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Best Elton John Songs

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Rated 24 points - posted 14 years ago by BradHemphill in category Music.

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1.

Rocket Man

349 points - added 14 years ago by BradHemphill - 2 comments

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love it

Added 12 years ago by guest, 2 points

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amazing

Added 13 years ago by guest, 3 points

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Your Song

348 points - added 14 years ago by BradHemphill - 5 comments

Comments:

I can't believe this is not number 1. So beautiful.

Added 11 years ago by guest, 2 points

i sang this song in a private performing arts with monster fees talent show, and i won; despite everyone else actually went ot the school, its emotional and touches everyone who hears it

Added 12 years ago by guest, 3 points

words so simple, yet they cut deep

Added 12 years ago by guest, 2 points

so beautiful. he is the best artist, with such passionate songs

Added 13 years ago by guest, 2 points

wow amazing intense words

Added 13 years ago by guest, 3 points

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Harmony

347 points - added 10 years ago by guest -

4.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

"Hunting the horny'backed toad." Only Taupin/John could have a monster hit with lines like that.

347 points - added 14 years ago by BradHemphill -

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Daniel

347 points - added 14 years ago by BradHemphill - 1 comment

Comments:

should be higher up

Added 13 years ago by guest, -1 points

6.

Candle in the Wind

347 points - added 14 years ago by BradHemphill - 1 comment

Comments:

I listen to this because my best friend in the world is going through lots. This remind's me of her. Good song! :)

Added 12 years ago by guest, 0 points

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Believe

346 points - added 10 years ago by guest -

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Can You Feel the Love Tonight

346 points - added 13 years ago by guest - 1 comment

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"It's enough, to make kings and vagabonds, believe the very best". You don't hear songs with that power anymore.

Added 13 years ago by guest, 0 points

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Tiny Dancer

345 points - added 14 years ago by BradHemphill - 2 comments

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One of my favorite songs, never fails to cheer me up.

Added 12 years ago by guest, 3 points

masterpiece

Added 13 years ago by guest, 2 points

10.

Recover Your Soul

341 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

11.

Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

Bernie Taupin's second best lyrics.

340 points - added 14 years ago by BradHemphill - 1 comment

Comments:

I love this song and 'Your Song'. They are the best of Elton's songs.

Added 11 years ago by guest, 0 points

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Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters

340 points - added 14 years ago by BradHemphill -

13.

Philadelphia Freedom

339 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

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Empty Garden

339 points - added 14 years ago by BradHemphill -

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Crocodile Rock

337 points - added 14 years ago by BradHemphill - 1 comment

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This is a great song A Sen It Up! I I

Added 11 years ago by guest, -1 points

16.

The Last Song

John's best song ever on one of his worst albums. This tribute to AIDS victims is heartbreaking.

336 points - added 14 years ago by BradHemphill -

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Roy Rogers

The sweetest song about growing old and clinging to life's small pleasures that has ever been written.

336 points - added 14 years ago by BradHemphill -

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Sacrifice

335 points - added 10 years ago by guest -

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Levon

320 points - added 14 years ago by BradHemphill - 3 comments

Comments:

Best Elton song in my opinion. Amazing melody.

Added 12 years ago by guest, 0 points

shouldn't be on this list

Added 12 years ago by guest, -5 points

love it

Added 12 years ago by guest, 2 points

20.

This Train Don't Stop There Anymore

Brilliant, shockingly self-revealing lyrics, a production that's a second coming of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," and Elton's plaintive vocals make for a latter-day megaclassic

316 points - added 13 years ago by guest -

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I'm Still Standing

271 points - added 12 years ago by guest -

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Honky Cat

234 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

23.

I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues

234 points - added 14 years ago by BradHemphill - 2 comments

Comments:

It is a GREAT song!

Added 12 years ago by guest, 0 points

This song is unbelievable

Added 13 years ago by guest, 0 points

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Bennie and the Jets

233 points - added 14 years ago by BradHemphill -

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Nikita

Gorgeous girl

232 points - added 12 years ago by guest - 1 comment

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80's classic

Added 12 years ago by guest, 0 points

26.

Blessed

229 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

27.

All the Girls Love Alice

227 points - added 10 years ago by guest -

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Skyline Pigeon

The piano version of this song off of "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player" is simply amazing.

227 points - added 10 years ago by guest - 1 comment

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The piano version off of "Don't Shoot Me" is simply an amazingly song. A more experienced elton really breaths new life the hidden masterpiece. The original harpsichord version on Empty Sky. is okay, but the harpsichord seems to distract from Bernies beautiful lyrics.

Added 10 years ago by guest, 0 points

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Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word

227 points - added 14 years ago by BradHemphill -

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Little Jeannie

224 points - added 3 years ago by guest -

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Grey Seal

221 points - added 12 years ago by guest - 2 comments

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this may be my favorite EJ song musically

Added 12 years ago by guest, 0 points

couldn't believe this wasn't on here

Added 12 years ago by guest, 0 points

32.

Madman Across the Water

220 points - added 13 years ago by guest - 2 comments

Comments:

I agree. I always remember this rounding out one of the best LP sides of all time.

Added 10 years ago by guest, 0 points

This should be ranked higher :)

Added 12 years ago by guest, 1 point

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The Bitch Is Back

217 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

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I Can't Keep This From You

217 points - added 10 years ago by guest -

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Amoreena

217 points - added 12 years ago by guest - 1 comment

Comments:

Glad to see that I am not the only one who appreciates this amazing song.

Added 11 years ago by guest, 0 points

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Don't Go Breaking My Heart

216 points - added 14 years ago by BradHemphill -

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Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding

215 points - added 13 years ago by guest - 1 comment

Comments:

Elton's masterpiece. Very cool church organ to start things off. Then EJ comes in with beautiful piano work steadily building to a crescendo that leads into Love Lies Bleeding I just know EJ had to have broken some piano wires as he hits those keys so hard!!! After almost 40 years this song is still gives me chills!

Added 10 years ago by guest, 0 points

38.

Someone Saved My Life Tonight

208 points - added 14 years ago by BradHemphill - 2 comments

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"Thank god my music's still alive"

Added 12 years ago by guest, 1 point

...and I would have walked head on into the deep end of the river.... gives me chills every time.

Added 13 years ago by guest, 1 point

39.

Circle of Life

205 points - added 12 years ago by guest - 1 comment

Comments:

Should be wayyyy higher

Added 10 years ago by guest, 0 points

40.

This Song Has No Title

love this one

188 points - added 12 years ago by guest - 1 comment

Comments:

awesome lyrics about the meaning of life.

Added 12 years ago by guest, 0 points

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The Panic in Me

186 points - added 10 years ago by guest -

42.

I Can't Steer My Heart Clear of You

174 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

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Sad Songs (Say So Much)

173 points - added 13 years ago by guest -

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Blue Eyes

164 points - added 12 years ago by guest -

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Cry to Heaven

155 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

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Strangers

152 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

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The One

138 points - added 12 years ago by guest - 1 comment

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Under Rated

Added 11 years ago by guest, 0 points

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Island Girl

138 points - added 13 years ago by guest -

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My Heart Dances

137 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

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The Bridge

137 points - added 10 years ago by guest -

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Sleeping with the Past

135 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

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Weight of the World

134 points - added 10 years ago by guest -

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Sails

130 points - added 3 years ago by guest -

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Bitter Fingers

120 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

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Border Song

Scary good.

120 points - added 13 years ago by guest -

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Pinball Wizard

A great of cover of a great Who song. Better IMO then the original. I just love the "i Can't Explain" riff at the end of the song as a nod to The Who. Brilliant.

119 points - added 10 years ago by guest -

57.

I've Seen That Movie Too

119 points - added 12 years ago by guest - 1 comment

Comments:

Just listened to this song again after 30 years and couldn't believe how good it still is. I'm busy going through an Elton John revival and this has just leapfrogged funeral for a friend into my personal no. 1 spot. I'd be keen to hear favourites of others who rate these two songs.

Added 12 years ago by guest, 0 points

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Pinky

118 points - added 3 years ago by guest -

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Original Sin

117 points - added 3 years ago by guest -

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Tower of Babel

114 points - added 3 years ago by guest -

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Freaks in Love

113 points - added 3 years ago by guest -

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Hercules

108 points - added 3 years ago by guest -

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Latitude

108 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

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Long Way from Happiness

107 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

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Empty Sky

100 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

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House

99 points - added 3 years ago by guest -

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I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)

98 points - added 3 years ago by guest -

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The North

98 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

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Saturday's Alright For Fighting

98 points - added 14 years ago by BradHemphill -

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Take This Dirty Water

97 points - added 3 years ago by guest -

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The Captain and the Kid

96 points - added 3 years ago by guest -

72.

Love Song

89 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

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Healing Hands

86 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

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All That I'm Allowed

86 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

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Wnen Love Is Dying

85 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

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Whispers

78 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

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My Quicksand

78 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

78.

Take Me Back

78 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

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I Need You to Turn To

77 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

80.

Rotten Peaches

75 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

81.

Come Down in Time

Great song - Tumbleweed Connection one of his best albums

75 points - added 6 years ago by guest -

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So Sad the Renegade

72 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

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Ticking

70 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

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The Greatest Discovery

Taupin's lyrics are genius. Poetry. From the confused perspective of a small boy blessed with a new brother.

70 points - added 14 years ago by BradHemphill -

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Crystal

59 points - added 3 years ago by guest -

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Poor Cow

57 points - added 3 years ago by guest -

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Soul Glove

57 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

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Elaborate Lives

49 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

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Teacher, I Need You

49 points - added 8 years ago by larryco_ -

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Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

This song is autobiographical of Elton and Bernie's experience in the peak of their popularity during 1970-75.

49 points - added 13 years ago by guest -

91.

Indian Sunset

39 points - added 11 years ago by guest - 1 comment

Comments:

This has always been one of my "underground" favorite Elton songs. And probably one of the greatest songs about our Native Americans. Bernie just creates such imagery with "where the buffalo graze in clover fields without the sound of guns" and with the final line "and piece to this young warrior comes...with bullet hole" just drives the point home!

Added 10 years ago by guest, 0 points

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Burn Down The Mission

37 points - added 12 years ago by guest -

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Kiss the Bride

30 points - added 13 years ago by guest -

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Sweet Painted Lady

29 points - added 3 years ago by guest -

95.

I Stop and I Breathe

29 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

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Please

28 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

97.

Sixty Years On

19 points - added 5 years ago by guest -

98.

Are You Ready for Love

18 points - added 3 years ago by guest -

99.

Street Kids

17 points - added 13 years ago by guest -

100.

Mama Can't Buy You Love

17 points - added 13 years ago by guest -

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