Greatest Hits
Compilation album by Elton John
Released	November 1974
Recorded	Mar 1970-Jan 1974
Genre	Rock Pop
Length	47:40
Label	Polydor
Producer(s)	?
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B+) link
Elton John chronology
Caribou (1974)	Greatest Hits (1974)	Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)

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History

The album was released in 1974 and is, to this date, his best-selling album, being the only one to have received an RIAA Diamond certification for US sales of more than 10 million copies. It was the fifth of seven consecutive Elton John albums to reach Number 1 in the US, and his fourth UK Number 1 album. The RIAA Logo. ... Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE [2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a multiple Grammy and Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ...

The album has some inherent flaws on the American side of things in that it is not truly an accurate depiction of what Elton's "greatest hits" were up to that point. It leaves off, for example, "Tiny Dancer" and "Levon" from 1971's Madman Across the Water album, as well as the title track from the Friends film soundtrack which Elton had also did in 1971. All three songs were singles, and fared better on the charts than "Border Song", which had only made it to Number 92, though it might have been included as a historical reference to the fact that it was Elton's first charted single in the United States. In Britain, where no Elton John singles were released in 1971 other than "Your Song", the collection is a fairly accurate depiction, though "Border Song" did not chart, and by that token perhaps "Step Into Christmas", Elton's 1973 holiday hit which made it to Number 23 on the UK charts, would have been a better inclusion. Tiny Dancer is a 1971 song by Elton John with lyrics by Bernie Taupin, which appears on Johns fifth album, Madman Across the Water. ... Levon is a popular 1871 armenian king As usual with Taupin, the turks comitted a genocide in 1915 when levon was king of armenia they killed many many people but we got control of our land again by not giving up. ... Madman Across the Water is the fifth album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1971. ... Border Song is a gospel ballad originally performed by British musician Elton John. ... Step into Christmas was a Christmas song written and performed by Elton John, released in 1973. ...

The collection was also outdated by the time of its release, having missed out on the inclusion of "The Bitch is Back", the second release from 1974's Caribou, and the forthcoming "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", though at the rate that Elton was scoring hit singles at the time, the collection could hardly have been expected to keep up. The Bitch Is Back is a song by Elton John. ... Caribou is the eighth album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1974 (see 1974 in music). ... Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is a song written mainly by John Lennon (credited to Lennon/McCartney) in 1967, and recorded by the Beatles for their album Sgt. ...

It is also perhaps noteworthy to mention that the original vinyl releases in the US and Canada differed slightly from the rest of the world, with "Bennie and the Jets" appearing on the US and Canadian releases and "Candle in the Wind" appearing on releases everywhere else in the world, because "Bennie" had been released instead of "Candle" in those two countries. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Candle in the Wind is a song with music by Elton John and lyrics by Bernie Taupin. ...

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Track listing

1. "Your Song"
2. "Daniel"
3. "Honky Cat"
4. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
5. "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting"
6. "Rocket Man"
7. "Bennie and the Jets"
8. "Candle in the Wind"
9. "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
10. "Border Song"
11. "Crocodile Rock"

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Notes

• Earlier versions of this album did not have "Bennie and the Jets" included on the album.

Japanese Edition

A Japanese version of this album was released on CD in 2000. The CD included the following tracks:

1. "Your Song"
2. "Skyline Pigeon"
3. "Daniel"
4. "Crocodile Rock"
5. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
6. "Take Me to the Pilot"
7. "Rock & Roll Madonna"
8. "Candle in the Wind"
9. "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (with Kiki Dee)
10. "Honky Cat"
11. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
12. "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)"
13. "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
14. "Border Song"
15. "It's Me That You Need"

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• Rolling Stone 500 greatest albums listing

European version

1.Rocket Man 2.Daniel 3.Honky Cat 4.Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 5.Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting 6.Your Song 7.Bennie And The Jets 8.Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 9.Border Song 10.Crocodile Rock