<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Candle in the Wind" (1974) </Td> <Td> "Bennie and the Jets" (1974) </Td> <Td> "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (1974) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Candle in the Wind" (1974) </Td> <Td> "Bennie and the Jets" (1974) </Td> <Td> "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (1974) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Bennie and the Jets" (also titled as "Benny & the Jets") is a song composed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin . The song first appeared on the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album in 1973 . "Bennie and the Jets" has been one of John's most popular songs and was performed during John's appearance at Live Aid . The track is spelled Benny on the sleeve of the single and in the track listing of the album, but Bennie on the album vinyl disc label . </P> <P> "Bennie and the Jets" was featured on side one of the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album, and Elton John was set against releasing it as a single, believing it would fail . CKLW in Windsor, Ontario, began heavy airplay of the song and it became the #1 song in the Detroit market . This attention caused other American and Canadian Top 40 stations to add it to their playlists as well and as a result, the song peaked at #1 on the US singles chart in 1974 . In the US, it was certified Gold on 8 April 1974 and Platinum on 13 September 1995 by the RIAA, and had sold 2.8 million copies by August 1976 . </P>

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