Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy as bonus tracks on the remastered "Captain Fantastic" CD reissue (although the version of "Philadelphia Freedom" used is the edit from 1990's "The Very Best of Elton John"). A deluxe 30th anniversary edition CD was released September 2005, containing the complete album and the bonus tracks included on prior reissues and adding "House of Cards", the original B-side to the 7" single of "Someone Saved My Life Tonight", which had previously only appeared on CD on the 1992 "Rare Masters" collection. Also included is a second disc containing the complete album performed live at Wembley Stadium on 21 June 1975.
Someone Saved My Life Tonight metaphor of a creature flying free towards the sky to signify escape from marriage, with the creature in this case being a butterfly. Some radio stations altered the song or refused to play it due to the use of the phrase "Damn it" in the second verse. In the liner notes to the Deluxe Edition of "Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy," writer Paul Gambaccini related a recollection from producer Gus Dudgeon. During the recording of the song's lead vocal, Dudgeon said he was pushing John for more in terms of his delivery of the vocal, not paying attention