Recover Your Soul

"Recover Your Soul"
"Recover Your Soul"
Single by Elton John
from the album The Big Picture
A-side	"Recover Your Soul" (single remix)
B-side	"Big Man in a Little Suit",; "I Know Why I'm in Love",; "Recover Your Soul" (album version);
Released	1 April 1998 (UK); 1 April 1998 (US)
Recorded	November 1996 – May 1997
Studio	The Town House and AIR Studios, London
Genre	Pop
Length	4:16 (single remix); 5:18 (album version)
Label	Mercury; Rocket;
Songwriter(s)	Elton John; Bernie Taupin;
Producer(s)	Chris Thomas
Elton John singles chronology
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

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[4]	92
France (SNEP)^[5]	98
Germany (Official German Charts)^[6]	73
UK Singles (OCC)^[7]	16
US Billboard Hot 100^[8]	55
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[9]	5

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)	Position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[10]	18

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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[1] "Recover Your Soul by Elton John Song Statistics | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

[2] "Reviews: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 17 January 1998. p. 25. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

[3] Jones, Alan (7 February 1998). "Talking Music" (PDF). Music Week. p. 12. Retrieved 7 September 2023.

[4] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 146.

[sc_France_Elton_John-5] "Elton John – Recover Your Soul" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[Germany-6] "Elton John – Recover Your Soul" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[sc_UK_-7] "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Elton_John-8] "Elton John Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 September 2021.

[sc_Billboardadultcontemporary_Elton_John-9] "Elton John Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 September 2021.

[10] "1998 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 52. 26 December 1998. p. YE-95. Retrieved 19 September 2021.

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Elton John songs
Discography
1960s	"I've Been Loving You" (1968) "Skyline Pigeon" (1968) "Lady Samantha" (1969) "It's Me That You Need" (1969)
1970s	"Border Song" (1970) "Rock and Roll Madonna" (1970) "From Denver to L.A." (1970) "Take Me to the Pilot" (1970) "Your Song" (1970) "Come Down in Time" (1970) "Friends" (1971) "Levon" (1971) "Indian Sunset" (1971) "Tiny Dancer" (1972) "Rocket Man" (1972) "Honky Cat" (1972) "I Think I'm Going to Kill Myself" (1972) "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" (1972) "Crocodile Rock" (1972) "Elderberry Wine" (1972) "Daniel" (1972) "Have Mercy on the Criminal" (1972) "Teacher I Need You" (1973) "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" (1973) "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" (1973) "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (1973) "Step into Christmas" (1973) "Candle in the Wind" (1974) "Bennie and the Jets" (1974) "Harmony" (1974) "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (1974) "The Bitch Is Back" (1974) "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (1974) "Philadelphia Freedom" (1975) "I Saw Her Standing There" (1975) "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" (1975) "We All Fall in Love Sometimes" (1975) "Island Girl" (1975) "Grow Some Funk of Your Own" (1976) "I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)" (1976) "Pinball Wizard" (1976) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (1976) "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (1976) "Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance!)" (1977) "Crazy Water" (1977) "The Goaldiggers Song" (1977) "Ego" (1978) "Part-Time Love" (1978) "Song for Guy" (1978) "Are You Ready for Love" (1979) "Mama Can't Buy You Love" (1979) "Johnny B. Goode" (1979)
1980s	"Little Jeannie" (1980) "Sartorial Eloquence (Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More?)" (1980) "Dear God" (1980) "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" (1981) "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" (1981) "Blue Eyes" (1982) "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" (1982) "Ball and Chain" (1982) "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1982) "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" (1983) "I'm Still Standing" (1983) "Kiss the Bride" (1983) "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" (1984) "Passengers" (1984) "Nikita" (1985) "That's What Friends Are For" (1985) "Wrap Her Up" (1985) "Heartache All Over the World" (1986) "Slow Rivers" (1986) "Take Me to the Pilot" (1988) "I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That" (1988) "Town of Plenty" (1988) "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Part Two)" (1988) "Healing Hands" (1989) "Sacrifice" (1989)
1990s	"Club at the End of the Street" (1990) "You Gotta Love Someone" (1990) "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (1991) "The One" (1992) "Runaway Train" (1992) "The Last Song" (1992) "Simple Life" (1993) "True Love" (1993) "Shakey Ground" (1994) "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (1994) "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (1994) "Circle of Life" (1994) "Believe" (1995) "Made in England" (1995) "When the Money's Gone" (1995) "You Can Make History (Young Again)" (1996) "Live Like Horses" (1996) "The Madness of King Scar" (1997) "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (1997) "Candle in the Wind 1997" (1997) "Written in the Stars" (1999)
2000s	"Someday Out of the Blue" (2000) "I Want Love" (2001) "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" (2002) "Original Sin" (2002) "Are You Ready for Love" (2003) "Ghetto Gospel" (2005) "Electricity" (2005) "The Bridge" (2006) "Joseph, Better You than Me" (2008) "Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)" (2009)
2010s	"All of the Lights" (2010) "Good Morning to the Night" (2012) "Sad" (2012) "Looking Up" (2015) "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" (2019)
2020s	"Ordinary Man" (2020) "Sine from Above" (2020) "The Pink Phantom" (2020) "It's a Sin" (2021) "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" (2021) "Merry Christmas" (2021) "Sausage Rolls for Everyone" (2021) "Hold Me Closer" (2022)
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