I Saw the Light (Todd Rundgren song)

{{Infobox song

| name = I Saw the Light

| cover = Isawthelight45.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Todd Rundgren

| album = Something/Anything?

| B-side = Marlene

| released = March 1972{{cite magazine|date=March 25, 1972|title=Pop|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bSgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56|magazine=Billboard|volume=84|issue=13|page=56|issn=0006-2510|access-date=August 18, 2023}}

| recorded = Late 1971

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Pop{{cite book|author=Peter Buckley|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PA895|year=2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-84353-105-0|page=895}}|power pop{{cite web|last=Chabon|first=Michael|title=Tragic Magic: Reflections on Power Pop|url=http://michaelchabon.com/uncollected/musical/tragic-magic/|access-date=March 30, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411092844/http://michaelchabon.com/uncollected/musical/tragic-magic/|archive-date=April 11, 2013}}|soft rock{{cite web|last=Zimmerman|first=Lee|date=May 4, 2015|title=Todd Rundgren, Emil Nikolaisen, Hans-Peter Lindstrom: Runddans|url=https://www.popmatters.com/192428-todd-rundgren-emil-nikolaisen-hans-peter-lindstrom-runddans-2495540678.html|access-date=August 18, 2023|website=PopMatters}}|Merseybeat{{cite book|first=Bob |last=Stanley|title=Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop|chapter= Progressive Rock (And Simpler Pleasures)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9emZAAAAQBAJ&pg=RA5-PA30|date=September 13, 2013|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=978-0-571-28198-5|page=368}}}}

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=59}}

| label = Bearsville

| writer = Todd Rundgren

| producer = Todd Rundgren

| prev_title = A Long Time, A Long Way to Go

| prev_year = 1971

| next_title = Couldn't I Just Tell You

| next_year = 1972

}}

"I Saw the Light" is a song written and performed by American musician Todd Rundgren that was released as the opening track from his 1972 album Something/Anything? In the album's liner notes, 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.{{cite AV media notes|title=Something/Anything|publisher=Bearsville Records|id=2BX 2066|year=1972}}