Sacrifice (Elton John song)

"Sacrifice"
"Sacrifice"
Single by Elton John
from the album Sleeping with the Past
A-side	"Healing Hands" (second release)
B-side	"Love Is a Cannibal" (first release); "Durban Deep" (12-inch releases);
Released	23 October 1989 (first release); May 1990 (second release);
Studio	Puk, Randers (Denmark)
Genre	Soft rock
Length	5:07
Label	Rocket; MCA;
Songwriter(s)	Elton John; Bernie Taupin;
Producer(s)	Chris Thomas
Elton John singles chronology
Music video
	"Sacrifice" on YouTube

"Sacrifice" is a 1989 song by Elton John. It was taken from his 22nd studio album Sleeping with the Past. It topped the single charts in France and the United Kingdom. It went to number 2 in Belgium, Ireland and Norway, number 3 in the Netherlands, number 6 in Zimbabwe, number 7 in Australia, number 15 in Canada, number 18 in the United States and number 19 in New Zealand.

Track listings

First release

7-inch, cassette, and mini-CD single^[4]^[5]^[6]

"Sacrifice"
"Love Is a Cannibal" (from the Columbia Motion Picture Ghostbusters II)

12-inch and CD single^[7]^[8]

"Sacrifice"
"Love Is a Cannibal" (from the Columbia Motion Picture Ghostbusters II)
"Durban Deep"

Second release

7-inch and cassette single^[9]^[10]

"Sacrifice"
"Healing Hands"

12-inch and CD single^[11]^[12]

"Sacrifice"
"Healing Hands"
"Durban Deep"

References

↑ "New Singles". Music Week. 21 October 1989. p. 41.
↑ "Legendary Danish Studio Used By JUDAS PRIEST, GARY MOORE And MESHUGGAH Destroyed In Fire". blabbermouth.net. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
↑ Kirkl, Justin (29 May 2019). "Neither 'Rocket Man' Nor 'Tiny Dancer' Is Elton John's Best Song". Esquire. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
↑ Sacrifice (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Elton John. The Rocket Record Company. 1989. EJS 20, 876 330-7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
↑ Sacrifice (US & Canadian cassette single). Elton John. MCA Records. 1989. MCAC-53750.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
↑ Sacrifice (German mini-CD single liner notes). Elton John. The Rocket Record Company. 1989. 876 412-3.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
↑ Sacrifice (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Elton John. The Rocket Record Company. 1989. EJS 20 12, 876 331-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
↑ Sacrifice (UK CD single liner notes). Elton John. The Rocket Record Company. 1989. EJSCD 20, 876 331-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
↑ Sacrifice / Healing Hands (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Elton John. The Rocket Record Company. 1990. EJS 22, 875 808-7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
↑ Sacrifice / Healing Hands (UK cassette single sleeve). Elton John. The Rocket Record Company. 1990. EJSMC 22, 875 808-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
↑ Sacrifice / Healing Hands (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Elton John. The Rocket Record Company. 1990. EJS 2212, 875 809-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
↑ Sacrifice / Healing Hands (UK CD single liner notes). Elton John. The Rocket Record Company. 1990. EJSCD 22, 875 809-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[1] "New Singles". Music Week. 21 October 1989. p. 41.

[2] "Legendary Danish Studio Used By JUDAS PRIEST, GARY MOORE And MESHUGGAH Destroyed In Fire". blabbermouth.net. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2021.

[3] Kirkl, Justin (29 May 2019). "Neither 'Rocket Man' Nor 'Tiny Dancer' Is Elton John's Best Song". Esquire. Retrieved 8 August 2019.

[4] Sacrifice (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Elton John. The Rocket Record Company. 1989. EJS 20, 876 330-7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[5] Sacrifice (US & Canadian cassette single). Elton John. MCA Records. 1989. MCAC-53750.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[6] Sacrifice (German mini-CD single liner notes). Elton John. The Rocket Record Company. 1989. 876 412-3.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[7] Sacrifice (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Elton John. The Rocket Record Company. 1989. EJS 20 12, 876 331-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[8] Sacrifice (UK CD single liner notes). Elton John. The Rocket Record Company. 1989. EJSCD 20, 876 331-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[9] Sacrifice / Healing Hands (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Elton John. The Rocket Record Company. 1990. EJS 22, 875 808-7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[10] Sacrifice / Healing Hands (UK cassette single sleeve). Elton John. The Rocket Record Company. 1990. EJSMC 22, 875 808-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[11] Sacrifice / Healing Hands (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Elton John. The Rocket Record Company. 1990. EJS 2212, 875 809-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[12] Sacrifice / Healing Hands (UK CD single liner notes). Elton John. The Rocket Record Company. 1990. EJSCD 22, 875 809-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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1960s	"I've Been Loving You" (1968) "Skyline Pigeon" (1968) "Lady Samantha" (1969) "It's Me That You Need" (1969)
1970s	"Border Song" (1970) "Rock and Roll Madonna" (1970) "From Denver to L.A." (1970) "Take Me to the Pilot" (1970) "Your Song" (1970) "Ballad of a Well-Known Gun" (1970) "Come Down in Time" (1970) "Son of Your Father" (1970) "My Father's Gun" (1970) "Where to Now St. Peter?" (1970) "Amoreena" (1970) "Talking Old Soldiers" (1970) "Burn Down the Mission" (1970) "Friends" (1971) "Levon" (1971) "Indian Sunset" (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) "Have Mercy on the Criminal" (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" (1974) "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) "We All Fall in Love Sometimes" (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) "One Horse Town" (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) "I Don't Care" (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" (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) "Kiss the Bride" (1983) "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" (1984) "Passengers" (1984) "Nikita" (1985) "That's What Friends Are For" (1985) "Wrap Her Up" (1985) "Heartache All Over the World" (1986) "Slow Rivers" (1986) "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) "Live Like Horses" (1996) "The Madness of King Scar" (1997) "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)
2010s	"Good Morning to the Night" (2012) "Sad" (2012) "Looking Up" (2015) "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" (2019)
2020s	"Ordinary Man" (2020) "Sine from Above" (2020) "Learn to Fly" (2020) "The Pink Phantom" (2020) "It's a Sin" (2021) "Cold Heart" (2021) "Merry Christmas" (2021) "Sausage Rolls for Everyone" (2021) "Hold Me Closer" (2022)
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