Something About the Way You Look Tonight - wikipedia 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 '' ( single edit ) B - side `` I Know Why I 'm in Love '' `` No Valentines '' `` Something About the Way You Look Tonight '' ( album version ) Released 13 September 1997 ( 1997 - 09 - 13 ) ( UK ) 23 September 1997 ( 1997 - 09 - 23 ) ( US ) Format CD single 7 '' single Length 3 : 59 ( single edit ) 5 : 13 ( album version ) Label Mercury Rocket Songwriter ( s ) Elton John Bernie Taupin Producer ( s ) Chris Thomas Elton John singles chronology `` Live Like Horses '' ( 1996 ) `` Something About the Way You Look Tonight '' ( 1997 ) `` Something About the Way You Look Tonight '' / `` Candle in the Wind 1997 '' ( 1997 ) `` Live Like Horses '' ( 1996 ) `` Something About the Way You Look Tonight '' ( 1997 ) `` Something About the Way You Look Tonight '' / `` Candle in the Wind 1997 '' ( 1997 ) `` Something About the Way You Look Tonight '' / `` Candle in the Wind 1997 '' 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 single vinyl record ( 7 `` ) audio cassette Length 3 : 59 ( `` Something About the Way You Look Tonight '' ) 4 : 09 ( `` Candle in the Wind 1997 '' ) Label Mercury Rocket Songwriter ( s ) Elton John Bernie Taupin Producer ( s ) Chris Thomas Elton John singles chronology `` Something About the Way You Look Tonight '' ( 1997 ) `` Something About the Way You Look Tonight '' / `` Candle in the Wind 1997 '' ( 1997 ) `` Recover Your Soul '' ( 1998 ) `` Something About the Way You Look Tonight '' ( 1997 ) `` 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 his 26th studio album The Big Picture. Later, the single was also released as a double A-side single with `` Candle in the Wind 1997 ''. That single and its video were dedicated to the memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, who died that year, with proceeds from the sale of the single going towards Diana 's charities. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, with certified sales, this double A-side is `` the best - selling single of all time. '' The Guinness World Records 2009 states that the song is `` the biggest - selling single since UK and US singles charts began in the 1950s, having accumulated worldwide sales of 33 million copies ''. 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. Contents 1 Sales and chart positions 2 Charts 2.1 Year - end charts 2.2 Decade - end charts 2.3 All - time charts 3 Personnel 4 References 5 External links Sales and chart positions In the UK alone, the double A-side single with `` Candle in the Wind 1997 '' sold over 4,930,000 copies ( 8 × 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 double A-side single spent 14 weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The best - selling single in Billboard history and the only single ever certified Diamond in the US, the single sold over 11 million copies in the US. 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 number 2 on this chart, `` Something About the Way You Look Tonight '' spent 10 weeks at number 1 in late 1997 and early 1998. This double - sided single holds the record for the fewest weeks in a chart year from a year - end number - one single, with as few as eight. ( In 1998, it had 34 more total weeks, however it was number 8 in the year - end list of 1998 ). Charts Year - end charts End - of - year chart ( 1997 ) Position U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Decade - end charts Chart ( 1990 -- 1999 ) Position U.S. Billboard Hot 100 5 All - time charts Chart Position U.S. Billboard Hot 100 47 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 none Preceded by `` The Drugs Do n'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 ( with `` Candle in the Wind 1997 '' ) 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 References Jump up ^ `` Candle In The Wind raises £ 38 million for Diana 's charities after Elton John 's moving performance at Princess ' funeral ''. Daily Mail. 11 August 2015. Jump up ^ `` 17 Years Ago, Elton John 's ' Candle In the Wind 1997 ' Started Its 14 - Week No. 1 Run '' ( 11 October 2014 ). Billboard. 11 August 2015. Jump up ^ `` RIAA News Room -- The American Recording Industry Announces its Artists of the Century -- Nov 10, 1999 ''. Recording Industry Association of America website. RIAA. 10 November 1999. Retrieved 2014 - 02 - 14. ' Candle In The Wind 1997 ' soon surpassed Bing Crosby 's ' White Christmas ' to become the best - selling single of all time. ( certified sales ) Jump up ^ Elton John : Biography Rolling Stone Music Rolling Stone `` Candle in the Wind 1997, '' easily became the all - time highest - certified single ``. Jump up ^ Guinness Book of Records, 2007 Edition, page 187 Jump up ^ `` Pride special : Celebrating the biggest selling singles by LGBT artists ''. The Official Charts Company. 25 June 2016. Jump up ^ `` Elton John : Biography - Rolling Stone Music ''. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 27 September 2014. Jump up ^ `` The American Recording Industry Announces its Artists of the Century ''. RIAA. Retrieved 2 February 2010. Jump up ^ `` Adult Contemporary chart for the week of 9 / 27 / 1997 ''. Billboard.com. Retrieved 2011 - 12 - 05. Jump up ^ `` Billboard Top 100 - 1997 ''. Retrieved 2010 - 08 - 28. Jump up ^ Geoff Mayfield ( December 25, 1999 ). 1999 The Year in Music Totally ' 90s : Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the ' 90s & Hot 100 Singles of the ' 90s. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2010. Jump up ^ `` The Billboard Hot 100 All - Time Top Songs ( 50 - 41 ) ''. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2008 - 10 - 04. Jump up ^ UK Top 10 Best Selling Singles ukcharts.20m.com External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Elton John songs 1960s and 1970s `` Skyline Pigeon '' ( 1968 ) `` I 've Been Loving You '' ( 1968 ) `` Lady Samantha '' ( 1969 ) `` It 's Me That You Need '' ( 1969 ) `` Border Song '' ( 1970 ) `` Rock and Roll Madonna '' ( 1970 ) `` From Denver to L.A. '' ( 1970 ) `` Take Me to the Pilot '' ( 1970 ) `` Your Song '' ( 1970 ) `` Friends '' ( 1971 ) `` Levon '' ( 1971 ) `` Tiny Dancer '' ( 1972 ) `` Rocket Man '' ( 1972 ) `` Honky Cat '' ( 1972 ) `` I Think I 'm Going to Kill Myself '' ( 1972 ) `` Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters '' ( 1972 ) `` Crocodile Rock '' ( 1972 ) `` Elderberry Wine '' ( 1972 ) `` Daniel '' ( 1972 ) `` Teacher I Need You '' ( 1973 ) `` Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding '' ( 1973 ) `` Saturday Night 's Alright for Fighting '' ( 1973 ) `` Goodbye Yellow Brick Road '' ( 1973 ) `` Step into Christmas '' ( 1973 ) `` Candle in the Wind '' ( 1974 ) `` Bennie and the Jets '' ( 1974 ) `` Harmony '' ( 1974 ) `` Do n't Let the Sun Go Down on Me '' ( 1974 ) `` The Bitch Is Back '' ( 1974 ) `` Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds '' ( 1974 ) `` Philadelphia Freedom '' ( 1975 ) `` I Saw Her Standing There '' ( 1975 ) `` Someone Saved My Life Tonight '' ( 1975 ) `` Island Girl '' ( 1975 ) `` Grow Some Funk of Your Own '' ( 1976 ) `` I Feel Like a Bullet ( In the Gun of Robert Ford ) '' ( 1976 ) `` Pinball Wizard '' ( 1976 ) `` Do n't Go Breaking My Heart '' ( 1976 ) `` Cage the Songbird '' ( 1976 ) `` Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word '' ( 1976 ) `` Bite Your Lip ( Get Up and Dance ! ) '' ( 1977 ) `` Crazy Water '' ( 1977 ) `` The Goaldiggers Song '' ( 1977 ) `` Ego '' ( 1978 ) `` Part - Time Love '' ( 1978 ) `` Song for Guy '' ( 1978 ) `` Are You Ready for Love '' ( 1979 ) `` Mama Ca n't Buy You Love '' ( 1979 ) `` Johnny B. Goode '' ( 1979 ) 1980s `` Little Jeannie '' ( 1980 ) `` Sartorial Eloquence ( Do n't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More ? ) '' ( 1980 ) `` Dear God '' ( 1980 ) `` Whatever Gets You thru the Night '' ( 1981 ) `` Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever '' ( with Kiki Dee, 1981 ) `` Blue Eyes '' ( 1982 ) `` Empty Garden ( Hey Hey Johnny ) '' ( 1982 ) `` Ball and Chain '' ( 1982 ) `` All Quiet on the Western Front '' ( 1982 ) `` I Guess That 's Why They Call It the Blues '' ( 1983 ) `` I 'm Still Standing '' ( 1983 ) `` Sad Songs ( Say So Much ) '' ( 1984 ) `` Nikita '' ( 1985 ) `` That 's What Friends Are For '' ( 1985 ) `` Wrap Her Up '' ( 1985 ) `` Take Me to the Pilot '' ( 1988 ) `` I Do n't Wanna Go on with You Like That '' ( 1988 ) `` Town of Plenty '' ( 1988 ) `` Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters ( Part Two ) '' ( 1988 ) `` Healing Hands '' ( 1989 ) `` Sacrifice '' ( 1989 ) 1990s `` Club at the End of the Street '' ( 1990 ) `` You Gotta Love Someone '' ( 1990 ) `` Do n't Let the Sun Go Down on Me '' ( 1991 ) `` The One '' ( 1992 ) `` Runaway Train '' ( 1992 ) `` The Last Song '' ( 1992 ) `` Simple Life '' ( 1993 ) `` True Love '' ( 1993 ) `` Shakey Ground '' ( 1994 ) `` Ai n't Nothing Like the Real Thing '' ( 1994 ) `` Can You Feel the Love Tonight '' ( 1994 ) `` Circle of Life '' ( 1994 ) `` Believe '' ( 1995 ) `` Made in England '' ( 1995 ) `` When the Money 's Gone '' ( 1995 ) `` You Can Make History ( Young Again ) '' ( 1996 ) `` The Madness of King Scar '' ( 1997 ) `` Something About the Way You Look Tonight '' ( 1997 ) `` Candle in the Wind 1997 '' ( 1997 ) `` Written in the Stars '' ( 1999 ) 2000s `` I Want Love '' ( 2001 ) `` This Train Do n't Stop There Anymore '' ( 2002 ) `` Original Sin '' ( 2002 ) `` Are You Ready for Love '' ( 2003 ) `` Ghetto Gospel '' ( 2005 ) `` Electricity '' ( 2005 ) `` The Bridge '' ( 2006 ) `` Joseph, Better You than Me '' ( 2008 ) `` Tiny Dancer ( Hold Me Closer ) '' ( 2009 ) Related articles Albums discography Videography Book : Elton John Category : Elton John Billboard Year - End number one singles ( 1980 -- 1999 ) 1980 : `` Call Me '' -- Blondie 1981 : `` Bette Davis Eyes '' -- Kim Carnes 1982 : `` Physical '' -- Olivia Newton - John 1983 : `` Every Breath You Take '' -- The Police 1984 : `` When Doves Cry '' -- Prince 1985 : `` Careless Whisper '' -- Wham ! featuring George Michael 1986 : `` That 's What Friends Are For '' -- Dionne & Friends 1987 : `` Walk Like an Egyptian '' -- The Bangles 1988 : `` Faith '' -- George Michael 1989 : `` Look Away '' -- Chicago 1990 : `` Hold On '' -- Wilson Phillips 1991 : `` ( Everything I Do ) I Do It for You '' -- Bryan Adams 1992 : `` End of the Road '' -- Boyz II Men 1993 : `` I Will Always Love You '' -- Whitney Houston 1994 : `` The Sign '' -- Ace of Base 1995 : `` Gangsta 's Paradise '' -- Coolio featuring L.V. 1996 : `` Macarena ( Bayside Boys Mix ) '' -- Los del Río 1997 : `` Candle in the Wind 1997 '' / `` Something About the Way You Look Tonight '' -- Elton John 1998 : `` Too Close '' -- Next 1999 : `` Believe '' -- Cher Complete list ( 1946 -- 1959 ) ( 1960 -- 1979 ) ( 1980 -- 1999 ) ( 2000 -- 2019 ) Best - selling singles by year in the United Kingdom 1952 -- 1969 1952 : `` Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart '' -- Vera Lynn ( UK ) 1953 : `` I Believe '' -- Frankie Laine 1954 : `` Secret Love '' -- Doris Day 1955 : `` Rose Marie '' -- Slim Whitman 1956 : `` I 'll Be Home '' -- Pat Boone 1957 : `` Diana '' -- Paul Anka 1958 : `` Jailhouse Rock '' -- Elvis Presley 1959 : `` Living Doll '' -- Cliff Richard ( UK ) 1960 : `` It 's Now or Never '' -- Elvis Presley 1961 : `` Wooden Heart '' -- Elvis Presley 1962 : `` I Remember You '' -- Frank Ifield ( UK ) 1963 : `` She Loves You '' -- The Beatles ( UK ) 1964 : `` Ca n't Buy Me Love '' -- The Beatles ( UK ) 1965 : `` Tears '' -- Ken Dodd ( UK ) 1966 : `` Green, Green Grass of Home '' -- Tom Jones ( UK ) 1967 : `` Release Me '' -- Engelbert Humperdinck ( UK ) 1968 : `` Hey Jude '' -- The Beatles ( UK ) 1969 : `` Sugar, Sugar '' -- The Archies 1970 -- 1989 1970 : `` The Wonder of You '' -- Elvis Presley 1971 : `` My Sweet Lord '' -- George Harrison ( UK ) 1972 : `` Amazing Grace '' -- The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band ( UK ) 1973 : `` Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree '' -- Tony Orlando and Dawn 1974 : `` Tiger Feet '' -- Mud ( UK ) 1975 : `` Bye Bye Baby '' -- Bay City Rollers ( UK ) 1976 : `` Save Your Kisses for Me '' -- Brotherhood of Man ( UK ) 1977 : `` Mull of Kintyre '' / `` Girls ' School '' -- Wings ( UK ) 1978 : `` Rivers of Babylon '' / `` Brown Girl in the Ring '' -- Boney M. 1979 : `` Bright Eyes '' -- Art Garfunkel 1980 : `` Do n't Stand So Close to Me '' -- The Police ( UK ) 1981 : `` Do n't You Want Me '' -- The Human League ( UK ) 1982 : `` Come On Eileen '' -- Dexys Midnight Runners ( UK ) 1983 : `` Karma Chameleon '' -- Culture Club ( UK ) 1984 : `` Do They Know It 's Christmas ? '' -- Band Aid ( UK ) 1985 : `` The Power of Love '' -- Jennifer Rush 1986 : `` Do n't Leave Me This Way '' -- The Communards ( UK ) 1987 : `` Never Gonna Give You Up '' -- Rick Astley ( UK ) 1988 : `` Mistletoe and Wine '' -- Cliff Richard ( UK ) 1989 : `` Ride on Time '' -- Black Box 1990 -- 2009 1990 : `` Unchained Melody '' -- The Righteous Brothers 1991 : `` ( Everything I Do ) I Do It for You '' -- Bryan Adams 1992 : `` I Will Always Love You '' -- Whitney Houston 1993 : `` I 'd Do Anything for Love ( But I Wo n't Do That ) '' -- Meat Loaf 1994 : `` Love Is All Around '' -- Wet Wet Wet ( UK ) 1995 : `` Unchained Melody '' -- Robson & Jerome ( UK ) 1996 : `` Killing Me Softly '' -- Fugees 1997 : `` Something About the Way You Look Tonight '' / `` Candle in the Wind 1997 '' -- Elton John ( UK ) 1998 : `` Believe '' -- Cher 1999 : ``... Baby One More Time '' -- Britney Spears 2000 : `` Can We Fix It ? '' -- Bob the Builder ( UK ) 2001 : `` It Was n't Me '' -- Shaggy featuring Rikrok ( UK ) 2002 : `` Anything Is Possible '' / `` Evergreen '' -- Will Young ( UK ) 2003 : `` Where Is the Love ? '' -- The Black Eyed Peas 2004 : `` Do They Know It 's Christmas ? '' -- Band Aid 20 ( UK ) 2005 : `` Is This the Way to Amarillo '' -- Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay ( UK ) 2006 : `` Crazy '' -- Gnarls Barkley 2007 : `` Bleeding Love '' -- Leona Lewis ( UK ) 2008 : `` Hallelujah '' -- Alexandra Burke ( UK ) 2009 : `` Poker Face '' -- Lady Gaga 2010 -- present 2010 : `` Love the Way You Lie '' -- Eminem featuring Rihanna 2011 : `` Someone Like You '' -- Adele ( UK ) 2012 : `` Somebody That I Used to Know '' -- Gotye featuring Kimbra 2013 : `` Blurred Lines '' -- Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams 2014 : `` Happy '' -- Pharrell Williams 2015 : `` Uptown Funk '' -- Mark Ronson ( UK ) featuring Bruno Mars 2016 : `` One Dance '' -- Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla ( UK ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Something_About_the_Way_You_Look_Tonight&oldid=806150769 '' Categories : 1997 singles Elton John songs Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Billboard Adult Contemporary number - one singles Number - one singles in France Number - one singles in Sweden Irish Singles Chart number - one singles Dutch Top 40 number - one singles UK Singles Chart number - one singles Songs with music by Elton John Songs with lyrics by Bernie Taupin Song recordings produced by Chris Thomas ( record producer ) Music videos directed by Tim Royes 1997 songs Mercury Records singles Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Italiano Norsk nynorsk Polski Edit links This page was last edited on 20 October 2017, at 01 : 21. 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Question: who wrote something about the way you look tonight
Answer: Elton John