| All Quiet on the Western Front | |
| Cover: | All Quiet on the Western Front Single.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Elton John |
| Album: | Jump Up! |
| B-Side: | "Where Have All the Good Times Gone"(Alternate Version) |
| Released: | November 1982 |
| Length: | 6:00 |
| Label: | Geffen (US) Rocket (UK) |
| Producer: | Chris Thomas |
| Prev Title: | Ball And Chain |
| Prev Year: | 1982 |
| Next Title: | I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
"All Quiet on the Western Front" is a song by English musician Elton John with lyrics by Bernie Taupin. It is the closing track of his 1982 album, Jump Up!. It was also released as a single in the UK without charting.
It is an anti-war song about World War I,[1] and named after the book of the same name. The song also ends in a big orchestral finale including a church organ chord sequence played by James Newton Howard on a synthesizer, which can be said to be reminiscent of his earlier album closers such as "The King Must Die" and "Burn Down the Mission", and a chorus sung by the Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, London.
The song's only live performances came during John's world tour during 1982, outside North America.[2] At a concert on Christmas Eve of the same year at the Hammersmith Apollo, London, John jokingly announced that, at the time, it was "the worst-selling single in Phonogram's history".[3]
The version issued on single is shorter; it also appeared on the 1982 compilation album Love Songs. The B-side contains a rockier version of album track "Where Have All the Good Times Gone"; it appeared decades later on the compilation album.