from the original on 29 August 2000. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  27. ^ "Gavin AC/Hot AC: Impact Dates". Gavin Report. No. 2286. 7 January 2000. p. 21.
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