Recover Your Soul

"Recover Your Soul" is a song by English musician Elton John, written by John and Bernie Taupin. It was released in April 1998 by Mercury and Rocket as the second single from John's twenty-fifth studio album, The Big Picture (1997). The song passed a little bit in the shadow of a huge-success single "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997". John played this song a couple of times in between 1998 and 1999.^[1]

"Recover Your Soul"
Single by Elton John
from the album The Big Picture
A-side	"Recover Your Soul" (single remix)
B-side	"Big Man in a Little Suit" "I Know Why I'm in Love" "Recover Your Soul" (album version)
Released	1 April 1998 (1998-04-01)
Recorded	November 1996 – May 1997
Studio	Townhouse (London) AIR (London)
Genre	Pop
Length	4:16 (single remix) 5:18 (album version)
Label	Mercury Rocket
Songwriter(s)	Elton John Bernie Taupin
Producer(s)	Chris Thomas
Elton John singles chronology
"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997" (1997) "Recover Your Soul" (1998) "If the River Can Bend" (1998)
Music video
"Recover Your Soul" on YouTube

Critical reception

A reviewer from Music Week gave the song two out of five, writing, "An optimistic follow-up to "Candle '97" will be a relief for many but, while sure to please his fans, this track is far from a classic Elton record."^[2] The magazine's Alan Jones added, "An easy-paced and unforced mid-tempo AOR song, it draws a fine vocal from Elton, redolent of his superb interpretation of "Sacrifice", and its optimistic tone is ideal for radio."^[3]

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Recover Your Soul" was directed by German director Marcus Nispel and shot at the Loew's Jersey Theatre in Jersey City with actor/comedian Victor Varnado as the role of the gramophone angel.

Personnel

• Elton John – piano, organ and vocals
• Davey Johnstone – guitar
• John Jorgenson – guitar
• Bob Birch – bass
• Guy Babylon – keyboards
• Charlie Morgan – drums and percussion
• Paul Clarvis – tabla
• Carol Kenyon – backing vocals
• Jackie Rawe – backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1998) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[4] 92 France (SNEP)[5] 98 Germany (Official German Charts)[6] 73 UK Singles (OCC)[7] 16 US Billboard Hot 100[8] 55 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[9] 5

Year-end charts Chart (1998) Position US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[10] 18

References

1. "Recover Your Soul by Elton John Song Statistics | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
2. "Reviews: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 17 January 1998. p. 25. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
3. Jones, Alan (7 February 1998). "Talking Music" (PDF). Music Week. p. 12. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
4. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 146.
5. "Elton John – Recover Your Soul" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
6. "Elton John – Recover Your Soul" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
7. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
8. "Elton John Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
9. "Elton John Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
10. "1998 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 52. 26 December 1998. p. YE-95. Retrieved 19 September 2021.