Someday Out of the Blue

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"Someday Out of the Blue (Theme from El Dorado)"
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Single by Elton John
from the album The Road to El Dorado (soundtrack)
B-side "Cheldorado" (Hans Zimmer/Heitor Pereira)
Released2000
Recorded1998–1999
Genre Soft rock, Pop rock
Length
  • 4:16 (single edit)
  • 4:47 (album version)
Label DreamWorks Records
Composer(s) Elton John
Patrick Leonard
Lyricist(s) Tim Rice
Producer(s) Patrick Leonard (on the main track)
Gavin Greenaway, Hans Zimmer on "Cheldorado"
Elton John singles chronology
"A Step Too Far"
(1999)
"Someday Out of the Blue (Theme from El Dorado)"
(2000)
"Friends Never Say Goodbye"
(2000)
Music video
"Someday Out of the Blue" on YouTube

"Someday Out of the Blue" is a song recorded by Elton John for the soundtrack to the film The Road to El Dorado released in 2000, written by John, Patrick Leonard (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics). It serves as one of the themes of the film and the first single of the soundtrack. [1] The song deals with a love affair that ended. But the singer believes the two will be reunited "someday soon, maybe years from now or tomorrow night."

Contents

"Someday Out of the Blue" reached No. 5 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and No. 49 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song became John's most recent entry on the latter one for over two decades until it broke by the song "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)", which debuted at No. 81. [2] It also reached No. 40 in Switzerland [3] and No. 69 in Germany. [4]

Music video

The music video includes some scenes of the movie and it features John performing this song (from the background of the film) in person to being an animated character on the film. It was directed by Joseph Kahn and Bibo Bergeron.

Live performances

John performed this on various locations and concerts to promote the movie. However, he dropped it from his setlists later on and not played since 2000. [5]

Charts

Chart (2000)Peak
position
Germany (Official German Charts) [6] 69
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [7] 40
US Billboard Hot 100 [8] 49
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [9] 5

Personnel

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