<Tr> <Th> "It's Me That You Need" b / w "Just Like Strange Rain" </Th> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="25"> "--" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart . </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Single </Th> <Th_colspan="13"> Peak chart positions </Th> <Th> Certifications </Th> <Th> Album </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> UK </Th> <Th> AUS </Th> <Th> BEL </Th> <Th> CAN </Th> <Th> GER </Th> <Th> IRE </Th> <Th> NL </Th> <Th> NOR </Th> <Th> NZ </Th> <Th> SWI </Th> <Th> US </Th> <Th> US AC </Th> <Th> US R&B </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1970 </Td> <Th> "Border Song" b / w "Bad Side of the Moon" (Non-album track) </Th> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 34 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 92 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Elton John </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Rock n' Roll Madonna" b / w "Grey Seal" (original version - not the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road version) </Th> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Non-album track </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "From Denver to L.A." Non-Elton John B - side </Th> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> The Games soundtrack </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Country Comfort" </Th> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tumbleweed Connection </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Your Song" b / w "Into the Old Man's Shoes" (UK, non-album track) "Take Me to the Pilot" (US) </Th> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> US: 2x Platinum </Li> <Li> UK: Gold </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Elton John </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1971 </Td> <Th> "Friends" b / w "Honey Roll" </Th> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 96 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 34 </Td> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Friends soundtrack </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Levon" b / w "Goodbye" </Th> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 94 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> US: Gold </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Madman Across The Water </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1972 </Td> <Th> "Tiny Dancer" b / w "Razor Face" </Th> <Td> 70 </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 41 </Td> <Td> 35 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> UK: Gold </Li> <Li> US: 3x Platinum </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Rocket Man" b / w "Suzie (Dramas)" (b / w "Holiday Inn" and "Goodbye" in UK) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 39 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> UK: Gold </Li> <Li> US: 3x Platinum </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Honky Château </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Honky Cat" b / w "Slave" (b / w "Lady Samantha" and "It's Me That You Need" in UK) </Th> <Td> 31 </Td> <Td> 78 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 41 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Crocodile Rock" b / w "Elderberry Wine" </Th> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> US: Platinum </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1973 </Td> <Th> "Daniel" b / w "Skyline Pigeon" (1972 non-LP remake) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> US: Platinum </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" b / w "Jack Rabbit" / "Whenever You're Ready" (Non-album tracks) </Th> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 31 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> 44 </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> US: Gold </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Goodbye Yellow Brick Road </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" b / w "Screw You" (UK, non-album track) Retitled as "Young Man's Blues" for US B - side issue </Th> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 49 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> US: Platinum </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Step into Christmas" b / w "Ho Ho Ho (Who'd Be a Turkey at Christmas)" </Th> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 91 </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> UK: Silver </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Non-album track </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Th> "Candle in the Wind" b / w "Bennie and the Jets" (see below) </Th> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Goodbye Yellow Brick Road </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Bennie and the Jets" b / w "Harmony" </Th> <Td> 37 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> US: 2x Platinum </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" b / w "Sick City" (Non-album track) </Th> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> US: Gold </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Caribou </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "The Bitch Is Back" b / w "Cold Highway" (Non-album track) </Th> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> 53 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> US: Gold </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" b / w "One Day at a Time" (Non-album track) </Th> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 31 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> US: Gold </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Th> "Philadelphia Freedom" b / w "I Saw Her Standing There" (Non-album track) </Th> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 50 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 32 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> US: Platinum </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" b / w "House of Cards" (Non-album track) </Th> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> 54 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 36 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> US: Gold </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Island Girl" b / w "Sugar on the Floor" (Non-album track) </Th> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 42 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> CAN: Gold </Li> <Li> US: Platinum </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Rock of the Westies </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1976 </Td> <Th> "Grow Some Funk of Your Own" / "I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)" </Th> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 39 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Pinball Wizard" b / w "Harmony" (from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road) </Th> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 88 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tommy soundtrack </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Love Song" (with Lesley Duncan) b / w "Love Song" (long version) </Th> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 85 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Here and There </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (with Kiki Dee) b / w "Snow Queen" (Non-album track) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> UK: Gold </Li> <Li> US: Platinum </Li> <Li> CAN: Platinum </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" b / w "Shoulder Holster" </Th> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> CAN: Gold </Li> <Li> US: Gold </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Blue Moves </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1977 </Td> <Th> "Crazy Water" b / w "Chameleon" </Th> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance!)" b / w "Chicago" (by Kiki Dee, UK non-album track) "Chameleon" (US) </Th> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> 72 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 51 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "The Goaldiggers Song" b / w "Jimmy, Brian, Elton and Eric" </Th> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Non-album tracks </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1978 </Td> <Th> "Ego" b / w "Flinstone Boy" </Th> <Td> 34 </Td> <Td> 40 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 34 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Part - Time Love" b / w "I Cry at Night" (Non-album track) </Th> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> 40 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> UK: Silver </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> A Single Man </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Song for Guy" b / w "Lovesick" (Non-album track) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 110 </Td> <Td> 37 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> UK: Silver </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1979 </Td> <Th> "Return to Paradise" b / w "Song for Guy" (see above) </Th> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 49 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Are You Ready for Love - Part 1" b / w "Part 2" </Th> <Td> 42 </Td> <Td> 63 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 75 </Td> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> The Complete Thom Bell Sessions </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Mama Can't Buy You Love" b / w "Strangers" (UK, non-album track) "Three Way Love Affair" (US) </Th> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 82 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 36 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> US: Gold </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Victim of Love" b / w "Strangers" (Non-album track) </Th> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 38 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 46 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 31 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Victim of Love </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> "Johnny B. Goode" "Thunder in the Night" (UK) "Georgia" (US, from A Single Man) </Th> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="25"> "--" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Single </Th> <Th_colspan="13"> Peak chart positions </Th> <Th> Certifications </Th> <Th> Album </Th> </Tr>

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