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In 2004, Daniel Bedingfield performed a cover of the song to Elton John at An Ivor Novello Tribute: Elton John. On 20 October 2001, John performed the song with Billy Joel at The Concert for New York City, a tribute show to the September 11 attacks. John performed "Your Song" live with Ronan Keating at Madison Square Garden, New York, in 2000, the recording of which can be found on Keating's 2010 album Duet. Template:Certification Table Top Template:Certification Table Entry Template:Certification Table Entry Template:Certification Table Bottom Performances and renditions Version with Alessandro Safina Template:Singlechart Template:Singlechart Template:Singlechart Template:Singlechart Chart (2002) Weekly charts Template:Singlechart Template:Singlechart Template:Singlechart Template:Singlechart Template:Singlechart Template:Singlechart Template:Singlechart Template:Singlechart Template:Singlechart Chart (1971)

Paul Buckmaster – arrangement, conducting.Template:Columns-list Credits and personnel Ĭredits adapted from the liner notes of Elton John. Industry representing the sale of over 400,000 digital downloads. On March 31,2017 it was certified Gold by the British Phonographic In the US, it wasĬertified Gold and Platinum on Decemby the RIAA on digital downloads. In 2002, John re-recorded the song as a duet with opera singer Alessandro Safina for the first Sport Relief charity telethon, and it reached number four in the UK. It rose to number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, and peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart. I was pleased with it." John Mendelsohn from Rolling Stone called the song a "pretty McCartney-esque ballad". There was something about his vocal that was an improvement on all of the English vocals until then. In a 1975 interview with Rolling Stone, John Lennon recalled, "I remember hearing Elton John's 'Your Song', heard it in America-it was one of Elton's first big hits-and remember thinking, 'Great, that's the first new thing that's happened since we ( The Beatles) happened.' It was a step forward. Bill Janovitz from AllMusic described it as a "near-perfect song". "Your Song" was praised by critics upon its release and in subsequent years. "Your Song" was the inspiration for the song "We All Fall in Love Sometimes" on John's 1975 album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. Taupin offers 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, AllMusic calls "effective and sweet":

The lyrics express the romantic thoughts of an innocent person. The instrumental focus is on John's Leon Russell-influenced piano work, along with acoustic guitar, Paul Buckmaster's string accompaniment, and a shuffling rhythm section. Taupin wrote the song's lyrics after breakfast one morning on the roof of 20 Denmark Street, 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". The song has been covered by a number of artists, including Ellie Goulding, whose version reached number two on the UK Singles Chart in late 2010. In 2003 the song was placed at number 468 on Rolling Stone‍ '​s list of " The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".Ī demo version was included in John's 1990 box set album To Be Continued. In 1998, "Your Song" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. They did not release it as a single as they wanted to let Elton, as an upcoming artist, have a go with it. Elton was an opening act for them at the time and let them record it. " Your Song" was first released by Three Dog Night in March 1970 on the album It Ain’t Easy. Both received airplay, but "Your Song" was preferred by disc jockeys and replaced "Take Me to the Pilot" as the A-side, eventually making the top ten in several countries. The song was released in the United States in October 1970 as the B-side to " Take Me to the Pilot". It originally appeared on John's self-titled second album (1970). " Your Song" is a ballad composed and performed by English musician Elton John with lyrics by his longtime collaborator, Bernie Taupin.