(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again

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"(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again"
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Single by Elton John and Taron Egerton
from the album Rocketman: Music from the Motion Picture
Released16 May 2019 (2019-05-16)
Recorded2019
Length4:12
Label
Composer(s) Elton John
Lyricist(s) Bernie Taupin
Producer(s)
Elton John singles chronology
"A Good Heart"
(2016)
"(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again"
(2019)
"Never Too Late"
(2019)
Taron Egerton singles chronology
"The Breach"
(2015)
"(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again"
(2019)

"(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" is a song from the 2019 biopic Rocketman . Written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, the song was performed by John and Taron Egerton, who portrayed John in the film. The song is heard in the end credits of the film. The official music video features both archival clips from John's early career as well as scenes from the film. [1] The song won numerous accolades including "Best Original Song" at the 77th Golden Globe Awards, [2] "Best Song" at the 25th Critics' Choice Awards, [3] "Best Original Song" at the 24th Satellite Awards, [4] and Best Original Song at the 92nd Academy Awards. [5]

Contents

The song premiered on BBC Radio 2 on 16 May 2019. [6]

Accolades

Awards
AwardCategoryResult
Academy Awards Best Original Song Won
Golden Globe Awards Best Original Song Won
Critics' Choice Awards Best Song Won
Satellite Awards Best Original Song Won
Hollywood Critics Association Best Original SongNominated
Hollywood Music in Media Awards Best Original Song – Feature FilmNominated
Gold Derby Awards Best Original SongWon
Georgia Film Critics Association Best Original SongNominated
Houston Film Critics Society Best Original SongNominated
Huading Awards Best Global Original SongNominated
Music City Film Critics' Association AwardsBest SongWon
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association AwardsBest Song Written for a Motion PictureWon
Hawaii Film Critics SocietyBest SongWon
Online Film & Television AssociationBest Original SongWon
Denver Film Critics SocietyBest Original SongNominated
NBP Film AwardsBest Original SongNominated
Iowa Film Critics AwardsBest SongNominated
DiscussingFilm Critics AwardsBest Original SongNominated
International Online Cinema AwardsBest Original SongNominated
North Dakota Film SocietyBest Original SongNominated

Music video

The music video was directed by Kii Arens. [7] It was uploaded to John's official Vevo account on 13 June 2019. [8] The video features John and Egerton, with footage of Egerton as John in Rocketman, archival footage of the musician and clips of both John and Egerton recording the song in the studio. It also includes kaleidoscopic animation mixed with album artwork and concert posters from John's heyday. [9]

The making of the music video was released on 4 July 2019 on John's Vevo account, with John and Taupin discussing the track in a behind-the-scenes video. [10]

Live performances

"(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" was performed by John and Egerton on Paramount Pictures' Rocketman: Live in Concert at the Greek Theatre, in Los Angeles, with the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra on 17 October 2019. [11]

John performed "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" at the 92nd Academy Awards on 9 February 2020 with a red Yamaha piano and full-band including backing singers in front of a screen with animated graphics to represent the film. [12] [13] The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. [14]

Remix

DJ Purple Disco Machine was responsible for a remix version of music from John and Egerton. [15] The music was launched on download and streaming platforms on 19 December 2019. [16] The cover of the remix was illustrated by Erin Goedtel.

Track listing

Digital download [17]

  1. "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" (Purple Disco Machine Remix) – 3:25

Charts

Release history

Release history and formats for "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again"
CountryDateFormatLabelRef.
United States16 May 2019 [22]
United Kingdom [23]

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