Save Room

Infobox Single
Name = Save Room
Artist = John Legend
from Album = Once Again
Released = September 2006
Format = Digital Download
Recorded = 2006
Genre = Soul/R&B
Length = 3:56
Label = Sony/GOOD Music
Writer = John Legend
will.i.am
Jessyca Wilson
Buddy Buie
James B Cobb
Producer = John Legend
will.i.am
Certification =
Last single = "So High"
(2005)
This single = '"'Save Room"
(2006)
Next single = "Heaven"
(2006)

"Save Room" is the first single from John Legend's second album, "Once Again". Save Room is a joyful, cool love song that samples Gabor Szabo's version of the Classics IV hit "Stormy". As John recalls, "will.i.am brought the sample. I didn't even know the original. I just knew it was a nice organ sound and wanted to write to it. I just started mumbling along to it, finding my place in the melody and it worked for me." The song is different from Legend's previous singles as the piano is not used in the song. The absence of the piano is meant to profile Legend as a singer and not merely a pianist.

The song's music video was shot in various locations in New York City and features Legend in relations with several different women. Legend is seen trying to stay in relationships with the women but having trouble doing so.

The single was released as a download only single in the UK. Chart rules at the time stated that if no physical format was available, a single would not be able to chart. This is why "Save Room" did not chart in the UK.

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