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Elton John

Elton John is a person from the UK, active since 1947.

Person GB since 1947 pop pop rock piano rock

TOTAL PLAYS

6,445

SONGS PLAYED

307

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2006-05-01 09:22 · Radio 2 — "Crocodile Rock"

LAST PLAYED

8 hours ago · Radio 2 — "Daniel"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026

500 375 250 125 0

'06 '09 '12 '15 '18 '21 '24

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 5,651 88%

Radio 1 436 7%

6 Music 355 6%

1Xtra 3 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 15:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Step Into Christmas 618 2025-12-27

2 I'm Still Standing 600 2026-10-20

3 Are You Ready for Love 403 2026-09-21

4 Tiny Dancer 274 2026-09-19

5 Crocodile Rock 263 2026-10-16

6 Rocket Man 246 2026-10-17

7 Philadelphia Freedom 229 2026-10-18

8 Your Song 218 2026-10-17

9 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 157 2026-10-04

10 Sacrifice 154 2026-09-27

11 Daniel 135 2026-10-27

12 Island Girl 128 2025-07-14

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-10-27 05:47 Daniel Radio 2

2026-10-26 09:46 Something About The Way You Look Tonight Radio 2

2026-10-25 05:48 I Want Love Radio 2

2026-10-24 18:55 I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That Radio 2

2026-10-24 09:41 The One 6 Music

2026-10-23 10:16 Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) Radio 2

2026-10-21 13:46 Daniel Radio 2

2026-10-20 06:05 I'm Still Standing Radio 2

2026-10-19 00:17 Chameleon 6 Music

2026-10-18 20:54 Philadelphia Freedom Radio 2

2026-10-18 15:33 Philadelphia Freedom Radio 2

2026-10-18 13:17 Chameleon 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

307 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

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(Goodbye) Yellow Brick Road - Hammersmith Odeon 1974 —

2 2012-11-26 ▶

A Good Heart —

34 2016-07-28 ▶

All Quiet On The Western Front —

2 2024-12-28 ▶

All the Nasties (Live at OGWT 1971) —

1 2025-03-23 ▶

All The Young Girls Like Alice 1973 —

1 2017-12-23 ▶

American Triangle —

16 2022-03-16 ▶

Amoreena —

1 2019-06-01 ▶

Are You Ready for Love —

403 2026-09-21 ▶

Are You Ready For Love —

113 2011-11-26 ▶

Are You Ready For Love (12" Version) —

1 2016-11-26 ▶

Are You Ready For Love (2003 Remix) —

1 2020-01-03 ▶

Are You Ready For Love (Andy Buchan Edit) —

1 2020-11-14 ▶

Are You Ready For Love (Glastonbury 2023) (feat. Jacob Lusk & London Community Gospel Choir) —

5 2023-07-01 ▶

Are You Ready For Love? —

21 2016-08-29 ▶

Are You Ready For Love? (Glastonbury 2023) (feat. Jacob Lusk) —

1 2023-06-25 ▶

Ballad Of A Well-Known Gun —

3 2017-08-31 ▶

Believe —

2 2018-10-13 ▶

Bennie & The Jets —

56 2016-09-03 ▶

Bennie & The Jets (Glastonbury 2023) —

1 2023-06-25 ▶

Bennie & The Jets (Live) —

2 2013-09-14 ▶

Bennie & The Jets (TUNESDAY) —

1 2016-07-19 ▶

Bennie and the Jets —

90 2026-08-25 ▶

Bennie And The Jets —

33 2011-11-05 ▶

Bennie And The Jets - Hammersmith Odeon 1974 —

1 2009-11-14 ▶

Bennie And The Jets 1973 —

1 2017-12-23 ▶

Benny and the Jets —

1 2015-02-13 ▶

Better Off Dead —

6 2014-02-14 ▶

Big Game Tactics —

1 2014-10-07 ▶

Bitter Fingers —

2 2024-06-02 ▶

Blessed —

3 2016-01-04 ▶

Blue Eyes —

46 2024-01-04 ▶

Blue Wonderful —

79 2016-06-25 ▶

Blue Wonderful (Radio 2 Session, 3 Feb 2016) —

1 2016-02-03 ▶

Blues Never Fade Away —

1 2006-09-20 ▶

Border Song —

24 2026-08-23 ▶

Border Song - Hammermisth Odeon 1974 —

3 2010-03-03 ▶

Breaking Hearts (Ain't What They Used to Be) —

1 2014-01-13 ▶

Burn Down The Mission —

4 2023-11-12 ▶

Burn Down The Mission - BBC Session —

1 2008-06-25 ▶

Burn Down The Mission - Hammermisth Odeon 1974 —

2 2010-03-03 ▶

But Not for Me —

2 2020-07-05 ▶

Cage The Songbird —

7 2025-01-27 ▶

Can You Feel the Love Tonight —

71 2026-10-18 ▶

Can You Feel The Love Tonight —

7 2011-11-02 ▶

Can You Feel the Love Tonight (instrumental) —

3 2023-11-07 ▶

Can't Stay Alone Tonight —

28 2022-03-26 ▶

Candle in the Wind —

18 2025-08-26 ▶

Candle In The Wind —

8 2011-09-03 ▶

Candle In The Wind (1997 Version) —

12 2026-02-18 ▶

Candle in the Wind (1997) —

6 2014-04-09 ▶

Candle In The Wind (Acoustic) —

1 2007-03-07 ▶

Candle In The Wind (Glastonbury 2023) —

1 2023-06-25 ▶

Candle In The Wind (Live In Australia) —

8 2021-02-23 ▶

Candle In The Wind (Live in Melbourne) —

1 2014-02-01 ▶

Candle in The Wind (Live Single Edit) —

1 2012-02-04 ▶

Candle In The Wind (Live) —

1 2019-05-31 ▶

Candle In The Wind - Hammermisth Odeon 1974 —

2 2009-11-14 ▶

Candle In The Wind - Hammersmith Odeon 1974 —

3 2016-07-02 ▶

Candle in The Wind 1973 —

1 2017-12-23 ▶

Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy —

1 2024-11-11 ▶

Chameleon —

16 2026-10-19 ▶

Chloe —

1 2022-03-25 ▶

Christmas Medley - 1973 —

1 2016-12-24 ▶

Circle of Life —

50 2026-05-05 ▶

Circle Of Life —

10 2011-08-06 ▶

Claw Hammer —

3 2016-01-28 ▶

Club At The End Of The Street —

3 2015-03-18 ▶

Cold As Christmas —

15 2025-12-23 ▶

Cold Heart (Glastonbury 2023) —

1 2023-06-25 ▶

Come Down In Time —

9 2024-07-30 ▶

Country Comfort —

3 2015-03-01 ▶

Country Comfort (Piano Demo) —

1 2021-04-21 ▶

Country Comfort - BBC Session —

1 2008-06-25 ▶

Country Comfort - Hammermisth Odeon 1974 —

1 2009-05-11 ▶

Crocodile Rock —

263 2026-10-16 ▶

Crocodile Rock (Glastonbury 2023) —

1 2023-06-25 ▶

Crocodile Rock 1973 —

1 2017-12-23 ▶

Cry To Heaven —

2 2020-11-13 ▶

Daniel —

135 2026-10-27 ▶

Daniel (Glastonbury 2023) —

1 2023-06-25 ▶

Daniel (Live 2000 version) —

1 2019-06-29 ▶

Daniel - Hammersith Odeon 1974 —

1 2010-12-25 ▶

Daniel - Hammersmith Odeon 1974 —

1 2010-03-03 ▶

Dear God —

2 2016-11-29 ▶

Don't Go Breaking My Heart —

61 2013-06-28 ▶

Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Glastonbury 2023) (feat. Rina Sawayama) —

1 2023-06-25 ▶

Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me —

8 2015-07-16 ▶

Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me —

5 2011-07-07 ▶

Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - Hammersmith Odeon 1974 —

4 2014-05-30 ▶

Ego —

1 2013-08-29 ▶

Elderberry Wine —

9 2024-10-20 ▶

Electricity —

14 2023-03-19 ▶

Elton John - Someone Saved My Life Tonight —

1 2012-03-25 ▶

Elton's Song —

3 2021-05-26 ▶

Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) —

1 2022-03-25 ▶

Empty Sky —

2 2017-02-20 ▶

Funeral for a Friend —

3 2014-08-03 ▶

Funeral For A Friend (Love Lies Bleeding) —

8 2018-01-01 ▶

Funeral For A Friend - Hammermisth Odeon 1974 —

1 2009-11-14 ▶

Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding —

7 2026-09-20 ▶

Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding 1973 —

1 2017-12-23 ▶

Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding —

1 2018-09-08 ▶

Good Morning To The Night —

2 2023-06-24 ▶

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road —

157 2026-10-04 ▶

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Hammersmith Odeon 1974 —

1 2016-07-02 ▶

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Glastonbury 2023) —

1 2023-06-25 ▶

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, December 1973) —

1 2020-02-28 ▶

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Live) —

2 2013-09-24 ▶

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Radio 2 In Concert 11/09/2013 —

1 2014-03-28 ▶

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Radio 2 In Concert 50 - RX 11/09/2013 —

1 2020-11-18 ▶

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 1973 —

1 2017-12-23 ▶

Grey Seal —

8 2025-01-19 ▶

Grimsby - Hammersmith Odeon 1974 —

1 2016-07-02 ▶

Guilty Pleasures —

1 2016-01-24 ▶

Harmony —

10 2025-08-16 ▶

Healing Hands —

38 2026-03-16 ▶

High Flying Bird - Hammermisth Odeon 1974 —

1 2016-07-02 ▶

Hinky Cat - Hammersmith Odeon 1974 —

1 2010-12-25 ▶

Ho Ho Ho, Who'd Be A Turkey at Christmas —

1 2012-12-25 ▶

Ho Ho Ho, Who'd Be A Turkey At Christmas (Radio 1 Session, ) —

4 2019-12-23 ▶

Ho! Ho! Ho! (Who'd Be A Turkey At Christmas) —

5 2024-12-22 ▶

Holiday Inn - Hammermisth Odeon 1974 —

1 2016-07-02 ▶

Home Again —

80 2018-06-27 ▶

Honky Cat —

59 2025-02-02 ▶

Honky Cat 1973 —

1 2017-12-23 ▶

Honky Tonk Women (live) —

1 2024-10-20 ▶

Honky Tonk Women (UK-Release Mix) —

2 2018-01-01 ▶

I Can't Go On Living Without You *** EMBARGOED 11/11/20 2pm *** —

1 2020-11-11 ▶

I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That —

19 2026-10-24 ▶

I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues —

108 2025-10-15 ▶

I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues —

27 2011-08-04 ▶

I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues (Glastonbury 2023) —

1 2023-06-25 ▶

I Must Have Lost It On The Wind —

1 2006-09-22 ▶

I Saw Her Standing There (live) (feat. John Lennon) —

4 2023-02-12 ▶

I Saw Her Standing There - Hammersmith Odeon 1974 —

3 2016-07-02 ▶

I Want Love —

24 2026-10-25 ▶

I'm Still Standing —

600 2026-10-20 ▶

I'm Still Standing (Glastonbury 2023) —

1 2023-06-25 ▶

I'm Still Standing (In Concert) —

1 2013-09-12 ▶

I'm Still Standing (Live) —

2 2013-09-16 ▶

I'm Still Standing (Radio 2 In Concert) —

1 2013-12-27 ▶

I've Been Loving You —

4 2026-03-01 ▶

I've Got 2 Wings —

1 2016-01-29 ▶

I've Seen That Movie Too —

1 2011-05-08 ▶

Idol —

1 2016-11-06 ▶

If It Wasn't For Bad —

1 2010-09-08 ▶

If The River Can Bend —

2 2007-12-02 ▶

If You Were Me —

1 2009-11-23 ▶

In The Name Of You —

69 2016-05-15 ▶

In The Name Of You (Radio edit) —

5 2016-04-11 ▶

Intro / Benny and the Jets (Live on OGWT Christmas Special 1974) —

1 2024-12-29 ▶

Island Girl —

128 2025-07-14 ▶

Jamaica Jerk-Off —

1 2012-03-25 ▶

Keep It A Mystery —

1 2015-01-24 ▶

Kiss The Bride —

94 2026-10-12 ▶

Lady Samantha —

3 2025-11-22 ▶

Lady What's Tomorrow —

2 2016-05-02 ▶

Levon —

23 2025-11-18 ▶

Levon (Live) —

2 2013-09-15 ▶

Little Island —

2 2015-11-08 ▶

Little Jeannie —

40 2025-10-07 ▶

Looking Up —

78 2016-02-21 ▶

Love Song —

10 2023-11-27 ▶

love song. —

4 2015-11-16 ▶

Lucy in the Sky With Diamond (Edit with Eastenders) —

1 2011-08-06 ▶

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds —

28 2025-04-20 ▶

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, (feat. John Lennon) —

1 2017-05-29 ▶

Made in England —

19 2022-07-01 ▶

Made In England —

9 2011-08-18 ▶

Madman Across the Water —

2 2017-02-02 ▶

Madman Across The Water —

1 2011-07-03 ▶

Mama Can't Buy You Love —

1 2024-11-24 ▶

Mellow —

2 2018-10-07 ▶

Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters —

1 2016-07-11 ▶

Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters —

26 2026-08-09 ▶

Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters —

8 2011-08-17 ▶

Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters - Maddison Square Gardens, 2001 —

1 2007-12-29 ▶

My Father's Gun —

1 2019-02-23 ▶

Never Too Late —

12 2020-01-01 ▶

Nice & Slow —

1 2017-01-06 ▶

Nikita —

43 2026-05-17 ▶

Nobody Wins —

42 2023-05-14 ▶

Oceans Away —

2 2013-09-17 ▶

One More Arrow —

1 2014-01-11 ▶

Oscar Wild Gets Out —

1 2015-05-26 ▶

Out Of The Blue —

2 2020-04-27 ▶

Part Time Love —

72 2016-08-19 ▶

Part-Time Love —

90 2026-10-15 ▶

Passengers —

44 2024-09-14 ▶

Philadelphia Freedom —

229 2026-10-18 ▶

Philadelphia Freedom (Glastonbury 2023) —

1 2023-06-25 ▶

Pinball Wizard —

42 2026-03-22 ▶

Pinball Wizard (Glastonbury 2023) —

5 2024-06-25 ▶

Pinball Wizard (Remastered / From "Tommy" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) —

1 2023-07-09 ▶

Pinky —

1 2016-01-01 ▶

R2 Saturday Club (long) —

2 2017-09-02 ▶

Recover Your Soul —

3 2018-02-22 ▶

Return To Paradise —

2 2014-04-20 ▶

Rocket Man —

246 2026-10-17 ▶

Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time) Session Demo —

1 2023-03-28 ▶

Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time) —

1 2020-10-27 ▶

Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time) (Glastonbury 2023) —

5 2023-06-29 ▶

Rocket Man (Live) —

2 2013-09-24 ▶

Rocket Man (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park) —

1 2018-08-26 ▶

Rocket Man (Radio 2 Session, 3 Feb 2016) —

1 2016-02-03 ▶

Rocket Man - Hammersmith Odeon 1974 —

2 2020-01-09 ▶

Roy Rogers —

3 2016-01-16 ▶

Roy Rogers (Remastered 2014) —

1 2025-05-28 ▶

Sacrifice —

154 2026-09-27 ▶

Sacrifice (Steve Wright In The Afternoon, 26 June 1990) —

1 2025-08-25 ▶

Sad —

2 2016-12-30 ▶

Sad Songs (Live At The Electric Proms) —

1 2010-11-02 ▶

Sad Songs (Say So Much) —

81 2026-08-21 ▶

Sad Songs (Say So Much) (Glastonbury 2023) —

1 2023-06-25 ▶

Sails —

2 2017-02-20 ▶

Salvation —

2 2023-03-22 ▶

Sartorial Eloquence —

4 2022-03-25 ▶

Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) —

105 2026-10-23 ▶

Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting —

71 2016-06-20 ▶

Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting (Glastonbury 2023) —

1 2023-06-25 ▶

Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting (Live) —

2 2013-09-25 ▶

Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2016) —

1 2020-09-09 ▶

Saturday night's alright for fighting 1973 —

1 2017-12-23 ▶

Shine On Through —

1 2015-06-06 ▶

Shoulder Holster —

1 2025-09-21 ▶

Sing Me No Sad Songs —

1 2020-09-17 ▶

Sixty Years On —

11 2018-01-01 ▶

Skyline Pidgeon - Hammersmith Odeon 1974 —

3 2020-01-09 ▶

Skyline Pigeon —

8 2019-12-26 ▶

Skyline Pigeon (live) —

1 2013-02-24 ▶

Skyline Pigeon (Piano Version) —

1 2012-03-25 ▶

Someday Out of the Blue —

1 2022-12-31 ▶

Someday out of the Blue (Theme from El Dorado) —

1 2022-08-29 ▶

Someone Saved My Life Tonight —

44 2026-05-17 ▶

Someone Saved My Life Tonight (Glastonbury 2023) —

1 2023-06-25 ▶

Something About The Way You Look Tonight —

36 2026-10-26 ▶

Son Of Your Father —

1 2016-07-03 ▶

Song For Guy —

46 2026-02-01 ▶

Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word —

19 2025-09-01 ▶

Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word —

10 2011-05-22 ▶

Step Into Christmas —

618 2025-12-27 ▶

Step Into Christmas (chart edit) —

2 2019-12-08 ▶

Step Into Christmas (Radio 1 Session) —

3 2018-12-24 ▶

Street Kids —

1 2026-10-11 ▶

Take Me to the Pilot —

5 2025-03-04 ▶

Take Me To The Pilot —

1 2011-02-14 ▶

Take Me To The Pilot - BBC Session —

1 2008-06-25 ▶

Teacher I Need You —

11 2020-10-08 ▶

Tell Me When the Whistle Blows —

1 2025-10-23 ▶

Tell Me When The Whistle Blows (Remastered) —

1 2025-10-24 ▶

The Bitch Is Back —

1 2006-07-18 ▶

The Ballad Of Danny Bailey —

1 2014-03-25 ▶

The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909 1934) —

1 2026-04-05 ▶

The Bitch Is Back —

22 2023-05-28 ▶

The Bitch Is Back (Glastonbury 2023) —

1 2023-06-25 ▶

The Bitch Is Back (Live) —

2 2013-09-25 ▶

The Bridge —

33 2017-10-07 ▶

The Cage —

1 2010-02-12 ▶

The Captain and The Kid —

2 2006-09-18 ▶

The Circle of life —

11 2013-11-18 ▶

The Greatest Discovery —

2 2015-02-28 ▶

The Last Song —

1 2015-07-05 ▶

The New Fever Waltz —

2 2013-09-19 ▶

The One —

32 2026-10-24 ▶

The Open Chord —

3 2016-01-28 ▶

The Retreat —

2 2024-07-07 ▶

The Scaffold —

1 2013-11-13 ▶

This Song Has No Title —

1 2018-09-08 ▶

This Train Don't Stop There Anymore —

11 2026-09-27 ▶

Tinderbox —

2 2007-05-27 ▶

Tiny Dancer —

274 2026-09-19 ▶

Tiny Dancer (BBC Sounds For Saturday - 29 Apr 1972) —

1 2023-12-21 ▶

Tiny Dancer (Glastonbury 2023) (feat. Brandon Flowers) —

1 2023-06-25 ▶

Tiny Dancer (Live at The BBC) —

1 2017-10-28 ▶

Tiny Dancer (Live Radio 2 in concert Sept 2013) —

1 2013-09-11 ▶

Tiny Dancer (Live) —

3 2013-10-04 ▶

Tiny Dancer (Piano Demo) —

1 2022-04-23 ▶

Tiny Dancer (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2016) —

1 2020-09-13 ▶

Tiny Dancer (Radio 2 Session, 03 Feb 2015) —

1 2016-02-03 ▶

Tiny Dancer (Radio 2 Session, 3 Feb 2016) —

1 2016-02-03 ▶

Tonight —

8 2025-06-02 ▶

Too Low For Zero —

19 2025-10-11 ▶

Tower of Babel —

1 2016-11-20 ▶

True Love —

2 2009-11-15 ▶

Turn The Lights Out When You Leave —

1 2021-12-12 ▶

Until I Found You (Glastonbury 2023) (feat. Steven Sanchez) —

2 2023-06-25 ▶

Victim Of Love —

5 2025-02-23 ▶

Voyeur —

76 2013-11-29 ▶

Voyuer —

1 2013-09-23 ▶

We All Fall in Love Sometimes —

2 2025-10-22 ▶

Western Ford Gateway —

1 2026-09-19 ▶

Where To Now St. Peter? —

1 2016-08-21 ▶

Wonderful Crazy Night (Radio 2 Session, 3 Feb 2016) —

1 2016-02-03 ▶

Wouldn't Have You Any Other Way (NYC) —

1 2006-09-19 ▶

Wrap Her Up (feat. George Michael) —

1 2025-11-08 ▶

Writing —

1 2025-11-25 ▶

Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock'N'Roll) —

1 2022-11-06 ▶

Your Song —

218 2026-10-17 ▶

Your Song (BBC's Platinum Party At The Palace) —

1 2022-06-04 ▶

Your Song (Demo Version) —

1 2020-08-29 ▶

Your Song (Glastonbury 2023) —

1 2023-06-25 ▶

Your Song (Live) —

2 2013-09-24 ▶

Your Song - BBC Session —

1 2008-06-25 ▶

Your Song - Hammersmith Odeon 1974 —

4 2020-01-09 ▶

Your Song 1973 —

1 2017-12-23 ▶

Your Song <CLIP> —

3 2014-03-18 ▶

Your Starter For —

1 2025-03-02 ▶