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has title
  • Crocodile Rock
has language
  • eng
Subject
  • Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
  • Songs with lyrics by Bernie Taupin
  • Songs with music by Elton John
  • Number-one singles in Switzerland
  • 1972 singles
  • 1972 songs
  • Elton John songs
  • Number-one singles in Italy
  • The Beach Boys songs
  • Singles certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America
  • Songs about music
  • Song recordings produced by Gus Dudgeon
abstract
  • %22Crocodile Rock%22 is a song written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, and recorded in summer 1972 at the Château d'Hérouville studio in France (it was listed as %22Strawberry Studios%22 in the album's credits), where John and his team had previously recorded the Honky Château album. It was released on 27 October 1972 in the UK and 20 November 1972 in the U.S., as a pre-release single from his forthcoming 1973 album Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player, and became his first U.S. number-one single, reaching the top spot on 3 February 1973, and stayed there for three weeks. In the U.S., it was certified Gold on 5 February 1973 and Platinum on 13 September 1995 by the RIAA.In Canada, it topped the chart as well, remaining at No.1 on the RPM 100 national singles chart for four weeks from 17 February – 10 March. It was the first song released as a single on the MCA label (catalogue #40000) after MCA dissolved its Uni, Decca, Kapp and Coral labels. (John had previously been with the Uni label.) %22Crocodile Rock%22 is dominated by a Farfisa organ, played by John. The lyrics take a nostalgic look at early rock 'n' roll, dating and youthful independence of that era. Elton John band members, including Davey Johnstone on guitars, Dee Murray on bass and Nigel Olsson on drums, were also performers on the song. Elton John, however, did all the vocals, including the falsetto backing vocals.
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  • Elton John
  • Bernie Taupin
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  • 693282ea-342e-4c58-955c-78f837ddf065
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  • 5714dee725ac0d8aee539a5a
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  • GBF089190204
producer
  • Gus Dudgeon
track number
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schema:duration
  • PT262.92351473S
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  • 2179
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wsb:deezer_song_id
  • 91862010
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wsb:has_explicit_lyrics
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  • english
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wsb:record_label
  • MCA Records
  • DJM Records
wsb:recording_description
  • Château d'Hérouville, France
  • June 1972,
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wsb:title_without_accent
  • Crocodile Rock
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