Someone Saved My Life Tonight Someone Saved My Life Tonight "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" is an Elton John song from his album "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy." The song concludes side one of the album's narrative, chronicling the early history of John and lyricist, Bernie Taupin, and their struggles to find their place within the music industry. When released as the album's only single in 1975, it was the first to ever enter at the highest position in the history of music on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and entered the top 25 on the UK Singles Chart. In the U.S., it was
Nigel Olsson appeared later that year on John's own record label, The Rocket Record Company, and featured a cover of the Bee Gees'-penned "Only One Woman", which had been recorded with John and his band in August 1974 during the sessions for "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy," and was produced by Gus Dudgeon. The album was produced by Robert Appére. Olsson continued working as a studio musician, releasing another self-titled album produced by Paul Davis on Columbia in 1978, while managed by Martin Pichinson. Although that album brought no Top 40 recognition, in 1979 he released the album "Nigel" and