"Your Song" is a song written by musician

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and lyricist

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, and performed by John. It was John's first international Top 10 chart single. "Your Song" was first released by American rock band

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in March 1970 as an album track on '' It Ain't Easy''. John was an opening act for the band at the time and allowed them to record it. They did not release it as a single as they wanted to let John, then an upcoming artist, have a go with it. John's version was recorded at

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in London in January 1970 and appeared in April as the first cut on his self-titled second studio album. Following "

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" as the first album single, "Your Song" was released in the United States in October 1970 as the

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to " Take Me to the Pilot". Both sides received airplay, but "Your Song" was preferred by disc jockeys and replaced "Take Me to the Pilot" as the A-side, eventually making it to number eight on the ''Billboard'' chart. The song also peaked at number 7 on the UK Singles Chart, as well as charting in the top 10 in several other countries. In 1998, "Your Song" was inducted into the

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. In 2004, the song was placed at number 136 on ''Rolling Stone''s list of "

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", 137 in its 2010 list, and 202 in its 2021 list. The song is listed among the

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's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. A demo version was included in John's 1990 box set album ''

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''. In 2017, the song was voted by the British public as '' The Nation's Favourite Elton John Song'' in a UK-wide poll for ITV. The song has been covered by a number of artists, including

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and

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. The song was also covered by

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and opera singer

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in the 2001 musical film ''

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'' and by

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in the 2019 film '' Rocketman''. In 2024, the song was certified 3× Platinum by the

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(RIAA).

Composition and inspiration

One widespread story is that Bernie Taupin wrote the song's lyrics after breakfast one morning on the roof of 20

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, London, where John worked for a music publishing firm as an office boy, hence the line "I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss." However, Taupin has denied this, pointing out that John had stopped working there by the time they met. According to Taupin, "I scribbled the lyric down on a lined notepad at the kitchen table of Elton's mother's apartment in the London suburb of

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, breakfast time sometime in 1969. That’s it. Plain and simple." The instrumental focus is on John's

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-influenced piano work, along with

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's string accompaniment, and a shuffling rhythm section. The lyrics express the romantic thoughts of an innocent person. John sings a straightforward love-song lyric at the beginning: "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 both could live." At times the self-deprecating narrator stumbles to get out his feelings, which despite being a melodramatic device,

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calls "effective and sweet": "Your Song" was the inspiration for the song " We All Fall in Love Sometimes" on John's 1975 album ''

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''. The song is performed in the key of

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Reception

"Your Song" was praised by critics upon its release and in subsequent years, and is widely regarded as one of John's greatest songs. Writing in ''

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'' on its release, Derek Johnson wrote, "The song itself is glowing and strangely haunting, the scoring is smooth and delicate and the performance is symptomatic of a new era in pop idols." Bill Janovitz from AllMusic described it as a "near-perfect song". In a 1975 interview with ''

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'',

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recalled, John Mendelsohn from ''Rolling Stone'' called the song a "pretty McCartney-esque ballad". In the 2019 book ''Elton John: Every Album, Every Song – 1969–1979'', author Peter Kearns made the following quote in reference to "Your Song". "The words securely insulate themselves against possible criticism by admitting their ineptitude for the task at hand". In 2018, ''

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'' ranked the song number four on their list of the 50 greatest Elton John songs, and in 2022, ''

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'' ranked the song number two on their list of the 75 greatest Elton John songs.

Commercial performance and impact

"Your Song" rose to number eight on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number seven on the UK Singles Chart by January 1971. In 2002, John re-recorded the song as a duet with Safina for the first

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charity telethon and released it on 15 July 2002; this version reached number four in the UK. In the US it was certified Gold and Platinum on 13 December 2012 by the

(RIAA) for sales of over one million digital downloads. On 23 July 2021, it was certified 2× Platinum by the

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(BPI), denoting sales in excess of 1,200,000 digital downloads. In the US in April 2018, it was certified 2× Platinum for sales of two million digital downloads by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''

''. *

– piano, vocals *

– string arrangement, conducting * Frank Clark – acoustic guitar *

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– production * Colin Green – guitar * Clive Hicks – 12-string guitar * Barry Morgan – drums *

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– double bass

Charts

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Notable performances and renditions

John has played "Your Song" at almost every live performance during his solo career, and issued several live versions, including with his band, solo on piano and with orchestra. One notable version was during his Central Park concert in 1980, when John was dressed as

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. A live version of John's concert with the

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, recorded on 14 December 1986, was included in his 1987 album ''

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''. He also performed "Your Song" live with

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, New York, in 2000, the recording of which can be found on Keating's 2010 album ''

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''. On 20 October 2001, John performed the song with

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, a tribute show to the

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. In 2004,

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performed a cover of the song to Elton John at ''An Ivor Novello Tribute: Elton John''. John performed "Your Song" to open the

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on 1 July 2007. John and

performed a medley of "Your Song" with Gaga's song " Speechless" at the

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on 31 January 2010. At the

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, Colombian singer

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performed a bilingual rendition of "Your Song". Gaga recorded a cover of the song for the 2018 tribute album '' Revamp: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin''.

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covered the song on her 1971 album ''

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''. Soul singer

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released a version of the song on

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in 1972, as the B-side of " Me and Mrs. Jones", then in 1977, which reached number 37 on the UK Singles Chart and spent seven weeks in the top 75. Also in 1972, the song was covered by Finnish band Alwari Tuohitorvi, with Finnish lyrics. In 1973,

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released “

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” from his 2014 album '' Lift Your Spirit'' and the melody of this album hinges on the melody of this song. In 2018, John starred in the annual Christmas advert of British department store chain

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, titled "The Boy & the Piano". Set to "Your Song", it featured John reminiscing about his life in reverse, culminating with him receiving a piano for Christmas as a child. In December 2021, it was reported that the original plan was for John to sing "Your Song" at the

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, but the final choice was "

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Rod Stewart version

English singer and songwriter

covered "Your Song" for the tribute album '' Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin'' (1991). His version was released in April 1992 as a

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single with " Broken Arrow".

Track listings

* European CD maxi single and UK 12-inch single # "Your Song" – 4:47 # "Broken Arrow" – 4:11 # " Mandolin Wind" – 5:27 # "

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" – 3:52 * UK and French 7-inch single :A. "Your Song" – 4:47 :AA. "Broken Arrow" – 4:11

Charts

Ellie Goulding version

English singer and songwriter

covered "Your Song" for the reissue of her debut studio album, titled '' Bright Lights''. Produced by Ben Lovett of

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, it was released digitally on 12 November 2010 as the re-release's lead single. The song was featured in the Christmas 2010 television advert for department store chain

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. Goulding performed "Your Song" at the reception party of Prince William and Catherine Middleton's wedding at

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on 29 April 2011, to which the couple shared their

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. She also performed the song on ''

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'' on 7 May 2011, along with "

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". Goulding's version was featured at the end of the 29 July 2011 episode of the Syfy supernatural drama series ''

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'', titled " Love Machine".

Critical reception

Nick Levine of

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gave the song four out of five stars, commenting that producer Lovett "shrouds her beautifully fluttery vocals in little but piano and strings, just adding a few harmonies towards the finish, allowing her to draw out the tenderness in Bernie Taupin's lyrics and the utter loveliness of one of Elton John's very best melodies. The result is a quiet, modest triumph, but a triumph nonetheless." Caryn Ganz of ''

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'' magazine opined that her cover is "everything Gaga's Grammy version wasn't—a tender, vulnerable gift".

critic Jon O'Brien, in his review for ''Bright Lights'', called it "unimaginative" and felt that it "sounds out of place alongside the rest of her rather more adventurous material".

Commercial performance

"Your Song" debuted at number 39 on the UK Singles Chart for the week of 14 November 2010. The single jumped to number three the following week, selling 84,896 copies. In its third week, it climbed to its peak position of number two (behind ''The X Factor'' Finalists 2010's cover of

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's " 'Heroes'") on sales of 72,292 copies, becoming Goulding's highest-peaking single until 2013. It maintained its position the following week, selling 63,753 units. The song also topped the

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for the week ending 11 December 2010. The single was certified double platinum by the

(BPI) on 24 September 2021 and had sold 826,000 copies in the UK by August 2013. Elsewhere, "Your Song" reached number four in Austria, number five in Ireland, number 22 in Denmark, number 25 in Sweden and number 56 in Switzerland.

Music video

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can be seen throughout the video, including

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Track listing

*Digital single #"Your Song" – 3:10

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of '' Bright Lights''. *

– vocals * Matt Lawrence – engineering, mixing * Ben Lovett – backing vocals,

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, piano, production * Ruth de Turberville – backing vocals, cello * Matt Wiggins –

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Charts

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Lady Gaga version

American singer

recorded a cover of "Your Song" for the 2018 tribute album '' Revamp: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin''. It was released digitally as a

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on 30 March 2018. Gaga performed the song at

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's tribute concert, titled "Elton John: I'm Still Standing – A

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Salute", which aired on

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on 10 April 2018. In April, during the release of ''Revamp'' in Japan (there re-titled ''Your Song: Elton John Best Hits Cover''), Lady Gaga's cover of "Your Song" was widely promoted on the country's radio stations, becoming the most played song on Japanese radio in mid-April. The song reached the top thirty in Hungary, Japan, Mexico, the digital downloads chart of Spain and the US

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chart.

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References

External links

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