Sad Songs (Say So Much)

"Sad Songs (Say So Much)" is a song by Elton John and is the closing track on the 1984 album Breaking Hearts. It reached the No 5 on the U.S. chart. The lyrics describe how it sometimes helps for someone who is feeling sad, or who has lost a partner, to listen to old radio blues classics. In the years since its issue, radio airplay has been modest compared with some of John's other 80s singles.

The music video, directed by Russell Mulcahy and shot on a street in Rushcutters Bay, Sydney, featured John without his familiar trademark glasses in some scenes. The single sleeve likewise featured John with no glasses.

John performed the song on One Night Only: The Greatest Hits Live at Madison Square Garden with Canadian rock star Bryan Adams. In 2013, John was joined by Rod Stewart in a special performance of the song at the London Palladium after being presented with first Brits Icon award in recognition of his "lasting impact" on UK culture.^[1]

The song and the music video were both utilized in an early 1980s TV advertisement for Sasson Designer Jeans, altering the lyrics of the song to "Sasson says so much."^[2]

Personnel

Elton John: piano, keyboards, vocals
Davey Johnstone: acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Dee Murray: bass, backing vocals
Nigel Olsson: drums, backing vocals

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1984)	Peak position
Australia KMR ^[3]	4
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[4]	4
Canadian Top Singles^[5]	4
Canadian Adult Contemporary^[6]	1
Germany (Media Control AG)^[7]	18
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[8]	8
South Africa (RISA)^[9]	5
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[10]	3
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[11]	7
US Billboard Hot 100^[12]	5
Zimbabwe Singles (ZIMA)^[13]	6

Year-end charts

Chart (1984)	Rank
Australia ^[14]	30
Canada ^[15]	36
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ^[16]	54

References

↑ "Sir Elton John wins first Brits Icon award". BBC News. 2 Sep 2013. Retrieved 23 Sep 2013.
↑ "Elton John in Video For Sasson Apparel". The New York Times. 14 Aug 1984. Retrieved 25 Nov 2013.
↑ http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275
↑ "Austriancharts.at – Elton John – Sad Songs (Say So Much)" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
↑ "100 Singles". RPM. Vol. 40 no. 25. 25 August 1984. p. 6. ISSN 0315-5994. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
↑ "Adult Contemporary". RPM. Vol. 41 no. 1. 8 September 1984. ISSN 0315-5994. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
↑ "Chartverfolgung / JOHN, ELTON / Single" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
↑ "Charts.org.nz – Elton John – Sad Songs (Say So Much)". Top 40 Singles.
↑ ""Sad Songs (Say So Much)" on the South African Singles Chart". Springbok Radio. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
↑ "Elton John – Sad Songs (Say So Much) – Hitparade.ch". Singles Top 75. Hung Medien.
↑ "Archive Chart: 1984-06-23" UK Singles Chart.
↑ "Elton John – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Elton John.
↑
- Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
↑ http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275
↑ "Top 100 Singles of 1984 – Volume 41, No. 17, January 05 1985". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
↑ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1984.htm

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Elton John songs

1960s and 1970s	"Skyline Pigeon" (1968) "I've Been Loving You" (1968) "Lady Samantha" (1969) "It's Me That You Need" (1969) "Border Song" (1970) "Rock and Roll Madonna" (1970) "From Denver to L.A." (1970) "Take Me to the Pilot" (1970) "Your Song" (1970) "Friends" (1971) "Levon" (1971) "Tiny Dancer" (1972) "Rocket Man" (1972) "Honky Cat" (1972) "I Think I'm Going to Kill Myself" (1972) "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" (1972) "Crocodile Rock" (1972) "Elderberry Wine" (1972) "Daniel" (1972) "Teacher I Need You" (1973) "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" (1973) "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" (1973) "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (1973) "Step into Christmas" (1973) "Candle in the Wind" (1974) "Bennie and the Jets" (1974) "Harmony" (1973) "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (1974) "The Bitch Is Back" (1974) "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (1974) "Philadelphia Freedom" (1975) "I Saw Her Standing There" (1975) "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" (1975) "Island Girl" (1975) "Grow Some Funk of Your Own" (1976) "I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)" (1976) "Pinball Wizard" (1976) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (1976) "Cage the Songbird" (1976) "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (1976) "Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance!)" (1977) "Crazy Water" (1977) "The Goaldiggers Song" (1977) "Ego" (1978) "Part-Time Love" (1978) "Song for Guy" (1978) "Are You Ready for Love" (1979) "Mama Can't Buy You Love" (1979) "Johnny B. Goode" (1979)

1980s	"Little Jeannie" (1980) "Sartorial Eloquence (Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More?)" (1980) "Dear God" (1980) "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" (1981) "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" (with Kiki Dee, 1981) "Blue Eyes" (1982) "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" (1982) "Ball and Chain" (1982) "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1982) "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" (1983) "I'm Still Standing" (1983) "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" (1984) "Nikita" (1985) "That's What Friends Are For" (1985) "Wrap Her Up" (1985) "Take Me to the Pilot" (1988) "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" (1988) "Town of Plenty" (1988) "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Part Two)" (1988) "Healing Hands" (1989) "Sacrifice" (1989)

1990s	"Club at the End of the Street" (1990) "You Gotta Love Someone" (1990) "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (1991) "The One" (1992) "Runaway Train" (1992) "The Last Song" (1992) "Simple Life" (1993) "True Love" (1993) "Shakey Ground" (1994) "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (1994) "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (1994) "Circle of Life" (1994) "Believe" (1995) "Made in England" (1995) "When the Money's Gone" (1995) "You Can Make History (Young Again)" (1996) "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (1997) "Candle in the Wind 1997" (1997) "Written in the Stars" (1999)

2000s	"I Want Love" (2001) "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" (2002) "Original Sin" (2002) "Are You Ready for Love" (2003) "Ghetto Gospel" (2005) "Electricity" (2005) "The Bridge" (2006) "Joseph, Better You than Me" (2008) "Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)" (2009)

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