Sad Songs (Say So Much)

Infobox Single
Name = Sad Songs (Say So Much)


Artist = Elton John
from Album = Breaking Hearts
B-side = "A Simple Man"
Released = May, 1984
Format = 7"
Recorded = December 1983
Genre = Pop
Length = 4:46
Label = Geffen (U.S.)
Rocket (UK)
Writer = Elton John, Bernie Taupin
Producer = Chris Thomas
Chart position =
Last single = "Cold as Christmas (In the Middle of the Year)"
(1983)
This single = "Sad Songs (Say So Much)"
(1984)
Next single = "Passengers" (1984)"Sad Songs (Say So Much)" is a song by Elton John from the 1984 album Breaking Hearts. It reached the number 5 position on the U.S. Charts. The lyrics describe how you sometimes need to listen to old radio blues classics when you're feeling down, or when someone beloved has left you.

It was later used in a Sasson jeans commercial with the altered lyric "Sasson says so much!"

Personnel

Elton John: Keyboards, Lead VocalsDavey Jonstone: Guitar, VocalsDee Murray: Bass, VocalsNigel Olsson: Drums, Vocals