List of songs with lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Bernie Taupin is an English lyricist, poet, and singer. In his long-term collaboration with Elton John, he has written the lyrics for most of John's songs. Over the years, he has written songs for a variety of other artists, including Alice Cooper, Heart, Melissa Manchester, Starship, Rod Stewart and Richie Sambora.
Taupin and John began writing together in 1967 and, aside from brief periods apart working on other projects, the two have been collaborating ever since. Their newest album, Wonderful Crazy Night, was released in early 2016.[1]
Taupin has also released three solo albums and was a member of the short-lived group Farm Dogs, which released two albums in the mid-late 1990s.
List of songs
This is a list of titles whose lyrics Bernie Taupin has written or co-written.[2]
Song | Artist | Album | Year |
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All Across the Havens | Elton John | b-side to “Lady Samantha” | 1969 |
All Quiet on the Western Front | Elton John | Jump Up! | 1982 |
All the Girls Love Alice | Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 1973 |
All the Nasties | Elton John | Madman Across the Water | 1971 |
All the Way Down to El Paso | Elton John | Elton John outtake | 1970 |
Amoreena | Elton John | Tumbleweed Connection | 1970 |
Amy | Elton John | Honky Château | 1972 |
Angeline | Elton John | Leather Jackets | 1986 |
Approaching Armageddon | Bernie Taupin | He Who Rides the Tiger | 1980 |
Backbone | Bernie Taupin | b-side to “Friend of the Flag” | 1987 |
Bad Side of the Moon | Elton John | b-side to “Border Song” | 1970 |
Ballad of a Well-Known Gun | Elton John | Tumbleweed Connection | 1970 |
The Ballad of Blind Tom | Elton John | The Diving Board | 2013 |
The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909–34) | Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 1973 |
The Ballad of Dennis Hopper and Harry Dean | Farm Dogs | Last Stand in Open Country | 1996 |
The Ballad of Zero and the Tramp | John Anderson | You Can't Keep a Good Memory Down | 1988 |
Barstool | Farm Dogs | Last Stand in Open Country | 1996 |
Beautiful (I Don't Want to Be) | Farm Dogs | Last Stand in Open Country | 1996 |
Bennie and the Jets | Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 1973 |
Belfast | Elton John | Made in England | 1995 |
Believe | Elton John | Made in England | 1995 |
Better Off Dead | Elton John | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy | 1975 |
Between Seventeen and Twenty | Elton John | Blue Moves | 1976 |
Big Man in a Little Suit | Elton John | b-side to “Recover Your Soul” | 1998 |
The Big Picture | Elton John | The Big Picture | 1997 |
Billy and the Kids | Elton John | b-side to “Slow Rivers” | 1986 |
Billy Bones and the White Bird | Elton John | Rock of the Westies | 1975 |
Billy Fury | Bernie Taupin | Tribe | 1987 |
Birth | Bernie Taupin | Taupin | 1971 |
The Bitch Is Back | Elton John | Caribou | 1974 |
Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance) | Elton John | Blue Moves | 1976 |
Bitter Fingers | Elton John | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy | 1975 |
Blessed | Elton John | Made in England | 1995 |
Blitz Babies | Bernie Taupin | He Who Rides the Tiger | 1980 |
Blue Avenue | Elton John | Sleeping with the Past | 1989 |
Blues for Baby and Me | Elton John | Don't Shoot Me (I'm Only the Piano Player) | 1973 |
Bone of Contention | Farm Dogs | Last Stand in Open Country | 1996 |
Boogie Pilgrim | Elton John | Blue Moves | 1976 |
Border Song | Elton John | Elton John | 1970 |
Born on the Fourth of July | Bernie Taupin | He Who Rides the Tiger | 1980 |
Breaking Hearts (Ain't What It Used to Be) | Elton John | Breaking Hearts | 1984 |
Broken Woman | China | China | 1977 |
Brothers Together | Bernie Taupin | Taupin | 1971 |
The Burn | Starship | Love Among the Cannibals | 1989 |
Burn Down the Mission | Elton John | Tumbleweed Connection | 1970 |
Burn This Bed | Farm Dogs | Last Stand in Open Country | 1996 |
Burning Buildings | Elton John | Breaking Hearts | 1984 |
The Cage | Elton John | Empty Sky | 1970 |
Cage the Songbird | Elton John | Blue Moves | 1976 |
The Camera Never Lies | Elton John | Reg Strikes Back | 1988 |
Can I Put You On? | Elton John | Friends soundtrack | 1971 |
Can't Stay Alone Tonight | Elton John | The Diving Board | 2013 |
Candle in the Wind | Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 1973 |
Candle in the Wind 1997 | Elton John | single | 1997 |
Candy by the Pound | Elton John | Ice on Fire | 1985 |
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy | Elton John | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy | 1975 |
Chameleon | Elton John | Blue Moves | 1976 |
Chasing the Crown | Elton John | 21 at 33 | 1980 |
Cinderella '67 | Farm Dogs | Last Stand in Open Country | 1996 |
Citizen Jane | Bernie Taupin | Tribe | 1987 |
Closer to the Edge | Bertín Osborne | Motivation | 1989 |
Club at the End of the Street | Elton John | Sleeping with the Past | 1989 |
Cold | Elton John | Made in England | 1995 |
Cold as Christmas (In the Middle of the Year) | Elton John | Too Low for Zero | 1983 |
Cold Highway | Elton John | b-side to “The Bitch Is Back” | 1974 |
Color Bar | Farm Dogs | Last Stand in Open Country | 1996 |
Come Down in Time | Elton John | Tumbleweed Connection | 1970 |
Conclusion | Bernie Taupin | Taupin | 1971 |
Conquistador | Bernie Taupin | Tribe | 1987 |
Corrugated Iron | Bernie Taupin | Tribe | 1987 |
Country Comfort | Elton John | Tumbleweed Connection | 1970 |
Crazy Water | Elton John | Blue Moves | 1976 |
Crimes of Passion | Public Domain | Radio Nights | 1998 |
Crocodile Rock | Elton John | Don't Shoot Me (I'm Only the Piano Player) | 1973 |
Cry to Heaven | Elton John | Ice on Fire | 1985 |
Crystal | Elton John | Too Low for Zero | 1983 |
Curtains | Elton John | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy | 1975 |
Dan Dare (Pilot of the Future) | Elton John | Rock of the Westies | 1975 |
Dancing in the End Zone | Elton John | b-side to “Healing Hands” | 1989 |
Daniel | Elton John | Don't Shoot Me (I'm Only the Piano Player) | 1973 |
Desperation Train | Bernie Taupin | Tribe | 1987 |
Did He Shoot Her? | Elton John | Breaking Hearts | 1984 |
Dip Your Wings | Peter Cetera | World Falling Down | 1992 |
Dirty Little Girl | Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 1973 |
The Diving Board | Elton John | The Diving Board | 2013 |
Dixie Lily | Elton John | Caribou | 1974 |
Dogs in the Kitchen | Elton John | lyric in liner notes of Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy | 1975 |
Donner Pour Donner | Elton John and France Gall | b-side to “Les Aveux” | 1980 |
Don't Go Breaking My Heart | Elton John and Kiki Dee | single | 1976 |
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me | Elton John | Caribou | 1974 |
Durban Deep | Elton John | Sleeping with the Past | 1989 |
Easier to Walk Away | Elton John | To Be Continued | 1990 |
Ego | Elton John | single | 1978 |
Elderberry Wine | Elton John | Don't Shoot Me (I'm Only the Piano Player) | 1973 |
Emily (The Weight of Angels) | Elton John | The One | 1992 |
Empty Garden (Hey, Hey Johnny) | Elton John | Jump Up! | 1982 |
Empty Sky | Elton John | Empty Sky | 1969 |
End of a Day | Bernie Taupin | Taupin | 1971 |
Engine 19 | Richie Sambora | 2013 | |
The End Will Come | Elton John | The Big Picture | 1997 |
Fascist Faces | Elton John | The Fox | 1981 |
Fat Boys and Ugly Girls | Elton John | b-side to “The One” | 1992 |
Feed Me | Elton John | Rock of the Westies | 1975 |
First Episode at Hienton | Elton John | Elton John | 1970 |
Flatters (A Beginning) | Bernie Taupin | Taupin | 1971 |
The Flowers Will Never Die | Ayshea | 1975 | |
Fly on the Wall | Exile | Shelter from the Night | 1987 |
Fools in Fashion | Elton John | b-side to “Nobody Wins ” | 1981 |
(For The) Working Girl | Melissa Manchester | For the Working Girl | 1980 |
For Veronica's Sake | Alice Cooper | From the Inside | 1978 |
For Wanting You | Marianne Faithfull | Vagabond Ways | 1999 |
The Fox | Elton John | The Fox | 1981 |
Friend of the Flag | Bernie Taupin | Tribe | 1987 |
Friends | Elton John | Friends soundtrack | 1971 |
From the Inside | Alice Cooper | From the Inside | 1978 |
Go It Alone | Elton John | Leather Jackets | 1986 |
(Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket | Elton John | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy | 1975 |
Goodbye | Elton John | Madman Across the Water | 1971 |
Goodbye Marlon Brando | Elton John | Reg Strikes Back | 1988 |
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 1973 |
The Greatest Discovery | Elton John | Elton John | 1970 |
Grey Seal | Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 1973 |
Grimsby | Elton John | Caribou | 1974 |
Grow Some Funk of Your Own | Elton John | Rock of the Westies | 1975 |
Gulliver | Elton John | Empty Sky | 1969 |
Gypsy Heart | Elton John | Leather Jackets | 1986 |
Hard Lesson to Learn | Rod Stewart | b-side to “Love Touch” | 1986 |
Hard Luck Story | Elton John | Rock of the Westies | 1975 |
Harmony | Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 1973 |
Have Mercy on the Criminal | Elton John | Don't Shoot Me (I'm Only the Piano Player) | 1973 |
Healing Hands | Elton John | Sleeping with the Past | 1989 |
Heartache All Over the World | Elton John | Leather Jackets | 1986 |
Heavy Traffic | Elton John | Reg Strikes Back | 1988 |
Heels of the Wind | Elton John | The Fox | 1981 |
Hercules | Elton John | Honky Château | 1972 |
Hey Papa Legba | Elton John | b-side to “Blue Eyes” | 1982 |
Hey Ricky (You're a Low Down Heel) | Melissa Manchester | Hey Ricky | 1982 |
High Flying Bird | Elton John | Don't Shoot Me (I'm Only the Piano Player) | 1973 |
Ho Ho Ho (Who'd Be a Turkey At Christmas?) | Elton John | b-side to “Step Into Christmas” | 1973 |
Hold Back the Night | Bernie Taupin | Tribe | 1987 |
Holiday Inn | Elton John | Madman Across the Water | 1971 |
Home Again | Elton John | The Diving Board | 2013 |
Honey Roll | Elton John | Friends soundtrack | 1971 |
Honky Cat | Elton John | Honky Château | 1972 |
Hoop of Fire | Elton John | Leather Jackets | 1986 |
House | Elton John | Made in England | 1995 |
House of Cards | Elton John | b-side to “Someone Saved My Life Tonight” | 1975 |
How You Gonna See Me Now | Alice Cooper | From the Inside | 1978 |
Hymn 2000 | Elton John | Empty Sky | 1969 |
I Am Your Robot | Elton John | Jump Up! | 1982 |
I Can't Go On Living Without You | Dave Sealey | 1969 | |
I Can't Steer My Heart Clear of You | Elton John | The Big Picture | 1997 |
I Cry at Night | Elton John | b-side to “Part-Time Love” | 1978 |
I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That | Elton John | Reg Strikes Back | 1988 |
I Engineer | Animotion | Strange Behavior | 1986 |
I Fall Apart | Elton John | Leather Jackets | 1986 |
I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford) | Elton John | Rock of the Westies | 1975 |
I Guess I'll Always Love You | Rod Stewart | Absolutely Live | 1982 |
I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues | Elton John | Too Low for Zero | 1983 |
I Know Why I'm in Love | Elton John | b-side to “Recover Your Soul” | 1998 |
I Need You to Turn To | Elton John | Elton John | 1970 |
I Never Knew Her Name | Elton John | Sleeping with the Past | 1989 |
I Still Can't Believe That You're Gone | Bernie Taupin | Tribe | 1987 |
I Swear I Heard the Night Talking | Elton John | To Be Continued | 1990 |
I Think I'm Going to Kill Myself | Elton John | Honky Château | 1972 |
I Want Love | Elton John | Songs from the West Coast | 2001 |
Idol | Elton John | Blue Moves | 1976 |
If I Weren't So Romantic, I'd Shoot You | Derringer | If I Weren't So Romantic, I'd Shoot You | 1978 |
If the River Can Bend | Elton John | The Big Picture | 1997 |
If There's a God in Heaven (What's He Waiting For?) | Elton John | Blue Moves | 1976 |
I'm Going Home | Elton John | Elton John outtake | 1970 |
I'm Going to Be a Teenage Idol | Elton John | Don't Shoot Me (I'm Only the Piano Player) | 1973 |
I'm Never Gonna Break Your Heart | Kenny Passarelli | single | 1977 |
I'm Still Standing | Elton John | Too Low for Zero | 1983 |
In Neon | Elton John | Breaking Hearts | 1984 |
In Paradise | Farm Dogs | Last Stand in Open Country | 1996 |
Indian Sunset | Elton John | Madman Across the Water | 1971 |
Inmates (We're All Crazy) | Alice Cooper | From the Inside | 1978 |
Into the Heartland | The Motels | Little Robbers | 1984 |
Into the Old Man's Shoes | Elton John | b-side to “Your Song” | 1970 |
Island Girl | Elton John | Rock of the Westies | 1975 |
It's Me That You Need | Elton John | single | 1969 |
I've Seen That Movie Too | Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 1973 |
I've Seen the Saucers | Elton John | Caribou | 1974 |
Jack Rabbit | Elton John | b-side to “Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)” | 1973 |
Jackknife Johnny | Alice Cooper | From the Inside | 1978 |
Jamaica Jerk-Off | Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 1973 |
January | Elton John | The Big Picture | 1997 |
Japanese Hands | Elton John | Reg Strikes Back | 1988 |
Johnny and Mary | Melissa Manchester | Emergency | 1983 |
Julie | Black Rose | Black Rose | 1980 |
Just Like Belgium | Elton John | The Fox | 1981 |
Just Like Strange Rain | Elton John | b-side to “It's Me That You Need” | 1969 |
The King Must Die | Elton John | Elton John | 1970 |
Kiss the Bride | Elton John | Too Low for Zero | 1983 |
La Petite Marionette | Bernie Taupin | Taupin | 1971 |
Lady Samantha | Elton John | single | 1969 |
Lady, What's Tomorrow? | Elton John | Empty Sky | 1969 |
The Last Good Man in My Life | Kiki Dee | b-side to “Lonnie and Josie” | 1973 |
The Last Song | Elton John | The One | 1992 |
Last Stand in Open Country | Farm Dogs | Last Stand in Open Country | 1996 |
Latitude | Elton John | Made in England | 1995 |
Leather Jackets | Elton John | Leather Jackets | 1986 |
Let Me Be Your Car | Rod Stewart | Smiler | 1974 |
Levon | Elton John | Madman Across the Water | 1971 |
Lies | Elton John | Made in England | 1995 |
Like Summer Tempests | Bernie Taupin | Taupin | 1971 |
Li'l 'Frigerator | Elton John | Breaking Hearts | 1984 |
Live Like Horses | Elton John | The Big Picture | 1997 |
Lonely School Year | The Hudson Brothers | Ba Fa | 1975 |
Long Way from Happiness | Elton John | The Big Picture | 1997 |
Lonnie and Josie | Kiki Dee | Loving and Free | 1973 |
Lord of the Flies | Elton John | b-side to “Slow Rivers” | 1986 |
Love Is a Cannibal | Elton John | b-side to “Sacrifice” | 1989 |
Love Lies Bleeding | Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 1973 |
Love Rusts | Starship | Knee Deep in the Hoopla | 1985 |
Love So Cold | Elton John | b-side to “Dear God” | 1980 |
Love (The Barren Desert) | Bernie Taupin | He Who Rides the Tiger | 1980 |
Love's Got a Lot to Answer For | Elton John | The Big Picture | 1997 |
Lover Come Back to Me | The Hudson Brothers | Totally Out of Control | 1974 |
Lover's Cross | Bernie Taupin | He Who Rides the Tiger | 1980 |
Lovesick | Elton John | b-side to “Song for Guy” | 1978 |
Made for Me | Elton John | To Be Continued | 1990 |
Made in England | Elton John | Made in England | 1995 |
Madman Across the Water | Elton John | Madman Across the Water | 1971 |
Man | Elton John | Made in England | 1995 |
The Man Who Loved to Dance | Kiki Dee | b-side to “First Thing in the Morning” | 1977 |
Me and My Friends | Farm Dogs | Last Stand in Open Country | 1996 |
Medicine Man | Elton John | Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal[3] | 1990 |
Medley (Yell Help/Wednesday Night/Ugly) | Elton John | Rock of the Westies | 1975 |
Mellow | Elton John | Honky Château | 1972 |
Mexican Vacation (Kids in the Candlelight) | Elton John | The Diving Board | 2013 |
Michelle's Song | Elton John | Friends soundtrack | 1971 |
Midnight Creeper | Elton John | Don't Shoot Me (I'm Only the Piano Player) | 1973 |
Millie and Billie | Alice Cooper | From the Inside | 1978 |
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters | Elton John | Honky Château | 1972 |
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Part Two) | Elton John | Reg Strikes Back | 1988 |
Monkey on My Back (The Last Run) | Bernie Taupin | He Who Rides the Tiger | 1980 |
The Muse | Elton John | The Muse | 1999 |
My Father's Gun | Elton John | Tumbleweed Connection | 1970 |
My Quicksand | Elton John | The Diving Board | 2013 |
Mystery D.J. | The Motels | 1983 | |
Never Give Up on a Dream | Rod Stewart | Tonight I'm Yours | 1981 |
The New Fever Waltz | Elton John | The Diving Board | 2013 |
The New Lone Ranger | Bernie Taupin | Tribe | 1987 |
Nice and Slow | Elton John | The Complete Thom Bell Sessions | 1989 |
Nikita | Elton John | Ice on Fire | 1985 |
No Shoestrings on Louise | Elton John | Elton John | 1970 |
No Tricks | Alice Cooper | b-side to “How You Gonna See Me Now” | 1978 |
No Valentines | Elton John | Love Songs | 1996 |
The North | Elton John | The One | 1992 |
Nurse Rozetta | Alice Cooper | From the Inside | 1978 |
Oceans Away | Elton John | The Diving Board | 2013 |
On Dark Street | Elton John | The One | 1992 |
The One | Elton John | The One | 1992 |
One Horse Town | Elton John | Blue Moves | 1976 |
One More Arrow | Elton John | Too Low for Zero | 1983 |
Oscar Wilde Gets Out | Elton John | The Diving Board | 2013 |
Pain | Elton John | Made in England | 1995 |
Paris | Elton John | Leather Jackets | 1986 |
Passengers | Elton John | Breaking Hearts | 1984 |
Philadelphia Freedom | Elton John | single | 1975 |
Pinky | Elton John | Caribou | 1974 |
Planes | Colin Blunstone | Planes | 1976 |
Please | Elton John | Made in England | 1995 |
Poor Cow | Elton John | Reg Strikes Back | 1988 |
The Power | Elton John and Little Richard | Duets | 1993 |
Pretty Bombs | Farm Dogs | Last Stand in Open Country | 1996 |
The Quiet Room | Alice Cooper | From the Inside | 1978 |
Ratcatcher | Bernie Taupin | Taupin | 1971 |
Razor Face | Elton John | Madman Across the Water | 1971 |
Recover Your Soul | Elton John | The Big Picture | 1997 |
Red | Elton John | Sol en Si | 1995 |
Religion | Elton John | Too Low for Zero | 1983 |
Remember | Donatella Rettore | Estasi Clamorosa | 1981 |
Restless | Elton John | Breaking Hearts | 1984 |
The Retreat | Elton John | b-side to “” | 1982 |
Rock and Roll Madonna | Elton John | single | 1970 |
Rock Me When He's Gone | Long John Baldry | It Ain't Easy | 1971 |
Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time) | Elton John | Honky Château | 1972 |
Rope Around a Fool | Elton John | b-side to “I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" | 1988 |
Rotten Peaches | Elton John | Madman Across the Water | 1971 |
Rowston Manor | Bernie Taupin | Taupin | 1971 |
Roy Rogers | Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 1973 |
The Rumour | Olivia Newton-John | The Rumour | 1988 |
Runaway Train | Elton John and Eric Clapton | The One | 1992 |
Sacrifice | Elton John | Sleeping with the Past | 1989 |
Sad Songs (Say So Much) | Elton John | Breaking Hearts | 1984 |
Sails | Elton John | Empty Sky | 1969 |
Saint | Elton John | Too Low for Zero | 1983 |
Salvation | Elton John | Honky Château | 1972 |
Satellite | Elton John | Ice on Fire | 1985 |
Satisfied | Rod Stewart | Body Wishes | 1983 |
Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) | Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 1973 |
Savage | China | China | 1977 |
The Scaffold | Elton John | Empty Sky | 1969 |
Screw You (Young Man's Blues) | Elton John | b-side to “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” | 1973 |
Season of the Rain | Nite People | PM | 1970 |
Seasons | Elton John | Friends soundtrack | 1971 |
Serious | Alice Cooper | From the Inside | 1978 |
Shameless | Farm Dogs | Last Stand in Open Country | 1996 |
She Sends Shivers | Bernie Taupin and Martha Davis | Tribe | 1987 |
Shoot Down the Moon | Elton John | Ice on Fire | 1985 |
Shoulder Holster | Elton John | Blue Moves | 1976 |
Sick City | Elton John | b-side to “Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me” | 1974 |
Sick Love | Red Hot Chili Peppers | The Getaway | 2016 |
Simple Life | Elton John | The One | 1992 |
Since God Invented Girls | Elton John | Reg Strikes Back | 1988 |
Sisters of the Cross | Bernie Taupin | Taupin | 1971 |
Sixty Years On | Elton John | Sixty Years On | 1970 |
Skyline Pigeon | Elton John | Empty Sky | 1969 |
Slave | Elton John | Honky Château | 1972 |
Sleeping with the Past | Elton John | Sleeping with the Past | 1989 |
Slow Down Georgie (She's Poison) | Elton John | Breaking Hearts | 1984 |
Slow Rivers | Elton John and Cliff Richard | Leather Jackets | 1986 |
Snookeroo | Ringo Starr | Goodnight Vienna | 1974 |
Snow Queen | Elton John | b-side to “Don't Go Breaking My Heart” | 1976 |
Social Disease | Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 1973 |
Solar Prestige a Gammon | Elton John | Caribou | 1974 |
Solitude | Bernie Taupin | Taupin | 1971 |
Someone Saved My Life Tonight | Elton John | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy | 1975 |
Someone's Final Song | Elton John | Blue Moves | 1976 |
Something About the Way You Look Tonight | Elton John | The Big Picture | 1997 |
Son of Your Father | Elton John | Tumbleweed Connection | 1970 |
Sonny | Rod Stewart | Tonight I'm Yours | 1981 |
Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word | Elton John | Blue Moves | 1976 |
Soul Glove | Elton John | Ice on Fire | 1985 |
Spiteful Child | Elton John | Jump Up! | 1982 |
Step Into Christmas | Elton John | single | 1973 |
Stinker | Elton John | Caribou | 1974 |
Stone's Throw from Hurtin' | Elton John | Sleeping with the Past | 1989 |
Street Kids | Elton John | Rock of the Westies | 1975 |
Suit of Wolves | Elton John | b-side to “The One” | 1992 |
Supercool | Kiki Dee | Loving and Free | 1973 |
Susie (Dramas) | Elton John | Honky Château | 1972 |
Sweat It Out | Elton John | The One | 1992 |
Sweet Painted Lady | Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 1973 |
Take Me to the Pilot | Elton John | Elton John | 1970 |
Take This Dirty Water | Elton John | The Diving Board | 2013 |
Taking the Sun from My Eyes | Ayshea | 1968 | |
Talking Old Soldiers | Elton John | Tumbleweed Connection | 1970 |
Teacher I Need You | Elton John | Don't Shoot Me (I'm Only the Piano Player) | 1973 |
Tell Me What the Papers Say | Elton John | Ice on Fire | 1985 |
Tell Me When the Whistle Blows | Elton John | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy | 1975 |
Texan Love Song | Elton John | Don't Shoot Me (I'm Only the Piano Player) | 1973 |
Thank You Mama | Elton John | Elton John outtake | 1970 |
These Dreams | Heart | Heart | 1985 |
This Song Has No Title | Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 1973 |
This Town | Elton John | Ice on Fire | 1985 |
Ticking | Elton John | Caribou | 1974 |
The Tide Will Turn for Rebecca | Edward Woodward | 1970 | |
Tiny Dancer | Elton John | Madman Across the Water | 1971 |
To a Grandfather | Bernie Taupin | Taupin | 1971 |
Today's Hero | Bernie Taupin | Taupin | 1971 |
Tonight | Elton John | Blue Moves | 1976 |
Too Low for Zero | Elton John | Too Low for Zero | 1983 |
Too Young | Elton John | Ice on Fire | 1985 |
Tortured | Elton John | b-side to “Chloe” | 1981 |
Tower of Babel | Elton John | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy | 1975 |
A Town Called Jubilee | Elton John | The Diving Board | 2013 |
Town of Plenty | Elton John | Reg Strikes Back | 1988 |
Turn to Me | Plastic Penny | Currency | 1968 |
Two Rooms at the End of the World | Elton John | 21 at 33 | 1980 |
Under Fire | New Frontier | New Frontier | 1988 |
Understanding Women | Elton John | The One | 1992 |
Val-Hala | Elton John | Empty Sky | 1969 |
Valley Nights | Bernie Taupin | He Who Rides the Tiger | 1980 |
Venezuela | Bernie Taupin | He Who Rides the Tiger | 1980 |
The Visitor | Bernie Taupin | Taupin | 1971 |
Voyeur | Elton John | The Diving Board | 2013 |
Wake Up Wendy | Elton John | Chef Aid | 1998 |
We All Fall in Love Sometimes | Elton John | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy | 1975 |
Weathering The Storm | Richie Sambora | Aftermath Of The Lowdown | 2012 |
We Built This City | Starship | Knee Deep in the Hoopla | 1985 |
Western Ford Gateway | Elton John | Empty Sky | 1969 |
When a Woman Doesn't Want You | Elton John | The One | 1992 |
When the First Tear Shows | Tom Thumb | 1969 | |
When the Heron Wakes | Bernie Taupin | Taupin | 1971 |
When the Phone Stops Ringing | Eighth Wonder | Fearless | 1987 |
Whenever You're Ready (We'll Go Steady Again) | Elton John | b-side to “Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)” | 1973 |
Where Have All the Good Times Gone? | Elton John | Jump Up! | 1982 |
Where to Now, St. Peter? | Elton John | Tumbleweed Connection | 1970 |
Where's the Shoorah? | Elton John | Blue Moves | 1976 |
Whipping Boy | Elton John | Too Low for Zero | 1983 |
Whispers | Elton John | Sleeping with the Past | 1989 |
White Boys in Chains | Bernie Taupin | b-side to “Citizen Jane” | 1987 |
White Lady White Powder | Elton John | 21 at 33 | 1980 |
White Man Danger | Elton John | b-side to “Sartorial Eloquence” | 1980 |
White Rose | Melissa Manchester | Emergency | 1983 |
Whitewash County | Elton John | The One | 1992 |
Who Wears These Shoes? | Elton John | Breaking Hearts | 1984 |
The Whores of Paris | Bernie Taupin | He Who Rides the Tiger | 1980 |
Wicked Dreams | Elton John | The Big Picture | 1997 |
The Wide-Eyed and Laughing | Elton John | Blue Moves | 1976 |
Wish I Were Born in Beverly Hills | Alice Cooper | From the Inside | 1978 |
A Woman's Needs | Elton John and Tammy Wynette | Duets | 1993 |
A Word in Spanish | Elton John | Reg Strikes Back | 1988 |
Wrap Her Up | Elton John and George Michael | Ice on Fire | 1985 |
Writing | Elton John | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy | 1975 |
You Can Make History (Young Again) | Elton John | Love Songs | 1996 |
You Gotta Love Someone | Elton John | To Be Continued | 1990 |
Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n' Roll) | Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 1973 |
Your Song | Elton John | Elton John | 1970 |
You're So Static | Elton John | Caribou | 1974 |
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- American Triangle
- An Angel's Wing
- And the House Fell Down
- Anitta
- Answer in the Sky
- Are You Alright?
- Bad News Baby Darling
- Ball
- Ballad of the Boy in Red Shoes
- Bed of Nails
- Birds
- Black Cat Crossing the Road
- Black on Blue
- Blood in the Dust
- Blues Never Fade Away
- Bobbie on the Backburner
- Bobby Goes Electric
- Bonnie's Gone Away
- Bring Back the Magic
- Building a Bird
- But Then Again
- Calling it Christmas
- Caminaga Ella Tan Linda
- Cherokee D.J
- Child
- Chiquita
- Cowboy
- Cry Willow Cry
- Culture Shock/Counter Clock
- Damn My Eyes
- Dance With Life (The Brilliant Light)
- Dark Diamond
- Deal For Life
- Dear Ground
- Destiny
- Diamonds Won't Do it (But I Will)
- Did Anybody Sleep with Joan of Arc?
- Don't Be the Last to Know
- Du Far Ej Fa
- Du Far Ej Ga
- Dub Till You Drop
- Dup Songs
- Emery Green
- En Sorgsen Sang
- First Verse
- Freaks in Love
- Free to Believe
- Giardino Dell 'Amore
- Gimme Eight Seconds
- Ginseng Woman
- God Never Came Here
- Goin' North
- Going Blind
- Heart of an Angel
- Heart of Glass
- Hell
- How Long Lord (Before the Night Is Over?)
- How's Tomorrow?
- Hungry Eyes
- I Am Not the Enemy
- I Am the Hunter
- I Came to Dance
- I Can't Keep This From You
- I Have Slipped
- I Hypnotise
- I Must Have Lost It on the Wind
- I Stop and I Breathe
- I Want Love
- If I Was a Country
- I'm a Working Man
- I'm Not the Enemy
- In the Name of Dark Angels
- It's Getting Dark in Here
- It's Me that You Need
- It's Only Rain
- It's Your Game
- Jazz Girl
- Jealousy Regrets
- Josephine
- Just Like Noah's Ark
- Keep It a Mystery
- Keep Me
- Le Dernier Mot
- Leaves
- Leaving at Midnight
- Leaving the Fair
- Light in Your Heart
- Little Casanova
- Little Quick Draw
- Llora Al Cielo
- Long-Legged Women
- Look At What We've Done
- Look Ma No Hands
- Love
- Love and Greed
- Love Cuts Like a Dangerous Blade
- Love Her Like Me
- Love Touch
- Lovers Leap
- Lullaby
- Make Me As You Are
- Mansfield
- Manslide
- Mendocino County Line
- Mexicana Fire
- (Midnight) Midlife Crisis
- Minha Vida Sem Voce
- Misfits
- Monkey in My Dreams
- Monkeys in the Jungle
- Muniquita
- My Elusive Drug
- My Side of the River
- New Morning
- Nona Gita
- Non-Existente
- Nothin' Left But Ashes (After the Fire Has Gone Out)
- Old '67
- On This Rock
- Onetime, Sometime Or Never
- Only a Boy
- Original Sin
- Out of My Hands
- Pandora's Swing
- Pay Dirt
- Pearl River
- Peter's Song
- Photograph of Mary
- Porch Swing in Tupelo
- Postcards from Richard Nixon
- Prime of My Life
- Promiscuous Man
- Proof of Paradise
- Quantrill
- Quelques Mots Essentiels
- Reach Out
- Ridin' Free
- Rosa
- Rough Justice
- Rubber Guns
- Rusted Love
- Sail Me Away
- Savannah
- Seven-Four-Seven
- Sexy on the Inside
- Shadows in Charge
- Shane
- Show Us Your Ghosts
- Sign in the Clouds
- Sign of the Cross
- Skin
- Sleeping Through the Weekend
- Slice of Life
- Slow the Dogs Down
- Slumber City
- Slummin'
- Sneakin' Out the Backway
- So Jenny Rocks
- So Much Love
- So Sad the Renegade
- Somebody Special
- Sorrow Is Not For Me
- Stallion Road
- Storm Days
- Strength of His Kiss
- Sugar and Fire
- Switchblade Years
- Talk About You
- Thank You For All of Your Loving
- The Ace of Hearts and the Jack of Spades
- The Bridge
- The Captain and the Kid
- The Crack in the Sky
- The Eastern Bloc
- The Emperor's New Clothes
- The Heart of an Angel
- The Heart of Every Girl
- The Kids Are Loose
- The Last Motel
- The Last Ride of Charlie Fury
- The North Star
- The Price of Lightning
- The Rage
- The Wasteland
- They Call Her the Cat
- Thin Ice of Love
- Things Only Get Better with Love
- This Train Don't Stop There Anymore
- Tinderbox
- To a Grandfather
- To Die With My Boots On
- Toni Loved the Rain
- Too Many Tears
- Touch the Fire
- Turn the Lights Out When You Leave
- Two-Armed Bandit
- Una Fletcha Mots
- Uncool (written with and performed by Courtney Love)
- Union Jack
- Until You Come Back to Me
- Up Up (Over the Berlin Wall)
- Waitress in a Roadhouse
- Water Kill Fire
- We Are Romantics (R.U.1.2)
- We Need Us
- We've Landed
- Weight of the World
- Welcome to the Haunted Heart
- What I Really Want for Christmas
- When Love Survives
- Witches (Get Burned)
- Wouldn't Have You Any Other Way (NYC)
- Wounded Knee
- You Freed Me
- Young Lust
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