Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy Singles chart), is a semi-autobiographical story about John's disastrous engagement to Linda Woodrow, and his related 1968 suicide attempt. The "Someone" refers to Long John Baldry, who convinced him to break off the engagement rather than ruin his music career for an unhappy marriage. It was viewed by "Rolling Stone" writer Jon Landau as the best track on the album: "As long as Elton John can bring forth one performance per album on the order of 'Someone Saved My Life Tonight', the chance remains that he will become something more than the great entertainer he already is and go on
Tripping the Live Fantastic not featured on the live album, which made the singles collectors items. Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights! is an abridged version of the double CD/triple LP "Tripping the Live Fantastic". Released in 1990, it documents the highly successful Paul McCartney World Tour of 1989–1990. Cutting out soundcheck recordings and leaving concert highlights (hence, the album's title), this set is notable for the exclusive inclusion of "All My Trials", not found on the more complete "Tripping the Live Fantastic" double CD set or on the US commercial release version, where it was replaced by "Put It There", but it was issued