A lot of you were expecting an Elton John song last week.
Not this one, of course.
With lyrics by Bernie Taupin, and music by John and Davey Johnson, the song has a 50s feel, but the lyrics.... wow. They are emotional and evocative. The video tells a story of a couple separated and then reunited.
It's a beautiful song, and it went to #4 on the US charts in 1983, with similar performance elsewhere in the world.
There really isn't a lot to say about this song. It's just a good song.
Except there's a lot more to say. Mary J. Blige re-recorded the song with Elton John, and versions done by both of them have appeared on BOTH of their albums - this one from a 2000 live album by Elton John (it also appeared on a 2006 album by Blige).
Mary J. isn't the only partner John has sung this song with.
Elton John has famously toured with Billy Joel a couple of times, and in 1998, this song was done by them, together, on TWO pianos.
In 1983, I was 11.
I didn't appreciate a slow-paced emotional love song in 1983.
In 2023, I appreciate that Elton John has stuck with music long enough for me to appreciate and even like the song. He's on what seems like his 94th farewell tour now, and this is him performing the song in 2022. Yes, his voice has lost a little. Yes, the song still hits.
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