Sartorial Eloquence (Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More?)
| "Sartorial Eloquence" | ||||
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| Single by Elton John | ||||
| from the album 21 at 33 | ||||
| B-side |
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| Released | 5 August 1980 | |||
| Recorded | August 1979 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 4:44 | |||
| Label | Rocket | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Elton John / Tom Robinson | |||
| Producer(s) | Elton John & Clive Franks | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Billboard | (favourable)[1] |
"Sartorial Eloquence" is a song by Elton John with lyrics written by Tom Robinson. It is the third track of his 1980 album, 21 at 33. In the U.K., it was issued as "Sartorial Eloquence", and in the U.S. as "Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More?". It reached No. 39 on the Billboard Hot 100[2] and No. 45 Adult Contemporary,[3] falling just short of the Top 40 in the UK (#44),[4] and making lesser showings in Canada (#57) and Australia.
"Sartorial Eloquence" gained prominence in the 1980s as part of BBC TV's annual coverage of the World Snooker Championship. Before the final, a video montage of earlier rounds would be shown as saddened but impeccably-dressed players (one of the rules of the game of snooker is to be so dressed) were shown being knocked out in earlier rounds. The song was always the soundtrack to the montage.[citation needed]
B-sides
It came with two b-sides, like another one of his songs, "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", the first being "Cartier", a 54-second long commercial-like anthem about expensive jewellery, and "White Man Danger", which never has been officially issued on CD - like most of the B-sides from that period.
"Cartier" later appeared on his 1990 box set, To Be Continued.
References
- ^ "Review: Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More? – Elton John" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 32. 9 August 1980. p. 70. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 24 May 2020 – via American Radio History.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 122.
- ^ "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 23 August 1980. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
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