{"id":117397,"date":"2024-03-26T21:06:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T21:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/03\/26\/yeah-yeah-yeah-elton-johns-im-still-standing-hits-a-billion-streams\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T21:06:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T21:06:29","slug":"yeah-yeah-yeah-elton-johns-im-still-standing-hits-a-billion-streams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/03\/26\/yeah-yeah-yeah-elton-johns-im-still-standing-hits-a-billion-streams\/","title":{"rendered":"Yeah, yeah, yeah! Elton John’s “I’m Still Standing” hits a billion streams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Getty Images\/Bob Riha Jr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“I’m Still Standing,” a song Elton John<\/strong> first released back in 1983, has truly lived up to its title, as it joins Spotify’s Billions club.<\/p>\n

“Wonderful to see \u2018I\u2019m Still Standing\u2019 hit 1 billion streams on\u00a0@Spotify!” Elton wrote on Instagram<\/strong><\/a>. “This track has had such a life and whether you know it for its empowering lyrics, the legendary dance moves from the music video, or\u00a0@taron.egerton\u2019s rendition as Johnny HD in Sing<\/em>, it makes me so happy to see it being enjoyed by so many.”<\/p>\n

On his Instagram Story, Elton also\u00a0shared<\/strong><\/a> a post showing a tiny little kid waking up and commanding his smart speaker device to “play ‘I’m Still Standing’ song.” For some reason it plays Taron Egerton<\/strong>‘s version, not Elton’s.<\/p>\n

“I’m Still Standing” is from Elton’s 1983 album Two Low for Zero<\/em>. While it’s now seen as an anthem about Elton’s decadeslong career, the song was actually written by his musical partner, Bernie Taupin<\/strong>, as a kiss-off to an old girlfriend.<\/p>\n

The iconic video<\/strong><\/a> for the song was filmed in the south of France. One of the dancers<\/strong><\/a> in the video is Bruno Tonioli<\/strong>, who went on to judge ABC’s Dancing the Stars<\/em>. In his autobiography, Me<\/em>, Elton tells the story of how, while in Cannes for the shoot, he ran into\u00a0Duran Duran<\/strong>\u00a0and they all got wrecked on martinis.<\/p>\n