You Gotta Love Someone


"You Gotta Love Someone" is a 1990 song by Elton John, written by John along with Bernie Taupin and was released as a single from the Days of Thunder soundtrack; the single was also used to promote the Rocket Records 2-CD retrospective The Very Best of Elton John, issued largely in overseas markets excluding the United States, where the more expansive box set To Be Continued... was issued. Despite not being released in the US, the single peaked at number forty-three on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent five weeks at number one on the Adult Contemporary chart, his tenth number one on the chart. The song also topped the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart for a week, becoming John's fourteenth number-one single in Canada.
Produced by Don Was, "You Gotta Love Someone" and the three other tracks that close Disc 4 of "To Be Continued...", were all recorded in one take each. The tracks were also purported to be selections for a possible album project that was later abandoned.

Music video

The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan. It is very similar overall to his 1993 video for Billy Joel's hit "The River of Dreams", with several elements from the earlier video being re-used with very slight variations in the later one.

Track listings

CD single / 12" single
  1. "You Gotta Love Someone"
  2. "Medicine Man"
  3. "Medicine Man"
7" double A-side
7" single
7" single

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Chart Position
Canada Top Singles 36
Canada Adult Contemporary 41