Something About the Way You Look Tonight

"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"
Single by Elton John
from the album The Big Picture
A-side	"Something About the Way You Look Tonight", "Candle in the Wind 1997"
B-side	"You Can Make History (Young Again)"
Released	13 September 1997 (1997-09-13) (UK) 23 September 1997 (1997-09-23) (US)
Format	CD, 7"
Genre	Pop
Length	3:59
Label	Mercury / Rocket
Writer(s)	Elton John, Bernie Taupin
Producer	Chris Thomas
Elton John singles chronology
"Live Like Horses" (1996) "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997" (1997) "Recover Your Soul" (1998)

"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" is a song by Elton John, released in 1997 as the first single from The Big Picture. The song and its video were dedicated to the memory of Gianni Versace, murdered that year.

The single was released as a double A-side single with "Candle in the Wind 1997". This double A-side is one of the fewer than 30 all-time singles to have sold 10 million (or more) copies worldwide.

The video for the song featured actors and actresses from the UK television programme This Life, as well as supermodels Kate Moss and Sophie Dahl and is regarded as one of Elton John's best videos. John has publicly revealed (through his "warts and all" documentary Tantrums and Tiaras) that he finds videos "fucking loathsome" and after the album The Big Picture refrained from appearing in his own videos unless they were cameo appearances.

Sales and chart positions

"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" and the video were dedicated to the memory of Gianni Versace, murdered that year.

In the UK alone, the single sold over 4,864,600 copies (8x Platinum), making the song the best-selling single ever in UK history. It remained for five weeks at the number-one position. In the US, the song was considered a double-A-side with "Candle in the Wind 1997" and spent 14 weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. On the US adult contemporary chart, however, "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" and "Candle in the Wind 1997" charted separately; while the tribute to Princess Diana peaked at #5 on this chart, "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" spent ten weeks at #1 in late 1997 and early 1998.

Charts

End of year charts

End of year chart (1997)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1

End of decade charts

Chart (1990-1999)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	5

All-time charts

Chart	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	41

Personnel

• Elton John: Piano, Vocals
• Davey Johnstone: Guitars
• John Jorgenson: Guitars
• Bob Birch: Bass
• Guy Babylon: Keyboards
• Charlie Morgan: Drums and Percussion
• Paul Carrack: Organ
• Carol Kenyon: Backing Vocals
• Jackie Rawe: Backing Vocals

Strings arranged by Guy Babylon and Anne Dudley Conducted by Anne Dudley

Preceded by Do They Know It's Christmas by Band Aid	UK best-selling single in history 14 September 1997 – present	Succeeded by Anything is Possible/Evergreen by Will Young
Preceded by The Drugs Don't Work by The Verve	UK Singles Chart number-one single 14 September 1997 – 19 October 1997	Succeeded by Spice Up Your Life by Spice Girls
Preceded by Men in Black by Will Smith	Australia ARIA Singles Chart number-one single 5 October 1997 – 9 November 1997	Succeeded by Barbie Girl by Aqua
Preceded by Tubthumping by Chumbawamba	New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart number-one single 5 October 1997 – 9 November 1997	Succeeded by Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? by N-Trance
Preceded by 4 Seasons of Loneliness by Boyz II Men	Billboard Hot 100 number one single 11 October 1997 – 10 January 1998	Succeeded by Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden
Preceded by How Do I Live by LeAnn Rimes	Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one single November 22, 1997 - January 24, 1998	Succeeded by My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion