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Published by Barry Philips · January 23 at 1:00 PM · 

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
62-Elton John-Your Song.
1971-Number 7 single.
Best Bit-At 1.53.There is a rumour that Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics while sat on the roof,he didn’t,in fact he wrote them in Elton John’s mother’s kitchen.
According to Taupin,’I scribbled the lyric down on a lined notepad at the kitchen table of Elton’s mother’s apartment in the London suburb of Northwood Hills,breakfast time sometime in 1969.’Taupin was only seventeen and has admitted to a very limited knowledge of romance,’hence the extraordinary virginal sentiments’ he said.
Elton claims that he doesn’t ask Taupin what his lyrics are about,he said,’I always thought ‘Your Song’ was written about one of his girlfriends,and when I asked him that he just said,’No it wasn’t!’ he gets fairly defensive.’
The American Rock band Three Dog Night were the first to release a version of the song on their 1970 Album ‘It Ain’t Easy,’they didn’t release it as a single as they wanted to let Elton John,then an upcoming artist,have a go with it himself.In 2004 Elton(see also best songs 946-481 and 237) re-recorded the song this time as a duet with Italian operatic pop tenor Alessandro Safina,it peaked at Number 4 in the UK.In 2010 Ellie Goulding recorded the song, which was later chosen as the Christmas advert for department store John Lewis,it reached Number 2.I would also highly recommend the 1977 UK Number 37 hit version from Soul legend Billy Paul as well worth a listen.
‘I hope you don’t mind that I put down in words how wonderful life is while your in the world.’
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