Ringo Starr at the Ryman 4. I Saw The Light ( Todd Rundgren)

July 7th 2012. I Saw the Light is the opening track from Todd Rundgren s 1972 Something, Anything double album. The song is a pastiche of 1960s pop songs and a homage to singersongwriters Laura Nyro and Carole needed 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. Rundgren s version peaked at, 16 on the Billboard Hot 1001 and, 36 on