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| - Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)
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| - CD single
- Cassette single
- Gramophone record
- Music download
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Subject
| - Mercury Records singles
- 1980 singles
- 1991 singles
- 1992 singles
- Songs with lyrics by Bernie Taupin
- Songs with music by Elton John
- 1970s ballads
- 1972 singles
- 1972 songs
- Elton John songs
- Pop ballads
- Rock ballads
- Soft rock songs
- Universal Records singles
- DJM Records singles
- Song recordings produced by Gus Dudgeon
- Kate Bush songs
- Outer space themed songs
- Uni Records singles
- David Fonseca songs
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abstract
| - %22Rocket Man%22 is a song composed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin and originally performed by John. The song echoes the theme of David Bowie's 1969 song %22Space Oddity%22 (both recordings were produced by Gus Dudgeon), but according to an account in Elizabeth Rosenthal's book His Song: The Musical Journey of Elton John, the song was inspired by Taupin's sighting of either a shooting star or a distant airplane. The account goes on to relate that the notion of astronauts no longer being perceived as heroes, but in fact as an %22everyday occupation%22, led him to the song's opening lines: %22She packed my bags last night, pre-flight. Zero hour: 9 a.m. And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then.%22The song first appeared on John's 1972 album Honky Château (under the title %22Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)%22) and became a hit single, rising to #2 in the UK and #6 in the U.S.
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| - Mercury Records
- Uni Records
- DJM Records
- Universal Records (defunct record label)
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| - 2007
- Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France, January 1972
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