Signature
key confidence medium · relative G major · tempo confidence medium · half-time 66.1 · low end 34% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13 · how accurate
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Lineage
- Covered101 Strings Orchestrasource
- Sampled byA Tribe Called Quest, Solid Wall of Soundsource
- CoveredBeastie Boys + Biz Markiesource
- Written byBernie Taupinsource
- CoveredBoko Suzukisource
- CoveredDavid Osbornesource
- Written byElton Johnsource
- CoveredHaley Reinhartsource
- CoveredJacob Lusksource
- Sampled byMiguel feat. Wale, Bennie and the Jetssource
- CoveredNeal Morse & Friendssource
- CoveredNei Lisboasource
- CoveredPaul Youngsource
- CoveredStar Academy 3source
- Sampled bySuper Mash Bros., @LaurenConrad Get Us on the Hills!source
- CoveredThe Nashville SuperPickerssource
- CoveredМамонов - Шумовsource
Why it is here
- Radio programmers at CKLW in Windsor, Ontario turned it into the No. 1 song in the Detroit market through heavy airplay, which pushed other US and Canadian Top 40 stations to add it and drove it to No. 1 on the US singles chart. source
- Producer Gus Dudgeon built the illusion of a live recording by mixing in crowd sounds from a 1972 Elton John concert at the Royal Festival Hall and a Jimi Hendrix set at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970, plus whistles from a Vancouver show. source
- It gave John his first Top 40 entry on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart and helped land him a guest appearance performing the song on Soul Train in 1975. source
The full ledger entry: every chart it has been on, where it is live now.