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has title
  • Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)
has format
  • CD single
  • Cassette single
  • Gramophone record
  • Music download
has language
  • eng
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
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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  • Elton John
  • Bernie Taupin
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  • 5714dece25ac0d8aee40dae9
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producer
  • Kate Bush
  • Gus Dudgeon
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wsb:amazon_page
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wsb:has_explicit_lyrics
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  • english
wsb:rank
wsb:record_label
  • Mercury Records
  • Uni Records
  • DJM Records
  • Universal Records (defunct record label)
wsb:recording_description
  • 2007
  • Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France, January 1972
wsb:title_without_accent
  • Rocket Man
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  • TRJDSIX128EF342C20
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