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[29] [30] The song also reached number 26 on the Canadian pop chart. [30] Sam Smith covered the song for the 2018 tribute album Revamp: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin. Marie Laforêt adapted and covered the song in French in 1974. It was released as the B-side of the "Cadeau" EP. 125,000 copies were sold in France.
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player is the sixth studio album by English musician Elton John. [8] Released on 26 January 1973 by DJM Records, it was the first of two studio albums he released in 1973 (the second was Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, released nine months later), and was his second straight No. 1 album on the US Billboard 200 and first No. 1 album on the UK Albums Chart.
The original recording from the Empty Sky album has Elton John on harpsichord and organ. [4] It is the only track on the album featuring only John and no other musicians. He wrote the song in the style of a hymn. The lyrics of the song are metaphorical – describing a pigeon that is flying high and free having been released from a human hand.
Elton John's gift may be his song, but that doesn't mean he loves them all.. During an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday, Dec. 17, the 77-year-old musician spoke about ...
What to know: Elton John has accomplished a lot. Now, he’s found happiness. In this new documentary from R.J. Cutler and John’s husband, David Furnish, John looks back on his meteoric rise and ...
A fan favourite, John has performed the song live numerous times, [4] occasionally playing it as part of a medley with his hit "Blue Eyes" (from the 1982 album Jump Up! The song was later performed live by Mary J. Blige and Elton John, and this version of the song was part of the Mary J. Blige & Friends EP.
You know, it took me back to being 12 years old and reading the lyrics to “Captain Fantastic,” and reading “the keyboard player’s haunted, hollow eyes” [in the song “Bitter Fingers ...
"Lady Samantha" is a song by English musician Elton John with lyrics by Bernie Taupin. It was released on 17 January 1969 as his second single, six months before his first album, Empty Sky, came out. It appeared on its 1995 reissue as a bonus track.