Discography
1969 Empty Sky; #6 US (1975 release)
1970 Elton John; #11 UK, #4 US
1970 The Games (Original Soundtrack)
1971 Tumbleweed Connection; #6 UK, #5 US
1971 Friends; #36 US
1971 11-17-70 [live]; #20 UK, #11 US
1971 Madman Across the Water; #8 US
1972 Honky Chateau; #2 UK, #1 US
1973 Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player; #1 UK, #1 US
1973 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road; #1 UK, #1 US
1974 Caribou; #1 UK, #1 US
1974 Elton John's Greatest Hits; #1 UK, #1 US
1975 Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy; #2 UK, #1 US
1975 Rock of the Westies; #5 UK, #1 US
1975 West of the Rockies (live)
1976 Here and There (live); #6 UK, #4 US
1976 Blue Moves; #3 UK, #3 US
1977 Elton John's Greatest Hits - Volume II; #6 UK, #21 US
1978 A Single Man; #8 UK, #15 US
1979 Victim of Love; #35 US
1979 The Thom Bell Sessions; #51 US
1980 21 at 33; #12 UK, #13 US
1980 The Very Best of Elton John; #24 UK
1981 The Fox; #12 UK, #21 US
1982 Jump Up!; #13 UK, #17 US
1982 Love Songs; #39 UK
1983 Too Low for Zero; #7 UK, #25 US
1984 Breaking Hearts; #2 UK, #20 US
1985 Ice on Fire; #3 UK, #48 US
1986 Leather Jackets; #24 UK, #91 US
1987 Live in Australia; #24 US
1987 Greatest Hits Vol. 3 (1979-1987); #84 US
1988 Reg Strikes Back; #18 UK, #16 US
1989 Sleeping With the Past; #1 UK, #23 US
1990 The Very Best of Elton John; #1 UK
1990 To Be Continued... (box set); #82 US
1992 The One; #2 UK, #8 US
1993 Duets; #5 UK, #25 US
1994 The Lion King; #4 UK
1995 Made in England; #3 UK, #13 US
1995 Love Songs; #4 UK, #24 US
1997 The Big Picture; #3 UK, #9 US
1999 The Muse
1999 Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida; #29 UK, #41 US
2000 One Night Only (live); #7 UK, #65 US
2000 The Road To El Dorado; #63 US
2001 Songs from the West Coast; #2 UK, #15 US
2001 Prologue
2002 Live at the Ritz
2002 The Greatest Hits 1970-2002; #3 UK, #12 US
2004 Peachtree Road; #21 UK
2005 Billy Elliot (forthcoming)
2005 The Vampire Lestat (forthcoming)
Hit singles
from "Friends" soundtrack
1971 "Friends" #34 US
from "Elton John (album)"
1971 "Your Song" #7 UK, #8 US
from "Honky Chateau"
1972 "Rocket Man" #2 UK, #6 US
1972 "Honky Cat" #31 UK, #8 US
from "Madman Across the Water"
1972 "Levon" #24 US
from "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player"
1972 "Crocodile Rock" #5 UK, #1 US
1973 "Daniel" #4 UK, #2 US
from "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
1973 "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" #7 UK, #12 US
1973 "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" #6 UK, #2 US
non-album single
1973 "Step into Christmas" #24 UK, #1 US
from "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
1974 "Candle in the Wind" #11 UK
1974 "Bennie and the Jets" #37 UK (1976 release), #1 US
from "Caribou"
1974 "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" #16 UK, #2 US
1974 "The Bitch is Back" #15 UK, #4 US
from "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy"
1974 "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" #10 UK, #1 US
1975 "Philadelphia Freedom" (Elton John Band) #12 UK, #1 US
1975 "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" #22 UK, #4 US
from "Rock of the Westies"
1975 "Island Girl" #14 UK, #1 US
1976 "Grow Some Funk of Your Own" #14 US
1976 "I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)" #14 US
non-album single
1976 "Pinball Wizard" #7 UK
1976 "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (with Kiki Dee) #1 UK, #1 US
from "Blue Moves"
1976 "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" #11 UK, #6 US
1977 "Crazy Water" #27 UK
1977 "Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance)" #28 UK, #28 US
non-album single
1978 "Ego" #34 UK, #34 US
from "A Single Man"
1978 "Part Time Love" #15 UK, #22 US
1978 "Song for Guy" #4 UK
from "The Thom Bell Sessions EP"
1979 "Mama Can't Buy You Love" #9 US
from "Victim of Love"
1979 "Victim of Love" #31 US
from "21 at 33"
1980 "Little Jeannie" #33 UK, #3 US
1980 "(Sartorial Eloquence) Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More" #39 US
non-album single
1981 "I Saw Her Standing There" (Elton John Band feat. John Lennon & The Muscle Shoals Horns) #40 UK
from "The Fox"
1981 "Chloe" #34 US
1981 "Nobody Wins" #21 US
from "Jump Up!"
1982 "Blue Eyes" #8 UK, #12 US
1982 "Empty Garden (Hey, Hey Johnny)" #13 US
from "Too Low for Zero"
1983 "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" #5 UK, #4 US
1983 "I'm Still Standing" #4 UK, #12 US
1983 "Kiss the Bride" #20 UK, #25 US
1983 "Cold As Christmas/Crystal" #33 UK
from "Breaking Hearts"
1984 "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" #7 UK, #5 US
1984 "Passengers" #5 UK
1984 "In Neon" #38 US
1984 "Who Wears These Shoes?" #16 US
from "Ice on Fire"
1985 "Act of War" (with Millie Jackson) #32 UK
1985 "Nikita" #3 UK, #7 US
from "Friends" (album by Dionne Warwick)
1985 "That's What Friends are for" (Dionne Warwick & Friends feat. Elton John, Stevie Wonder & Gladys Knight) #16 UK, #1 US
from "Ice on Fire"
1985 "Wrap Her Up" #12 UK, #20 US
non-album-related re-issue
1988 "Candle In The Wind" (re-issue) #8 UK, #6 US
from "Reg Strikes Back"
1988 "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" #30 UK, #2 US
1988 "A Word in Spanish" #19 US
from "Sleeping with the Past"
1990 "Sacrifice" (re-issue) #1 UK (double A-side with Healing Hands in the UK), #18 US
1990 "Healing Hands" #13 US
1990 "Club at the End of the Street" #28 US
from "The Very Best Of Elton John"
1990 "You Gotta Love Someone" #33 UK
non-album single
1991 "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (George Michael with Elton John) #1 UK, #1 US
from "The One"
1992 "The One" #10 UK, #9 US
1992 "Runaway Train" (with Eric Clapton) #31 UK
1992 "The Last Song" #21 UK, #23 US
1993 "Simple Life" #30 US
from "Duets"
1993 "True Love" (with Kiki Dee) #2 UK
1994 "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (with RuPaul) #7 UK
1994 "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (Marcella Detroit & Elton John) #24 UK
from "The Lion King" soundtrack
1994 "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" #14 UK, #4 US
1994 "Circle of Life" #11 UK, #18 US
from "Made in England"
1995 "Believe" #15 UK, #13 US
1995 "Made in England" #18 UK
1995 "Blessed" #34 US
1996 "Please" #33 UK
from "Luciano Pavarotti & Friends for War Child" charity compilation
1996 "Live Like Horses" (with Luciano Pavarotti) #9 UK
non-album single
1997 "Candle in the Wind 97/Something about the Way You Look Tonight" #1 UK, #1 US
from "Big Picture"
1998 "Recover Your Soul" #16 UK
1998 "If the River Can Bend" #32 UK
from "Aida soundtrack
1999 "Written in the Stars" (with LeAnn Rimes) #10 UK, #29 US
from "Songs from the West Coast"
2001 "I Want Love" #9 UK
2002 "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" #24 UK
2002 "Original Sin" #39 UK
non-album charity single based on "Moulin Rouge" soundtrack version of the song
2002 "Your Song" (with Alessandro Safina) #4 UK
from "One Love" (album by Blue)
2002 "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word" (Blue feat. Elton John) #1 UK
from the UK release of "Greatest Hits 1970-2002", originally from "The Thom Bell Sessions EP"
2003 "Are You Ready for Love" #1 UK
from "Peachtree Road"
2004 "All That I'm Allowed (I'm Thankful)" #20 UK |