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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
6,360
SONGS PLAYED
305
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2006-05-01
08:22
·
Radio 2 — "Crocodile Rock"
LAST PLAYED
3 days ago
·
6 Music — "Chameleon"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA
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◦ ACTIVITY
Plays per year
2006 — 2026
500
375
250
125
0
117
122
205
268
296
300
299
412
328
385
447
366
343
385
377
281
292
442
329
282
84
'06
'07
'08
'09
'10
'11
'12
'13
'14
'15
'16
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
'25
'26
◦ WHERE
By station
Radio 2
5,574
88%
Radio 1
436
7%
6 Music
347
5%
1Xtra
3
0%
◦ WHEN
Common hour
00
06
12
18
23
Peak hour:
15:00
◦ THE SONGS
Top tracks
BY PLAY COUNT
#
TITLE
PLAYS
LAST
1
Step Into Christmas
618
2025-12-27
2
I'm Still Standing
588
2026-05-15
3
Are You Ready for Love
395
2026-05-07
4
Tiny Dancer
269
2026-04-29
5
Crocodile Rock
259
2026-05-08
6
Rocket Man
244
2026-04-14
7
Philadelphia Freedom
224
2026-05-12
8
Your Song
212
2026-05-13
9
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
155
2025-10-26
10
Sacrifice
152
2026-04-05
11
Daniel
130
2026-05-15
12
Island Girl
128
2025-07-14
◦ THE LOG
Recent plays
2026-05-18
00:21
Chameleon
6 Music
2026-05-17
22:10
Nikita
Radio 2
2026-05-17
20:08
Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Radio 2
2026-05-17
13:24
Chameleon
6 Music
2026-05-15
11:48
Daniel
Radio 2
2026-05-15
05:05
I'm Still Standing
Radio 2
2026-05-13
12:54
Your Song
Radio 2
2026-05-12
08:03
Philadelphia Freedom
Radio 2
2026-05-09
13:23
Part-Time Love
Radio 2
2026-05-08
20:22
Crocodile Rock
Radio 2
2026-05-07
13:35
Are You Ready for Love
Radio 2
2026-05-06
16:05
I'm Still Standing
Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK
All songs played
305 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
TITLE
YEAR
BAR
PLAYS
LAST
▶
(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
—
395
2026-05-07
▶
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
—
86
2025-08-16
▶
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
2016-06-24
▶
Blue Wonderful (Radio 2 Session, 3 Feb 2016)
—
1
2016-02-03
▶
Blues Never Fade Away
—
1
2006-09-20
▶
Border Song
—
23
2023-04-17
▶
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
—
67
2026-03-08
▶
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
—
12
2026-05-18
▶
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
—
259
2026-05-08
▶
Crocodile Rock (Glastonbury 2023)
—
1
2023-06-25
▶
Crocodile Rock 1973
—
1
2017-12-23
▶
Cry To Heaven
—
2
2020-11-13
▶
Daniel
—
130
2026-05-15
▶
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
—
6
2024-08-25
▶
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
—
155
2025-10-26
▶
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
—
18
2025-10-01
▶
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
—
23
2025-12-21
▶
I'm Still Standing
—
588
2026-05-15
▶
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
—
91
2026-02-20
▶
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
—
25
2025-04-13
▶
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
—
87
2026-05-09
▶
Passengers
—
44
2024-09-14
▶
Philadelphia Freedom
—
224
2026-05-12
▶
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
—
244
2026-04-14
▶
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
2025-05-27
▶
Sacrifice
—
152
2026-04-05
▶
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)
—
80
2026-02-16
▶
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)
—
101
2026-04-10
▶
Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
—
71
2016-06-19
▶
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
—
34
2026-01-03
▶
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
▶
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
—
31
2025-08-27
▶
The Open Chord
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3
2016-01-28
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The Retreat
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2
2024-07-07
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The Scaffold
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1
2013-11-13
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This Song Has No Title
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1
2018-09-08
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This Train Don't Stop There Anymore
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10
2023-01-18
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Tinderbox
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2
2007-05-27
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Tiny Dancer
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269
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1
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1
2013-09-11
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Tiny Dancer (Live)
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3
2013-10-04
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1
2022-04-23
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1
2020-09-13
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Tiny Dancer (Radio 2 Session, 03 Feb 2015)
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1
2016-02-03
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1
2016-02-03
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8
2025-06-02
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19
2025-10-11
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1
2016-11-20
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True Love
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2
2009-11-15
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1
2021-12-12
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Until I Found You (Glastonbury 2023) (feat. Steven Sanchez)
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2
2023-06-25
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5
2025-02-23
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Voyeur
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76
2013-11-29
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Voyuer
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1
2013-09-23
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2
2025-10-22
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1
2016-08-21
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Wonderful Crazy Night (Radio 2 Session, 3 Feb 2016)
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1
2016-02-03
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1
2006-09-19
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1
2025-11-08
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Writing
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1
2025-11-25
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Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock'N'Roll)
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1
2022-11-06
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Your Song
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212
2026-05-13
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Your Song (BBC's Platinum Party At The Palace)
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1
2022-06-04
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Your Song (Demo Version)
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1
2020-08-29
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Your Song (Glastonbury 2023)
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1
2023-06-25
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Your Song (Live)
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2
2013-09-24
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1
2008-06-25
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Your Song - Hammersmith Odeon 1974
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4
2020-01-09
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Your Song 1973
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1
2017-12-23
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3
2014-03-18
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1
2025-03-02
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