I Saw the Light (Todd Rundgren song)

"I Saw the Light"
Single by Todd Rundgren
from the album Something/Anything?
B-side	"Marlene"
Released	February 26, 1972 (1972-02-26)
Format	7-inch single
Recorded	Late 1971
Genre	Power pop
Length	2:59
Label	Bearsville
Writer(s)	Todd Rundgren
Producer(s)	Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren singles chronology
"A Long Time, A Long Way to Go" (1971) "I Saw the Light" (1972) "Couldn't I Just Tell You" (1972)

"I Saw the Light" is the opening track from Todd Rundgren's 1972 Something/Anything? double album.

In the liner notes to Something/Anything?, Rundgren states that he intended the song to be the hit of the album, and copied the Motown tradition of putting hit songs at the beginning of albums. The song peaked at #15 in Canada, #16 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and at #12 on the Easy Listening chart.Billboard ranked it as the No. 88 song for 1972. On the U.S. Cash Box Top 100, it reached number 11.

Overseas, it went to #36 on the UK Singles Chart. However, in the US at least, Something/Anything? actually contained a bigger hit than "I Saw the Light", as the album's third single "Hello It's Me" climbed to #5.

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