Healing Hands (Elton John song)

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Healing Hands is a popular song written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin and recorded by Elton John on his million-selling 1989 album Sleeping With the Past. Produced by Chris Thomas, it was the first of three singles released from the album, with the follow-ups being Sacrifice and Club at the End of the Street. "Healing Hands" is an uptempo track from Sleeping With the Past, John and Taupin's effort to recapture the sounds of 1960s soul music.

"Healing Hands" did moderately well as a single in the United States, climbing to #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reaching #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart the week of October 21, 1989 (dislodging Madonna's "Cherish" from the #1 position). The song failed to make the UK Top 40 on its initial release, as did the follow-up, "Sacrifice." However, after Steve Wright of BBC Radio One added "Sacrifice" to his station's playlist, "Sacrifice" was re-released in the UK with "Healing Hands" as the flip side. The double A-side record topped the UK chart for five weeks starting June 23, 1990, becoming the first solo #1 UK hit of Elton John's career.

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• "Healing Hands," The Billboard Book of Number One Adult Contemporary Hits by Wesley Hyatt, p. 352, Billboard Books (1999).