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Never Too Late<\/em>, the new documentary that captures Elton John<\/strong>‘s life and career, debuts on Disney+ on Dec. 13. If you want to prepare by taking a spin through his\u00a0more than 30 albums, Rolling Stone<\/em> has thoughtfully narrowed<\/a> down his discography to the “50 Best Elton John Songs.”<\/p>\n

Coming in at #1 is the song that gave Elton one of his nicknames: “Rocket Man.” In his autobiography, Me<\/em>, Elton recalls crafting that song, plus two others from the\u00a0Honky Ch\u00e2teau<\/em> album, one day over breakfast after Bernie Taupin<\/strong> left him the lyrics on the piano.\u00a0Rolling Stone<\/em> points out the song has been covered by everyone from Neil Diamond<\/strong> to Kate Bush<\/strong> to William Shatner<\/strong>. It was also one of the Elton songs interpolated in his Dua Lipa<\/strong> duet, “Cold Heart.”<\/p>\n

Number 2 on the list is “Tiny Dancer” \u2014 Elton credits the film Almost Famous<\/em> for making that song popular. He wrote in his book, “People forget that when it came out as a single in 1971, it flopped.”<\/p>\n

“Levon” is #3, followed by “Daniel” at #4. The latter has been described by Taupin as “the most misinterpreted song that we’ve ever written.” It’s actually about a blind war veteran, written from the point of view of the veteran’s\u00a0little brother, but Elton wrote that many people felt it was “a coded description of a gay relationship”\u00a0\u2014 which it wasn’t.<\/p>\n

#5 is the enduring “Your Song,” which Elton says Bernie “wrote over breakfast one morning,” and for which he wrote the music in “15 minutes flat.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

The rest of the top 10:
6. “Funeral for a Friend”\/”Love Lies Bleeding”
7. “Candle in the Wind” [the original 1973 version]
8. “Someone Saved My Life Tonight”
9. “Madman Across the Water”
10. “The Bitch Is Back”<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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