<Li> The Beastie Boys released a cover of this song on their The Sounds of Science album in 1999 . The song, titled "Benny and the Jets", was sung by frequent Beastie Boys collaborator Biz Markie . This recording was first released in 1995 as a flexi disc inside of issue two of the Beastie Boys' Grand Royal magazine . </Li> <Li> Biz Markie performed his own humorous rendition of "Bennie and the Jets" on The Chris Rock Show in 2000 . </Li> <Li> Katherine Heigl and James Marsden sing along with the song, karaoke - style, while dancing on a bar in the 2008 film 27 Dresses . Both of them make many mistakes in the lyrics . </Li> <Li> Mary J. Blige sampled the melody for her song "Deep Inside". When Blige asked Elton John for permission to sample the piano line, he ended up agreeing to actually play the line on the track instead . </Li>

Meaning of the song bennie and the jets