Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting

1973 single by Elton John

"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" (sometimes called "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)") is a 1973 song by Elton John. It is the leading single from his seventh studio album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. It went to number 7 in the United Kingdom and number 12 in the United States.

"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
Single by Elton John
from the album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
B-side
  • "Jack Rabbit"
  • "Whenever You're Ready (We'll Go Steady Again)"
ReleasedJune 1973 (1973-06)
RecordedMay 1973
StudioChâteau d'Hérouville, France
Genre
Length
  • 4:57 (album version)
  • 4:12 (single version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Gus Dudgeon
Elton John singles chronology
"Daniel"
(1973)
"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
(1973)
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
(1973)

Track listing change

All songs written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin

  1. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" – 4:12
  2. "Jack Rabbit" – 1:50
  3. "Whenever You're Ready (We'll Go Steady Again)" – 2:50

Both B-sides were included later on Rare Masters and issued as bonus tracks on the remastered edition of Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player.

References change

  1. Mastropolo, Frank (12 January 2018). "Top 11 Glam Rock Songs". Rock Cellar Magazine. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Freeman, Phil (2007). Marooned: The Next Generation of Desert Island Discs. Hachette Books. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-30681-640-6.
  3. "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 31 May 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2021.