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| "All Quiet on the Western Front" | ||||
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| Single byElton John | ||||
| from the albumJump Up! | ||||
| B-side | "Where Have All the Good Times Gone"(Alternate Version) | |||
| Released | November 1982 | |||
| Length | 6:00 | |||
| Label | Geffen (US) Rocket (UK) | |||
| Songwriters | Elton John,Bernie Taupin | |||
| Producer | Chris Thomas | |||
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"All Quiet on the Western Front" is a song by British musicianElton John with lyrics byBernie Taupin. It is the closing track of his 1982 album,Jump Up!. It was also released as a single in the UK without charting.
"All Quiet on the Western Front" is an anti-war song aboutWorld War I,[1] and named after thebook of the same name. The song also ends in a big orchestral finale including a church organ chord sequence played byJames Newton Howard on a synthesizer, which can be said to be reminiscent of his earlier album closers such as "The King Must Die" and "Burn Down the Mission", and a chorus sung by the Choir ofSt Paul's Cathedral, London.
The song's only live performances came during John's world tour during 1982, outside North America.[2] At a concert on Christmas Eve of the same year at theHammersmith Apollo, London, John jokingly announced that, at the time, it was "the worst-selling single inPhonogram's history".[3]
The version issued on single is shorter; it also appeared on the 1982 compilation albumLove Songs. The B-side contains a rockier version of album track "Where Have All the Good Times Gone"; it appeared decades later on theElton: Jewel Box compilation album.
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