DON'T
LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME
GEORGE
MICHAEL, ELTON JOHN
SONGWRITERS:
BERNIE TAUPIN &
ELTON JOHN
HOW:
LIVE
COUNTRY:
U. K.
ALBUM:
LADIES & GENTLEMEN: THE BEST OF GEORGE MICHAEL
LABEL:
EPIC RECORDS
GENRE:
SOFT ROCK
YEAR:
1998
"Don't Let the Sun Go
Down on Me" is a song written by English Singer Elton John and his
lyricist Bernie Taupin. It was originally recorded in 1974 by Elton John for
his studio álbum Caribou and was released as a single that peaked at number two
on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart.
The song found further success in 1991 in a live cover version recorded as a
duet between John and George Michael, which reached number one in the UK and
US.
Ladies & Gentlemen:
The Best of George Michael is a greatest hits album by George Michael, released
on 9 November 1998.
The collection of 28 songs (29 songs are included on the
European and Australian release) are separated into two halves, with each CD of
the double set containing music of a particular theme and mood. The first CD,
titled "For the Heart", predominantly contains Michael's hit ballads,
while the second CD, "For the Feet", comprises mostly his popular
dance tunes.
Ladies & Gentlemen is
notable for containing a large number of compilation tracks and duets that have
not previously appeared on a George Michael album, including his US and UK
number-one duet with Aretha Franklin, "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)",
previously available on Franklin's 1986 album Aretha; "Desafinado",
the duet in Portuguese with Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto; and the Elton John
duet "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", from John's 1993 album Duets.
Ladies & Gentlemen was
released by Sony Music Entertainment as a condition of Michael severing his
contractual ties with the label amid a great deal of acrimony and publicity
prior to the release of Older in 1996. However, singles from Older do appear on this
compilation. Michael would later return to Sony to release his 2004
album Patience.
After his death in
December 2016, it was revealed by Michael's friend Geri Halliwell on The One
Show that all of the British profits from the album went to the charity Terrence
Higgins Trust.
George Michael(born Georgios
Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer,
songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist who rose to fame as a member of
the music duo Wham! and later embarked on a solo career. Michael sold over 80
million records worldwide making him one of the best-selling music artists of
all time. He achieved seven number one songs on the UK Singles Chart and eight
number one songs on the US Billboard Hot 100. He was widely known for his
success in the 1980s and 1990s, including Wham! singles such as "Wake Me
Up Before You Go-Go" and "Last Christmas" and solo singles such
as "Careless Whisper" and "Faith".
Michael formed the duo Wham! With Andrew
Ridgeley in 1981. The band's first two albums, Fantastic(1983) and Make It Big(1984),
reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200. Michael's
first solo single "Careless Whisper" reached number one in over 20
countries, including the UK and US. Michael's debut solo album, Faith, was
released in 1987, topping the UK Albums Chart and staying at number one on
the Billboard 200 for 12 weeks. Four singles from the
album--"Faith", "Father Figure", "One More Try",
and "Monkey"--reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Faith was
named Album of the Year at the 31st Grammy Awards. Three years after the
release of Faith, Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1(1990) was released; that
album included the Billboard Hot 100 number one "Praying for Time".
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", a 1991 duet with Elton John, was
also a transatlantic number one.
Michael, Who came out as gay
in 1998, was an active LGBT rights campaigner and HIV/AIDS charity fundraiser. Michael's personal life and legal
troubles made headlines during the late 1990s and 2000s, as he was arrested for
public lewdness in 1998 and was arrested for multiple drug-related offenses
after that time. The 2005 documentary A Different Story covered
his career and personal life. Michael's first tour since 1991, the 25 Live tour,
spanned three tours over the course of three years; 2006, 2007, and 2008. Four
years later, he performed his final concert at London's Earls Court in 2012. In
the early hours of 25 December 2016, Michael was found dead at his home in Goring-on-Thames,
Oxfordshire aged 53. A coroner's report attributed his death to natural causes.
Michael won various music
awards including two Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, three American Music
Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards and six Ivor Novello Awards. In 2004, the Radio
Academy named Michael the most played artist on British radio during the period
1984–2004. In 2008, he was ranked 40th on Billboard's list of the Greatest Hot
100 Artists of All Time.
I can't light no more of your darkness
All my pictures seem to fade to black and white
I'm growing tired and time stands still before me
Frozen here on the ladder of my life
It's much too late to save myself from falling
I took a chance and changed your way of life
But you misread my meaning when I met you
Closed the door and left me blinded by the light
Don't let the Sun go down on me
Although I search myself, it's always someone else I
see
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
But losing everything is like the Sun going down on me
I can't find, oh the right romantic line
But see me once and see the way I feel
Don't discard me just because you think I mean you
harm
But these cuts I have they need love to help them heal
Don't let the Sun go down on me
Although I search myself, it's always someone else I
see
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
But losing everything is like the Sun going down on me.
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