Something About the Way You Look Tonight

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"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" was the first single from Elton John's The Big Picture. The single was released as a double A-side single with "Candle in the Wind 1997".

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.

[edit] Sales

In the UK only, the single sold over 4,864,600 copies (8x platinum), making the song the best-selling single ever in the history in the UK. It remained five weeks at the number one position. In the United States, the song was considered a double-A-side with "Candle in the Wind 1997" and spent fourteen weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

Preceded by
"Do They Know It's Christmas" by Band Aid
UK best-selling single in history [1]
September 14, 1997- present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
"Macarena" by Los Del Río
World Single of the Year
1997
Succeeded by
"My Heart Will Go On" by Céline Dion
Billboard Hot 100 Single of the Year
1997
Succeeded by
"Too Close" by Next
Preceded by
"The Drugs Don't Work" by The Verve
UK Singles Chart number-one single
September 14, 1997- October 19, 1997
Succeeded by
"Spice Up Your Life" by Spice Girls
Preceded by
"I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112
United World Chart number-one single
September 27, 1997January 3, 1998
Succeeded by
"Together Again" by Janet Jackson
Preceded by
"Men in Black" by Will Smith
Australia ARIA Singles Chart number-one single
October 5, 1997November 9, 1997
Succeeded by
"Barbie Girl" by Aqua
Preceded by
"Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart number-one single
October 5, 1997November 9, 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
October 11, 1997- January 10, 1998
Succeeded by
"Truly Madly Deeply" by Savage Garden

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