"Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" (sometimes written "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)") is a rock & roll song performed by musician Elton John. The song was written by Bernie Taupin and composed by John for his album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and is written in the key of C Major. It is one of John's harder-rocking songs (Like "Grow Some Funk Of Your Own" and The Bitch is Back), with a sound similar to bands like The Who and The Rolling Stones (indeed The Who would cover it in 1991). The song completely destroyed his past renown as a mellow singer/songwriter.

The song was released in 1973 (see 1973 in music) as the album's first single, and entered the Top Ten in the U.K and the Top 20 in the U.S. Despite only being a modest hit compared to his other hits, it remains one of his best-known songs.

The rock band Queen has covered it numerous times in their concerts. In 1988, it was covered on Flotsam and Jetsam's album No Place for Disgrace. In 1991, The Who covered it for the album Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin. In 2003 it was also performed by Nickelback (featuring Kid Rock) and included in the soundtrack for Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle as well as certain copies of The Long Road. It is also used by the U.S. cable network Showtime as introduction music for its Showtime Championship Boxing series (as the series airs on the first Saturday of each month). An edited version of the song is used at the end of the opening tease for the CBC's Hockey Night in Canada, as that series airs on Saturday nights. It is also used as the theme song for TBS's Saturday Night College Football. In the show's open, the song is accompanied by a drumline and cymbalists, while clips of the two teams playing the night's featured game are interspersed throughout. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emoGwlqETVY