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Leaving Las Vegas (song)

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"Leaving Las Vegas"
Song
B-side"The Na-Na Song" "Reach Around Jerk"

"Leaving Las Vegas" is a song written by David Baerwald and performed by Sheryl Crow which appears on Crow's debut album Tuesday Night Music Club. Sheryl Crow performed the song on her live album Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park.

Title

The song's title was based on a book by the same name by the late John O'Brien, who was a good friend of one of the song's writers, David Baerwald. However, on a performance on the Late Show with David Letterman, Sheryl Crow stated that the song was "autobiographical". This infuriated Baerwald and the rest of the original Tuesday Night Music Club who helped write most of the album. Though O'Brien's suicide occurred soon after this incident, his family came forward to state there was no connection.[1]

Music video

The song was accompanied by Crow's first ever promotional video. It was directed by David Hogan, who also shot her video for "All I Wanna Do". The 1993 video shows Crow performing the song with her guitar in the dark, with only some parts of her face lit up. Other scenes include famous Vegas images such as dancers and Elvis Presley lookalikes walking on a highway, "leaving Las Vegas", and Peter Berg driving with Crow in the passenger seat of his convertible. The video uses an edited version of the song.

Track listing

UK cassette single (Cat. No. 580 644-4)

  1. "Leaving Las Vegas"
  2. "Leaving Las Vegas" - Live in Nashville

UK CD #1 (Cat. No. 580 645-2)

  1. "Leaving Las Vegas"
  2. "I Shall Believe" - Live at the Borderline
  3. "What I Can Do for You" - Live at the Borderline

UK CD #2 (Cat. No. 580 647-2)

  1. "Leaving Las Vegas" - Live in Nashville
  2. "No One Said It Would Be Easy" - Live in Nashville
  3. "The Na-Na Song" - Live in Nashville

Charts

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[2] 29
UK Singles (OCC)[3] 66
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 60
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[5] 8
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[6] 31

References

  1. ^ "The Biography of Sheryl Crow".
  2. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2498." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
  3. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  4. ^ "Sheryl Crow Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Sheryl Crow Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Sheryl Crow Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard.
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