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Taron Egerton – I'm Still Standing (Rocketman)
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[Verse 1] / You could never know what it's like / Your blood, like a winter, freezes just like ice / And there's a cold and lonely light that shines from you / You will wind up
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Taron Egerton – I'm Still Standing
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Johnny the gorilla (voiced by Taron Egerton) sings this song at Buster’s climactic fundraising concert, while also declaring his independence from his dad (voiced by Peter
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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 – I'm Still Standing Covers
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See all of “I'm Still Standing” by Elton John’s covers
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Taron Egerton – Thank You for All Your Loving
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[Verse 1] / Oh, pity me / I'm so alone and so blue / My friends have all gone away / Their friendliness too / [Pre-Chorus] / It was I on my own / With no need to belong / And I
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Read All The Lyrics To Elton John & Taron Egerton’s ‘Rocketman’ Soundtrack
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It features a new Elton John song written for the film.
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Taron Egerton – Border Song
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[Verse 1] / Holy Moses, I have been removed / I have seen the spectre, he has been here too / Distant cousin from down the line / Brand of people who ain't my kind / Holy Moses, I
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Taron Egerton – Your Song
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[Verse 1] / It's a little bit funny, this feeling inside / I'm not one of those who can easily hide / I don't have much money, but, boy, if I did / I'd buy a big house where we
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Taron Egerton – Pinball Wizard (Interlude)
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[Intro: Spoken] / People don't pay to see Reginald Dwight / They pay to see Elton John / [Verse 1] / Ever since I was a young boy, I played the silver ball / From Soho down to
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Taron Egerton & Rachel Muldoon – Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Interlude)
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In the film, Elton John (Taron Egerton) is seen recording this duet with Kiki Dee (Rachel Muldoon). They are interrupted by a visit to the studio by John Reid (Richard Madden
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Taron Egerton & Celinde Schoenmaker – Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
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[Verse 1: Taron Egerton] / I can't light no more of your darkness / All my pictures seem to fade to black and white / I'm growin' tired, and time stands still before me / Frozen
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Elton John & Taron Egerton – (I'm Gonna) Love Me Again
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[Verse 1: Elton John] / Oh, the joke was never hard to tell / Threw my spare change in the wishing well / The dream alone is always in your hands / If that don't fill the boy and
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Taron Egerton – Crocodile Rock
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In the film, the song is introduced with Elton John (Taron Egerton) beginning his set at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. The crowd is initially lukewarm, but grows more enthusiastic
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Taron Egerton – Take Me to the Pilot
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[Verse 1] / If you feel that it's real, I'm on trial / And I'm a-here in your prison / Like a coin in your mint / I am dented and I'm spent with high treason / [Pre-Chorus
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Taron Egerton & Richard Madden – Honky Cat
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This song is structured as a duet for Elton John (Taron Egerton) and his boyfriend/business manager John Reid (Richard Madden), as the latter persuades him to embrace his wealth
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Taron Egerton – Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
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[Verse] / What do I gotta do to make you love me? / What do I gotta do to make you care? / What do I do when lightning strikes me? / And I hate to find that you're not there / What
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Taron Egerton & Sebastian Rich – The Bitch Is Back (Introduction)
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As the film opens, an adult Elton John (Taron Egerton) walks into a therapy group while wearing full concert regalia to seek help for his various addictions. When the leader of the
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Taron Egerton & Kit Connor – Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
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[Verse 1: Kit Connor] / It's gettin' late, have you seen my mates? / Ma, tell me when the boys get here / It's seven o'clock and I wanna rock / Wanna get a belly full of beer / My
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Taron Egerton – Rocket Man
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[Verse 1] / She packed my bags last night, pre-flight / Zero hour, 9 AM / And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then / I miss the Earth so much, I miss my life / It's lonely out in
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Taron Egerton & Jamie Bell – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
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[Verse 1: Jamie Bell] / When are you gonna come down? / When are you goin' to land? / I should've stayed on the farm / I should have listened to my old man / Maybe you'll get a
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Taron Egerton – Rock and Roll Madonna (Interlude)
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[Verse 1] / If anyone should see me makin' it down the highway / Breakin' all the laws of the land / Don't you try to stop me / I'm goin' her way / And that's the way I'm sure she
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Kit Connor, Gemma Jones, Bryce Dallas Howard & Steven Mackintosh – I Want Love
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[Verse 1: Kit Connor & Steven Mackintosh] / I want love, but it's impossible / A man like him, so irresponsible / A man like him is dead in places / Other men feel liberated / [
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Taron Egerton – Tiny Dancer
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[Verse 1] / Blue jean baby, L.A. lady / Seamstress for the band / Pretty-eyed, a pirate smile / You'll marry a music man / Ballerina, you must have seen her / Dancin' in the sand
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Elton John – Your Song
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The song was composed and performed by Elton John but the lyrics were written by Bernie Taupin. It originally appeared in his self titled and second album.
Elton John hadn’t come
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Taron Egerton – Hercules
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[Verse 1] / Ooh, I got a busted wing and a hornet sting / Like an out-of-tune guitar / Ooh, she got a-Hercules on her side / And Diana in her eyes / Some men like the Chinese life
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Taron Egerton – Bennie and the Jets (Interlude)
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[Verse] / Hey kids, shake it loose together / The spotlight's hitting something / That's been known to change the weather / We'll kill the fatted calf tonight, so stick around
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Shawn Mendes – There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
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“There’s Nothing Holdin' Me Back” is about Shawn Mendes' ambiguous and manipulative relationship to a woman and his acceptance of the mental effects caused by her.
On April 17th
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Elton John – Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
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“Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” is a song written by Elton John and his lyricist Bernie Taupin. The song was originally recorded in 1974 by Elton John for his studio album
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Taron Egerton – A Sky Full of Stars
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[Verse] / 'Cause you're a sky, 'cause you're a sky full of stars / I'm gonna give you my heart / 'Cause you're a sky, 'cause you're a sky full of stars / 'Cause you light up the
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Prince and the Revolution – Let's Go Crazy
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“Let’s Go Crazy” opens Purple Rain, both the movie and the album. The song opens with a eulogy-style sermon.
Counter to what you might expect from the song’s title, the song calls
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Coldplay – A Sky Full of Stars
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One of Coldplay’s most hyped tracks ever, described by attendees of Coldplay’s secret Ghost Stories shows as “wonderfully produced” and “upbeat, happy, makes you want to stand up
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U2 – Where the Streets Have No Name
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“Where the Streets Have No Name” is the third single from U2’s 1987 album The Joshua Tree. It was written by Bono in response to the notion that it’s possible to identify a person’
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Elton John – Crocodile Rock
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Likely inspired by the song Daddy Cool’s “Eagle Rock” and Neil Sedaka’s “Oh! Carol,” “Crocodile Rock” comments on rock’s evolution over time using metaphors.
Elton John actually
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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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Tori Kelly, Taron Egerton, Reese Witherspoon & Nick Kroll – Let's Go Crazy
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[Intro: Spoken] / Dearly beloved / We are gathered here today to get through this thing called life / Electric world life, it means forever and that's a mighty long time, but I'm
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Taron Egerton – The Way I Feel Inside
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Should I try to hide / The way I feel inside / My heart for you? / Would you say that you / Would try to love me too? / In your mind / Could you ever be / Really close to me? / I
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