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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. 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.”
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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I don't have much money but boy if I did
I'd buy a big house where we both could live
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toto47 wrote:
einfach schön, geht direkt ins Herz....
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TheFeldster wrote:
Very good song by the genius that is Elton John
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adinaniculescu wrote:
I think I love this song as much as the author
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Erumaewen12 wrote:
Elton is one of the greatest songwriters ever.......love him!
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nakcshatraa wrote:
what a song!!! (:
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sneggyuser wrote:
My Daughters' song.
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sockenkathi wrote:
traumhaft lg kathi
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lulame1b wrote:
perfect "love song", i love it!!
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a_jeda wrote:
hammer song
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PablolitaScobar wrote:
"So excuse me forgetting but these things I do You see I've forgotten if they're green or they're blue " is quite hilarious
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ouweasel wrote:
early EJ......great "love" song... my wife..
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hehahi wrote:
how wonderful life is while you're in the world <3
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mxpressw wrote:
doesn't sound like Elton??
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deccyb wrote:
Came across this on Paul Simon radio, it has a classy selection
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salagadam wrote:
I hope you don't mind that I posted this shout
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musezone wrote:
Elton John gets it right. This song goes straight to my soul. I get anxious when I hear this song come on.
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MusicIsGolden wrote:
I hope you don't mind that I put down in words, how wonderful life is that you're in the world.. <3
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crv2larsen wrote:
always beautiful!!!
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Francesa2333 wrote:
J'adooooreee!!!:D
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funkmasteralexx wrote:
i love this song. and the moulin rouge version. it's just such a great song, it would rock no matter how you play it.
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