Someone Saved My Life Tonight

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Elton John's confessional piano ballad about a near-suicide was sampled for 'Good Morning.' Kanye chopped the lush orchestral arrangement into a bright, ascending loop that opens Graduation with an optimistic energy, cleverly inverting Elton's dark subject matter into what sounds like a sunrise fanfare for a new chapter.

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