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“Your Song” is a ballad composed and performed by musician Elton John. The song’s lyrics were written by Bernie Taupin. According to the Your Song Songfacts, he wrote them over breakfast at John’s parents’ house, where he was living. The original lyrics have coffee stains on them. It appeared on John’s self-titled second album in 1970.

The song was released in the U.S. in October 1970 as the B-side to “Take Me to the Pilot”. Both received airplay, but “Your Song” was preferred by disc jockeys and replaced “Take Me to the Pilot” as the A-side, eventually making both the UK and U.S. top ten charts.

Composition and inspiration

“Your Song” is a soft blend of two different styles: folk and jazz: “I hope you don’t mind / I hope you don’t mind / That I put down in words / How wonderful life is while you’re in the world.” The instrumental focus is on John’s Leon Russell-influenced piano work, along with acoustic guitar, Paul Buckmaster’s string accompaniment, and a shuffling rhythm section.

The lyrics express the romantic thoughts of an innocent. Taupin offers a straightforward love-song lyric at the beginning: “It’s a little bit funny this feeling inside / I’m not one of those who can easily hide / I don’t have much money but boy if I did / I’d buy a big house where we both could live.” At times the self-deprecating narrator stumbles to get out his feelings, which despite being a melodramatic device, Allmusic calls “effective and sweet”: “So excuse me forgetting but these things I do / You see I’ve forgotten if they’re green or they’re blue / Anyway the thing is what I really mean / Yours are the sweetest eyes I’ve ever seen / And you can tell everybody this is your song / It may be quite simple but now that it’s done.”
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  • slippery36peopl

    nice one :)

    21 days ago

  • frenglishwaves

    One of my best song gifts. Enjoy it!!!

    25 days ago

  • DeathNoteAddict

    Holy fuck. He is LEGEND. <3 I'm like, one of the youngest people here. ^_^ Hey, some teenagers have good taste. :D talking about lady gaga on here is a slap in the face to elton john [2]

    last month

  • whoozon1st

    This one's for you...I hope you don't mind

    last month

  • jjansson

    Muy buena canción, excelente

    last month

  • Masterdoctorn7

    best song ever...it brings tears to my eyes

    last month

  • bbbetafish

    I like it to much

    last month

  • dzi_san

    definitely one of the best songs ever

    last month

  • batyamranna

    So beautiful.

    last month

  • Nathaliemend

    I hope you don't mind that I put down in words, how wonderful life is while you're in the world <3

    last month

  • Miss_Calvero

    ♥

    March 2012

  • MartinCQuet

    If I had the money, I could start my work. I'd gladly work for free, but you can't get anybody to do anything without money. I have a book full of concrete plans that could fix so much of what makes you people miserable, but it'll either take more money than a broke joke like this Joshua could afford. I could get started for a shade under $20 Million, but I had to promise God that I couldn't accept funds that came from ill-begotten means, even by proxy. You'd be surprised how impossible it makes all of this. If I had the money, I'd have a house with many rooms where my homeless brothers and sisters could live--and they'd have jobs, too. Jobs good enough that a bunch of spoiled brats would eagerly spend a season starving on the street just for a place in line. Pity that nobody listens when I speak for my lack of degree. No mark of the beast on me.

    March 2012

  • LuSSouza

    amo!

    March 2012

  • scientist4u

    Lyrics are so good .

    March 2012

  • plans422

    genius.

    March 2012

  • Jolanta1

    Yes, it is MY SONG....

    March 2012

  • supersteveme

    the original recording and probably his finest ever

    February 2012

  • scientist4u

    His Best ..

    February 2012

  • RocketmanPaul

    The song that got me into his music,and here we are 40 years later and people are still loving this song

    February 2012

  • Oppressotron

    Hmmmm, this has to be a demo version. It's really early... EJ's voice is higher in pitch and doesn't have any of the gruff swagger of his mid '70's stuff.

    January 2012
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