I Saw the Light (Todd Rundgren song)
- I Saw the Light (Todd Rundgren song)
Infobox Single
Name = I Saw the Light
Artist = Todd Rundgren
from Album = Something/Anything?
B-side = "Black Maria" / "Long Flowing Robe" (U.K.) "Marlene" (U.S.)
Released = February 26, 1972
Format = 7" 45 RPM
Genre = Pop / Rock
Length = 2:59
Label = Bearsville Records
Writer = Todd Rundgren
Producer = Todd Rundgren
"I Saw the Light" is the opening track from Todd Rundgren's 1972 "Something/Anything?" album which was one of the first artist-written, -produced and -performed albums. The song is a pastiche of 1960s pop songs and an homage to singer-songwriter Carole King. In addition to writing and producing the song, Rundgren plays every instrument on the record, and sings all the vocals.
Rundgren states in the liner notes of "Something/Anything?" that he intended the song to be the hit of the album, and copied the Motown tradition of putting the hits at the beginning of albums. Rundgren's version peakd at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #36 on the UK Singles Chart. However, in the US at least, "Something/Anything?" actually contained a bigger hit than "I Saw The Light", as the album's third single "Hello It's Me" climbed to #5.
A cover version of "I Saw The Light" was released in 1998 by country music singer Hal Ketchum from his album "I Saw the Light". It reached #36 on the US country charts, and #50 on the Canadian country charts.
A live version of "I Saw The Light" by the Rundgren-fronted The New Cars appears on their 2006 album "It's Alive!"
The song was featured in the TV series "Six Feet Under" in the "Death Works Overtime" episode and in the pilot of "That '70s Show". The song was also featured in the movie "Kingpin".
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