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"Leaving Las Vegas" is a song written by David Baerwald and performed by American musician, singer, songwriter and actress Sheryl Crow, that appears on Crow's debut album, Tuesday Night Music Club (1993). It charted within the top 60 in the United States and the top 30 in Canada. Crow performed the song on her live album Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park. While the release date likely reflects its physical availability as a single or an official date tied to radio promotion, "Leaving Las Vegas" was in regular rotation at such influential radio stations as KIIS-FM in Los Angeles as early as mid-May 1994—an early sign that Crow would make inroads at Top 40 radio at a time of significant transition for the radio format.

"Leaving Las Vegas"
7-inch US single
Single by Sheryl Crow
from the album Tuesday Night Music Club
B-side	"The Na-Na Song" "Reach Around Jerk"
Released	June 18, 1994
Length	5:10 (album version)
Songwriter(s)	Sheryl Crow David Baerwald Bill Bottrell Brian MacLeod David Ricketts Kevin Gilbert
Producer(s)	Bill Bottrell
Sheryl Crow singles chronology
"All I Wanna Do" (1994) "Leaving Las Vegas" (1994) "Strong Enough" (1994)
Music video
"Leaving Las Vegas" on YouTube

Title

The song's title was based on the semi-autobiographical 1990 novel of the same name by the late John O'Brien, who was a good friend of one of the song's writers, David Baerwald. However, on a performance on the Late Show with David Letterman, Sheryl Crow stated that the song was "autobiographical." This infuriated Baerwald and the rest of the original Tuesday Night Music Club who helped write most of the album. Though O'Brien's suicide occurred soon after this incident, his family came forward to state there was no connection.[1][2]

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "It's time for the critically revered Crow to finally get a moment of radio fame. Bright spot on her "Tuesday Night Music Club" album is a kicky blend of acoustic strumming and percussion. Crow's voice is raw and incredibly expressive, which helps the song's cinematic lyrics pack the powerful punch they do."[3] Troy J. Augusto from Cash Box stated, "This slow-rolling number sports nifty acoustic guitar, dramatic lyrics and loads of Crow’s character-filled, rough-and-tumble vocal stylings. Plus she’s cute as a button and is a natural on stage. What more could you want?"[4] Linda Ryan from the Gavin Report noted that the track "has a slow, hypnotic groove that entranced almost as thoroughly as her dusty, whiskey-soaked vocals."[5] Pan-European magazine Music & Media commented, "Miss Crow doesn't believe in Elvis' tribute to the capital of showbizz, and gets out of town on an adventurous funky synth bassline a lot of singer/songwriters would not dare to think of."[6] A reviewer from People Magazine described it as "a disillusioned, neon-dazzled desert tune".[7]

Music video

The song was accompanied by Crow's first ever promotional video. It was directed by David Hogan, who also shot her video for "All I Wanna Do". The 1993 video shows Crow performing the song with her guitar in the dark, with only some parts of her face lit up. Other scenes include famous Vegas images such as dancers and Elvis Presley lookalikes walking on a highway, "leaving Las Vegas", and Peter Berg driving with Crow in the passenger seat of his convertible. The video uses an edited version of the song.

Track listing

• UK cassette single (Cat. No. 580 644-4)

1. "Leaving Las Vegas"
2. "Leaving Las Vegas" – Live in Nashville

• UK CD 1 (Cat. No. 580 645-2)

1. "Leaving Las Vegas"
2. "I Shall Believe" – Live at the Borderline
3. "What I Can Do for You" – Live at the Borderline

• UK CD 2 (Cat. No. 580 647-2)

1. "Leaving Las Vegas" – Live in Nashville
2. "No One Said It Would Be Easy" – Live in Nashville
3. "The Na-Na Song" – Live in Nashville

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[8]	29
UK Singles (OCC)[9]	66
US Billboard Hot 100[10]	60
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[11]	8
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[12]	31

References

На других языках

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- [en] Leaving Las Vegas (song)

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[es] Leaving Las Vegas (canción)

Leaving Las Vegas —en español: «Dejando Las Vegas»— es una canción escrita por David Baerwald e interpretada por Sheryl Crow que aparece en el álbum debut de Crow Tuesday Night Music Club. Se ubicó entre los 60 primeros en los Estados Unidos y los 30 primeros en Canadá.

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