 Genius Meanings
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Elton John – The Bitch Is Back
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[Verse 1] / I was justified when I was five / Raising Cain, I spit in your eye / Times are changing, now the poor get fat / But the fever's gonna catch you when the bitch gets back
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Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
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The fourth track on Elton John’s 1973 double album of the same name, and the second single from the album. Written by Elton and his co-songwriter Bernie Taupin, “Goodbye Yellow
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Elton John – Tiny Dancer
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For pretty much all of Elton John’s greatest songs, the words were written by Bernie Taupin. The result is that sometimes Elton is singing words that are actually intensely
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Elton John – I'm Still Standing
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‘I’m Still Standing’ is the second single and song from Elton John’s ‘Too Low For Zero’.
Russel Mulcahy, video director of the videoclip, told us ‘I Want My MTV!’:
Elton John’s
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Elton John – Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time)
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Following “Space Oddity”, by the same producer, Elton John sings the tale of an astronaut, for whom space exploration is just his daily job. Bernie Taupin wrote the song inspired
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Elton John – Oscar Wilde Gets Out
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The lyrics to Oscar Wilde Gets Out are written by Bernie Taupin, Elton John’s longtime collaborator. It is typical of the lyricist’s rich narrative style that draws from art and
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Elton John – Border Song
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This was Elton John’s first single from his self-titled second album. It’s a gospel-inspired piece that got little attention at the time.
Although Elton John says Taupin wrote the
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Elton John & Dua Lipa – Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)
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The first single off of legendary singer Elton John’s 32nd studio album, The Lockdown Sessions, “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)” reworks some of Elton’s classics alongside vocals from
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Walt Disney Records (Ft. Ernie Sabella, Joseph Williams, Kristle Edwards, Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane & Sally Dworsky) – Can You Feel the Love Tonight
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During “Can You Feel the Love Tonight,” Timon and Pumbaa mourn for their diminishing friendship with Simba while off-screen vocals sing about the romance in the air. Simba and Nala
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Elton John – Come Back Baby
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Come back baby / Come back to me yeah / And you will see yeah / How I've changed / 'Cause you're the only love that I ever had / You're the only love that I ever had / Come back to
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Elton John – Johnny B. Goode
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[Verse 1] / Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans / Way back up in the woods among the evergreens / There stood an log cabin made of earth and wood / Where lived a country
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Elton John – Honky Cat
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[Verse 1] / When I look back, boy, I must have been green / Bopping in the country, fishing in a stream / Looking for an answer, trying to find a sign / Until I saw your city
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Elton John – Suit of Wolves
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“Suit of Wolves” was originally the b-side of the single of the title track of Elton’s 1992 album The One. It appears on the album on a few selected reissues and some unofficial
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Elton John – I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
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[Verse 1] / Don't wish it away / Don't look at it like it's forever / Between you and me, I could honestly say / That things can only get better / [Pre-Chorus] / And while I'm away
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Elton John – All the Girls Love Alice
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Here’s one of those songs where the subject of the song is obvious once you’re told it, but many people won’t get it at first because it’s not the sort of thing that lots of pop
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Young Thug (Ft. Elton John) – High
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“High” is Young Thug’s official remix of Elton John’s 1972 track, “Rocket Man.” This song marks the first collaboration between the two.
A collaboration between the two has been
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Elton John & Stevie Wonder – Finish Line
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[Verse 1: Elton John] / You, oh, you / Are still a beauty to behold / You been my muse / Every story that I've told / Oh, take me back some years / To when we were young without a
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Elton John – Dirty Little Girl
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[Verse 1] / I've seen a lot of women who haven't had much luck / I've seen you looking like you've been run down by a truck / That ain't nice to say sometimes I guess I'm really
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Billy Joel – We Didn't Start the Fire
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This monster hit of a song was created in 1989, when Joel turned 40. The idea spawned from a conversation he had with a friend of Sean Lennon. The friend just turned 21 and was
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Elton John – Home Again
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Home Again is the first single released from Elton John’s 2013 album The Diving Board.
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Elton John – Daniel
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“Daniel”, the second single from Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player, was an international hit in the summer of 1973. It reached the top 10 in several countries including #1
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Elton John – Weight Of The World
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[Verse 1] / I'm weary and I'm staying up late / And the rain hits my roof so hard / You know I'm no longer thirty / These days I'm happy to play / One or two hands of cards / I
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Kanye West – All of the Lights
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“All of the Lights” is the 4th single from Kanye West’s 5th studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
The song is about Kanye’s qualms living as a celebrity with personal
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Elton John – Madman Across the Water
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“Madman Across the Water” is a song with dark themes and influence from Leon Russell. Bernie Taupin made up the story about a lunatic ranting on visiting day at the asylum
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Surfaces & Elton John – Learn to Fly
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[Intro: Forrest.] / Oh, you keep it up / Yeah, yeah, yeah / Ooh, ooh, ah / Yeah, yeah, yeah / Hmmm / Ooh, ooh, ah-ah, ah-ah / Yeah / [Chorus: Forrest.] / All the broken people put
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Elton John – Medicine Man
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Music by elton john / Released as a uk b-side in 1990 / We look at the table / And we look at the time / We see a short fuse burning / We're standing on a land mine / You look at
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Elton John – Sweet Painted Lady
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[Verse 1] / I'm back on dry land once again / Opportunity awaits me like a rat in a drain / We're all hunting honey with money to burn / Just a short time to show you the tricks
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Elton John – Island Girl
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“Island Girl” was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. It was produced by Gus Dudgeon.
The song is about a New York prostitute and a man who wants to take a prostitute back to
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Elton John – Looking Up
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The seventh track of Elton John’s upcoming February 2016 album Wonderful Crazy Night, and the first single released from the album. Written by Elton and longtime co-songwriter
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Bluesology (Ft. Elton John) – Come Back Baby
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Come back baby / Come back to me yeah / And you will see yeah / How I've changed / 'Cause you're the only love that I ever had / You're the only love that I ever had / Come back to
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Elton John (Ft. Billy Joel) – Back in the U.S.S.R.
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Flew in from Miami Beach BOAC / Didn't get to bed last night / On the way the paper bag was on my knee / Man I had a dreadful flight / I'm back in the U.S.S.R / You don't know how
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Elton John – Conquer the Sun
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Music by elton john / Released as a uk b-side in 1980 / The night we met, we stood / Divided by defenses as old as time / But love has found a way / To bring me to your senses and
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Elton John – Country Comfort
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“Country Comfort”, originally recorded for Rod Stewart’s 1970 album, Gasoline Alley, was released as a pre-album single in ‘69.
The nostalgic imagery of an agrarian existence
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Elton John & Olly Alexander – It’s a sin (global reach mix)
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[Verse 1: Olly Alexander] / When I look back upon my life / It's always with a sense of shame / I've always been the one to blame / For everything I long to do / No matter when or
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Elton John – Return to Paradise
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[Verse 1] / It's paradise here where the sun meets the sea / There's nothing to fear and so much to be / But soon I must go, say goodbye to it all / That homeland of mine is
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Elton John – Nikita
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[Verse 1] / Hey Nikita, is it cold / In your little corner of the world? / You could roll around the globe / And never find a warmer soul to know / Oh, I saw you by the wall / Ten
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Elton John – Pinball Wizard
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[Verse 1] / Ever since I was a young boy I played the silver ball / From Soho down to Brighton I must've played them all / But I ain't seen nothin' like him in any amusement hall
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Elton John – The Cage
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[Chorus] / Have you ever lived in a cage / Where you live to be whipped and be tamed? / For I've never loved in a cage / Or talked to a friend or just waved / Ah-ah-ooh-ooh, ah-ah-
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Elton John – Can You Feel the Love Tonight (End Title)
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An alternate version of the song of the same name from the 1994 Disney animated film The Lion King. This version is a piano-driven soft rock ballad by famed English singer-
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Elton John – Madness
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[Verse 1] / The fuse is set and checked once more / Then left beside a back street door / And in the cold gray light, someone sees a shadow / Run through the night and out of sight
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Elton John – Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding
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[Part I: Funeral for a Friend] / [Instrumental] / [Part II: Love Lies Bleeding] / [Verse 1] / The roses in the window box have tilted to one side / Everything about this house was
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Elton John – Honky Cat (Live 1974)
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When I look back / Boy, I must have been green / Boppin' in the country / Fishin' in a stream / Lookin' for an answer / Tryin' to find a sign / Until I saw your city lights / Honey
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Elton John – Country Love Song
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Suzie walks her dog but it don't solve / All the mysteries / Hanging with the guys, making with the guys / Playing hard to please / Back in '63, she was made for me / We were
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Elton John – Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
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This song is about Elton John, characterized as “Captain Fantastic,” and his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin is “The Brown Dirt Cowboy.” It is interesting that John and Taupin
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Elton John – I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That
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[Verse 1] / I've always said that one's enough to love / Now I hear you're braggin' one is not enough / Well, somethin' tells me you're not satisfied / You got plans to make me one
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Elton John – Burn Down the Mission (including "My Baby Left Me" & "Get Back")
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This 18-minute version of “Burn Down the Mission” was performed in New York at A&R Recording Studios on November 17, 1970. The song was not intended to be that long, but John
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Elton John – Goodbye
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And now that it's all over / The birds can nest again / I'll only snow when the sun comes out / I'll shine only when it starts to rain / And if you want a drink / Just squeeze my
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Elton John – Razor Face
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[Verse 1] / Has anybody here seen Razor Face? / I heard he's back, looking for a place, to lay down / Must be getting on / Needs a man who's young to walk him around / Needs a man
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Elton John – Chameleon
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[Verse 1] / The last I heard of you / You were somewhere on a cruise in the Mediterranean / So imagine my surprise / To see you very much alive in the English rain again / [Pre-
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