Sacrifice (song)

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"Sacrifice"
"Sacrifice" cover
Single by Elton John
from the album Sleeping with the Past
B-side Love Is A Cannibal
Released 1990
Genre Pop
Length 5:07
Label Rocket Records
Writer Elton John/Bernie Taupin
Producer Chris Thomas
Elton John singles chronology
"Healing Hands"
(1989)		 "Sacrifice"
(1990)		 "Club At the End of the Street"
(1990)

"Sacrifice" is a love song performed by musician Elton John. The song lyrics were written by Bernie Taupin and put to music by John, appearing on the 1989 album Sleeping with the Past.

The song was subsequently released as a single in 1990 and became John's first independent number one single on the UK Singles Chart, remaining on the top spot for six weeks, as it became his first hit of the 1990s. With this song, Elton John got also his first number one in France and stayed on the chart for 26 weeks.

Elton John never wanted to release this as a single, but, English DJ, Steve Wright, started to play the song on BBC Radio 1, followed by many more Radio DJs. The song was then released as a single before reaching #1.

It was soon thereafter covered by Sinéad O'Connor for the 1991 Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin tribute album; many felt it was the best, most haunting performance on the album[1]

CD Single Rocket
  1. "Sacrifice" (5:07)
  2. "Love is a Cannibal" (3:54)
CD-Maxi Rocket
  1. "Sacrifice"
  2. "Love Is A Cannibal"
  3. "Durban Deep"

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[2] 7
French Singles Chart[3] 1 (3)
Norwegian Singles Chart[4] 2
Swiss Singles Chart[5] 23
UK Singles Chart 1
UK Billboard Hot 100 18
UK Billboard A/C 3
Country Certification Sales/shipments
France[6] Silver 380 000


Preceded by
"Words" by The Christians		 French (SNEP) number one single
May 26, 1990 - June 9, 1990		 Succeeded by
"Bo le lavabo" by Lagaf'
Preceded by
"World In Motion" by Englandneworder		 UK number one single
June 17, 1990		 Succeeded by
"Turtle Power" by Partners In KRYME

  1. ^ Amazon.com
  2. ^ "Sacrifice", Australian Singles Chart Australian-charts.com (Retrieved December 13, 2007)
  3. ^ "Sacrifice", French Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved December 13, 2007)
  4. ^ "Sacrifice", Norwegian Singles Chart Norwegiancharts.com (Retrieved December 13, 2007)
  5. ^ "Sacrifice", Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved December 13, 2007)
  6. ^ Certifications Elton John singles Infodisc.fr (Retrieved December 5, 2007)
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