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"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" is a song with music written by English musician Elton John and lyrics by songwriter Bernie Taupin. It was originally recorded by John for his eighth studio album, Caribou (1974), and was released as a single that peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart .
2002 – "Let the Light Shine Down" by The Country Gentlemen on the album Let the Light Shine Down; 2003 – "Let the Light Shine In" by DJ Tiësto on the album Nyana [16] 2004 – "Let Your Light Shine on Me" by Smokey Robinson on the album Food for the Spirit [17] 2017 – "Shine on Me" by Dan Auerbach on the album Waiting on a Song
He Never Once Stopped Believing In Me; He Never Sends Me Where He's Never Been; He Plants Me Like A Seed; He Restoreth My Soul (In the Valley) He Sees Me Through The Blood; He Waits For The Sound Of My Voice; He Was The Talk Of The Town; He Went Out Of His Way; He's Already On His Way; Headed For Judgment; Healer's Comin' Down The Road, The
The most famous recording of this song featured Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm on The Flintstones "No Biz Like Show Biz" episode (which originally aired September 17, 1965). The clip of them performing this song was sometimes played during the closing credits in the show's final season (1965–1966), this episode being the opener of that season.
The song then went on to peak at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week. [1] "Shine" won a Billboard award for Top Rock Track. [2] VH1 would later rank the song at number 42 on their list of the "100 Greatest Songs of the '90s". In 2012, a rerecorded version recorded by Collective Soul was released as a playable song for the game Rock ...
The song was written during the latter part of the Cold War period when nuclear war between the two superpowers of the USSR and United States was still a very real concern, and the lyrics reflect a satirical view of politics and the threat of war with lines such as: "old men in stripey trousers, rule the world with plastic smiles", and: "forefinger on the button, is he blue or is he red?"
The lyrics of the freedom song are darker than the later Joplin lyrics. For example, the second stanza of jazz versions [5] and Dock Reed's version run: [6] 2. Mary and Martha, Luke and John, All God's prophets dead and gone. Looks like everybody in this world round down on me.
"Sunshine" was not originally planned for release, but when an engineer accidentally erased the master of a track called "Please Find Me" near the end of sessions for the album, "Sunshine" was used to fill the hole. [2] The song was released as a single and first gained popularity [citation needed] on Boston