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Studio Albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[3]
AUS
[4][5]
AUT
[6]
CAN
[7]
FRA
[8]
GER
[9]
NOR
[10]
NZ
[11]
SWE
[12]
US
[13]
Empty Sky
  • Released: 6 June 1969
  • Label: DJM
  • Formats: LP, cassette
30 [A]
Elton John
  • Released: 10 April 1970
  • Label: DJM
  • Formats: LP, cassette
5 2 4 4
  • RIAA: Gold[14]
Tumbleweed Connection
  • Released: 30 October 1970
  • Label: DJM
  • Formats: LP, cassette
2 4 4 5
  • RIAA: Platinum[14]
Madman Across the Water
  • Released: 5 November 1971
  • Label: DJM
  • Formats: LP, cassette
41 8 13 8
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[14]
Honky Château
  • Released: 19 May 1972
  • Label: DJM
  • Formats: LP, cassette
2 4 3 43 8 1
  • RIAA: Platinum[14]
Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player
  • Released: 22 January 1973
  • Label: DJM
  • Formats: LP, cassette
1 1 1 16 1 1
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum[14]
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  • Released: 5 October 1973
  • Label: DJM
  • Formats: LP, cassette
1 1 1 41 5 9 1
  • BPI: Platinum[15]
  • RIAA: 8× Platinum[14]
Caribou
  • Released: 28 June 1974
  • Label: DJM
  • Formats: LP, cassette
1 1 1 30 6 20 1
  • BPI: Gold[15]
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[14]
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
  • Released: 19 May 1975
  • Label: DJM
  • Formats: LP, cassette
2 1 7 1 1 22 2 1 1
  • BPI: Gold[15]
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum[14]
Rock of the Westies
  • Released: 24 October 1975
  • Label: DJM
  • Formats: LP, cassette
5 4 1 5 33 6 4 6 1
  • BPI: Gold[15]
  • MC: Platinum[16]
  • RIAA: Platinum[14]
Blue Moves
  • Released: 22 October 1976
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: LP, cassette
3 8 5 12 39 5 7 12 3
  • BPI: Gold[15]
  • MC: Gold[16]
  • SNEP: Gold[17]
  • RIAA: Platinum[14]
A Single Man
  • Released: 1 October 1978
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: LP, cassette
8 8 12 12 17 4 5 26 15
  • BPI: Gold[15]
  • MC: Platinum[16]
  • SNEP: Gold[17]
  • NVPI: Gold[18]
  • RIAA: Platinum[14]
Victim of Love
  • Released: 13 October 1979
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: LP, cassette
41 20 28 21 18 44 35
  • MC: Gold[16]
21 at 33
  • Released: 13 May 1980
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: LP, cassette
12 7 10 10 21 6 3 16 13
  • MC: Gold[16]
  • SNEP: Gold[17]
  • RIAA: Gold[14]
The Fox
  • Released: 20 May 1981
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: LP, cassette
12 2 11 43 5 34 5 6 25 21
  • BPI: Silver[15]
Jump Up!
  • Released: 9 April 1982
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: LP, cassette
13 3 19 12 47 3 1 15 17
  • BPI: Silver[15]
  • RIAA: Gold[14]
Too Low for Zero
  • Released: 30 May 1983
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
7 2 17 11 5 6 2 30 25
  • BPI: Platinum[15]
  • MC: Platinum[16]
  • SNEP: Gold[17]
  • BVMI: Gold[19]
  • RIAA: Platinum[14]
Breaking Hearts
  • Released: 9 July 1984
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
2 1 4 10 5 7 2 11 20
  • BPI: Gold[15]
  • RIAA: Platinum[14]
Ice on Fire
  • Released: 7 November 1985
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
3 6 9 49 14 5 2 8 16 48
  • BPI: Platinum[15]
  • SNEP: Gold[17]
  • BVMI: Gold[19]
  • NVPI: Gold[18]
  • IFPI SWE: Platinum[20]
  • IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum[21]
  • RIAA: Gold[14]
Leather Jackets
  • Released: 15 October 1986
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
24 4 22 38 21 12 34 31 91
  • BPI: Gold[15]
Reg Strikes Back
  • Released: 24 June 1988
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
18 13 13 6 30 18 8 26 18 16
  • BPI: Silver[15]
  • MC: 2× Platinum[16]
  • SNEP: Gold[17]
  • RIAA: Gold[14]
Sleeping with the Past
  • Released: 29 August 1989
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
1 2 5 30 2 9 7 1 23 23
  • BPI: 3× Platinum[15]
  • MC: 2× Platinum[16]
  • SNEP: Platinum[17]
  • ABPD: Gold[22]
  • BVMI: Gold[19]
  • NVPI: Gold[18]
  • IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum[21]
  • RIAA: Platinum[14]
The One
  • Released: 22 June 1992
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
2 2 1 7 1 1 2 7 8 8
  • BPI: Gold[15]
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum[23]
  • MC: 3× Platinum[16]
  • SNEP: Platinum[17]
  • BVMI: Gold[19]
  • IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum[21]
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[14]
Duets
  • Released: 22 November 1993
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
5 12 1 14 10 3 16 20 25
  • BPI: Platinum[15]
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum[23]
  • MC: Platinum[16]
  • SNEP: 2× Gold[17]
  • IFPI NOR: Platinum[24]
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum[21]
  • RIAA: Platinum[14]
Made in England
  • Released: 17 March 1995
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
3 6 1 3 2 4 3 10 8 13
  • BPI: Gold[15]
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum[23]
  • MC: 2× Platinum[16]
  • SNEP: Platinum[17]
  • BVMI: Gold[19]
  • IFPI SWE: Gold[20]
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum[21]
  • RIAA: Platinum[14]
The Big Picture
  • Released: 22 September 1997
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, cassette
3 5 1 14 4 8 2 7 2 9
  • BPI: Platinum[15]
  • ARIA: Platinum[25]
  • IFPI AUT: Gold[23]
  • MC: Platinum[16]
  • SNEP: Gold[17]
  • IFPI NOR: Platinum[24]
  • IFPI SWE: Gold[20]
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum[21]
  • RIAA: Platinum[14]
Songs from the West Coast
  • Released: 1 October 2001
  • Label: Rocket/Mercury
  • Formats: CD, cassette
2 7 15 9 19 14 2 24 8 15
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[15]
  • ARIA: Gold[26]
  • MC: Gold[16]
  • IFPI NOR: Gold[24]
  • IFPI SWE: Gold[27]
  • IFPI SWI: Gold[21]
  • RIAA: Gold[14]
Peachtree Road
  • Released: 7 November 2004
  • Label: Rocket/Universal
  • Formats: CD, LP
21 44 27 11 63 31 16 34 38 17
  • BPI: Gold[15]
  • IFPI SWI: Gold[21]
  • RIAA: Gold[14]
The Captain & the Kid
  • Released: 15 September 2006
  • Label: Mercury/Interscope
  • Formats: CD, LP
6 37 37 12 56 25 10 27 18
  • BPI: Silver[28]
The Union
(with Leon Russell)
  • Released: 19 October 2010
  • Label: Mercury/Decca
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
12 28 28 7 51 23 5 24 24 3
  • BPI: Silver[28]
  • MC: Gold[29]
The Diving Board
  • Released: 16 September 2013
  • Label: Mercury/Capitol
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
3 26 13 7 24 11 10 20 42 4
  • BPI: Silver[15]
Wonderful Crazy Night
  • Released: 5 February 2016
  • Label: Virgin EMI
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
6 11 8 18 35 10 17 11 15 8
“—” denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Live Albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[3]
AUS
[4][5]
AUT
[6]
CAN
[7][13]
FRA
[8]
GER
[9]
NOR
[10]
NZ
[11]
SWE
[12]
US
[13]
17-11-70
  • Released: 12 March 1971
  • Label: DJM
  • Formats: LP
20 20 10 11
Here and There
  • Released: 30 April 1976
  • Label: DJM
  • Formats: LP, cassette
6 11 13 19 3 30 4
  • BPI: Gold[15]
  • RIAA: Platinum[14]
  • MC: Gold[16]
Live in Australia
(with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
  • Released: 13 June 1987
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
43 5 43 11 24
  • MC: 2× Platinum[16]
  • RIAA: Platinum[14]
One Night Only – The Greatest Hits
  • Released: 21 November 2000
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, cassette
7 32 20 21 14 10 16 65
  • BPI: Platinum[15]
  • ARIA: Gold[30]
  • IFPI AUT: Gold[23]
  • MC: Gold[16]
  • IFPI SWI: Gold[21]
  • RIAA: Gold[14]
“—” denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Soundtrack Albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[3]
AUS
[5]
AUT
[6]
CAN
[7]
FRA
[8]
GER
[9]
NOR
[10]
NZ
[11]
SWE
[12]
US
[13]
Friends
  • Released: 24 March 1971
  • Label: Paramount
  • Formats: LP
19 17 12 36
  • RIAA: Gold[14]
The Lion King
  • Released: 31 May 1994
  • Label: Walt Disney
  • Formats: CD, cassette
3 4 1 1 7 1
  • BPI: Platinum[15]
  • ARIA: Gold[31]
  • MC: Diamond[32]
  • SNEP: Diamond[17]
  • IFPI SWE: Gold[20]
  • IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum[21]
  • RIAA: Diamond[14]
Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida
  • Released: 22 March 1999
  • Label: Rocket
  • Formats: CD, cassette
29 9 24 23 12 41
  • RIAA: Gold[14]
The Muse
  • Released: 24 August 1999
  • Label: PolyGram
  • Formats: CD
The Road to El Dorado
  • Released: 14 March 2000
  • Label: Dreamworks
  • Formats: CD, cassette
40 63
Billy Elliot the Musical
  • Released: 7 February 2006
  • Label: Decca Broadway
  • Formats: CD
Gnomeo & Juliet
  • Released: 8 February 2011
  • Label: Buena Vista
  • Formats: CD, digital download
“—” denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Singles

1960s

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[4]
AUS
[5]
BEL
[6]
CAN
[7]
GER
[8]
IRE
[9]
NL
[10]
NOR
[11]
NZ
[12]
SWI
[13]
US
[14]
US AC
[14]
US R&B
[14]
1968 “I’ve Been Loving You”
b/w “Here’s to the Next Time”
Non-album tracks
1969 “Lady Samantha”
b/w “All Across the Havens”
“It’s Me That You Need”
b/w “Just Like Strange Rain”
“—” denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

1970s

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[4]
AUS
[5]
BEL
[6]
CAN
[7]
GER
[8]
IRE
[9]
NL
[10]
NOR
[11]
NZ
[12]
SWI
[13]
US
[14]
US AC
[14]
US R&B
[14]
1970 “Border Song”
b/w “Bad Side of the Moon” (Non-album track)
34 25 92 Elton John
“Rock n’ Roll Madonna”
b/w “Grey Seal” (original version – not the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road version)
Non-album track
“From Denver to L.A.”
Non-Elton John B-side
The Games soundtrack
“Love Song” Tumbleweed Connection
1971 “Your Song”
b/w “Into the Old Man’s Shoes” (UK, non-album track)
“Take Me to the Pilot” (US)
7 11 16 3 4 10 8 9
  • US: Platinum[15]
Elton John
“Friends”
b/w “Honey Roll”
96 13 34 17 Friends soundtrack
“Levon”
b/w “Goodbye”
94 6 24 Madman Across The Water
1972 “Tiny Dancer”
b/w “Razor Face”
13 19 41 35
  • US: Platinum[15]
“Rocket Man”
b/w “Suzie (Dramas)”
2 8 18 6 6 39 Honky Château
“Honky Cat”
b/w “Slave”
31 78 10 41 8 6
“Crocodile Rock”
b/w “Elderberry Wine”
5 2 3 1 3 10 11 3 1 1 11
  • US: Platinum[15]
Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player
1973 “Daniel”
b/w “Skyline Pigeon” (1972 non-LP remake)
4 7 11 1 27 4 15 8 5 2 1
  • US: Gold[15]
“Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting”
b/w “Jack Rabbit”/”Whenever You’re Ready” (Non-album tracks)
7 31 12 44 13 12 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
“Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”
b/w “Screw You” (UK, non-album track)
Retitled as “Young Man’s Blues” for US B-side issue
6 4 1 49 4 23 9 2 7
  • US: Platinum[15]
“Step into Christmas”
b/w “Ho Ho Ho (Who’d Be a Turkey at Christmas)”
24 Non-album track
1974 “Candle in the Wind”
b/w “Bennie and the Jets” (see below)
11 5 8 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
“Bennie and the Jets”
b/w “Harmony”
37 1 18 1 15
  • US: Platinum[15]
“Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me”
b/w “Sick City” (Non-album track)
16 13 1 17 30 2 3
  • US: Gold[15]
Caribou
“The Bitch Is Back”
b/w “Cold Highway” (Non-album track)
15 53 1 4
  • US: Gold[15]
“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”
b/w “One Day at a Time” (Non-album track)
10 3 1 31 11 1
  • US: Gold[15]
Elton John’s Greatest Hits Volume II
1975 “Philadelphia Freedom”
b/w “I Saw Her Standing There” (Non-album track)
12 4 1 50 1 32
  • US: Platinum[15]
“Someone Saved My Life Tonight”
b/w “House of Cards” (Non-album track)
22 54 2 13 4 36
  • US: Gold[15]
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
“Island Girl”
b/w “Sugar on the Floor” (Non-album track)
14 12 4 42 4 1 27
  • CAN: Gold[16]
  • US: Platinum[15]
Rock of the Westies
1976 “Grow Some Funk of Your Own”/”I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)” 8 39 14 21
“Pinball Wizard”
b/w “Harmony” (from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road)
7 88 13 Tommy soundtrack
“Love Song” (with Lesley Duncan)
b/w “Love Song” (long version)
85 18 Here and There
“Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” (with Kiki Dee)
b/w “Snow Queen” (Non-album track)
1 1 3 1 5 1 3 5 1 4 1 1
  • UK: Gold[17]
  • US: Gold[15]
  • CAN: Platinum[16]
Elton John’s Greatest Hits Volume II
“Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word”
b/w “Shoulder Holster”
11 19 3 3 14 7 6 1
  • CAN: Gold[16]
  • US: Gold[15]
Blue Moves
1977 “Crazy Water”
b/w “Chameleon”
27
“Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance!)”
b/w “Chicago” (by Kiki Dee, UK non-album track)
“Chameleon” (US)
28 72 51 28
“The Goaldiggers Song”
b/w “Jimmy, Brian, Elton and Eric”
Non-album tracks
1978 “Ego”
b/w “Flinstone Boy”
34 40 21 34
“Part-Time Love”
b/w “I Cry at Night” (Non-album track)
15 12 13 11 14 22 40
  • UK: Silver[17]
A Single Man
“Song for Guy”
b/w “Lovesick” (Non-album track)
4 14 9 22 7 11 7 37
  • UK: Silver[17]
1979 “Return to Paradise”
b/w “Song for Guy” (see above)
49
“Are You Ready For Love – Part 1”
b/w “Part 2”
42 63 75 17 The Complete Thom Bell Sessions
“Mama Can’t Buy You Love”
b/w “Strangers” (UK, non-album track)
“Three Way Love Affair” (US)
82 10 20 9 1 36
  • US: Gold[15]
“Victim of Love”
b/w “Strangers” (Non-album track)
38 46 31 Victim of Love
“Johnny B. Goode”
“Thunder in the Night” (UK)
“Georgia” (US, from A Single Man)
“—” denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

1980s

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[4]
AUS
[5]
BEL
[6]
CAN
[7]
GER
[8]
IRE
[9]
NL
[10]
NOR
[11]
NZ
[12]
SWI
[13]
US
[14]
US AC
[14]
US Rock
[14]
1980 “Little Jeannie”
b/w “Conquer the Sun” (Non-album track)
33 9 20 1 23 16 5 4 3 1
  • CAN: Gold[16]
  • US: Gold[15]
21 at 33
“Sartorial Eloquence (Don’t Ya Wanna Play This Game No More?)”
b/w “Cartier”/”White Man Danger” (Non-album tracks)
44 91 57 39 45
“Dear God”
b/w “Tactics” (Non-album track)
82
1981 “Les Aveux”
b/w “Donner Pour Donner”
(with France Gall)
Non-album tracks
“I Saw Her Standing There”
(with John Lennon)
40 81 13
“Nobody Wins”
b/w “Fools in Fashion” (Non-album track)
42 46 23 43 36 10 19 21 23 The Fox
“Just Like Belgium”
b/w “Can’t Get Over Getting Over Losing You” (Non-album track)
“Chloe”
b/w “Tortured” (Non-album track)
34 34 16
1982 “Blue Eyes”
b/w “Hey Papa Legba” (Non-album track)
8 4 8 5 51 8 19 11 9 12 1 Jump Up!
“Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)”
b/w “Take Me Down to the Ocean” (Non-album track)
51 63 8 29 14 13 18
“Princess”
b/w “The Retreat” (Non-album track)
“Ball and Chain”
b/w “Where Have All the Good Times Gone”
14
“All Quiet on the Western Front”
b/w “Where Have All the Good Times Gone”
1983 “I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues”
b/w “Choc Ice Goes Mental” (by Lord Choc Ice, UK non-album track)
“The Retreat” (US, non-album track)
5 4 14 9 22 5 48 12 12 4 2 Too Low for Zero
“I’m Still Standing”
b/w “Earn While You Learn” (UK, non-album track)
“Love So Cold” (US, non-album track)
4 3 11 1 10 2 16 30 1 12 28 34
  • UK: Silver[17]
“Kiss the Bride”
b/w “Dreamboat” (UK, non-album track)
“Choc Ice Goes Mental” (US, non-album track)
20 25 37 58 17 32 25
“Crystal” / 12
“Cold as Christmas (In the Middle of the Year)” 33 16
1984 “Too Low for Zero”
b/w “Lonely Boy” (Non-album track)
52
“Sad Songs (Say So Much)”
b/w “A Simple Man” (Non-album track)
7 4 26 4 18 2 8 3 5 2 Breaking Hearts
“Passengers”
b/w “Lonely Boy” (Non-album track)
5 9 9 38 27
  • UK: Silver[17]
“Who Wears These Shoes?”
b/w “Tortured” (UK, re-recorded non-album track)
“Lonely Boy” (Non-album track)
50 76 36 11 39 16 11 18
“In Neon”
b/w “Tactics” (Non-album track)
92 38 11
1985 “Breaking Hearts (Ain’t What It Used to Be)”
b/w “In Neon” (see above)
59
“Act of War Part 1” (featuring Millie Jackson)
b/w “Act of War Part 2”
32 50 94 39 11 Non-album track
“Nikita”
b/w “The Man Who Never Died” (UK, non-album track)
“Restless” (US, Live non-album track)
3 3 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 7 3
  • UK: Silver[17]
Ice on Fire
“Wrap Her Up”
b/w “Restless” (Live, non-album track)
“The Man Who Never Died” (US, non-album track)
12 22 26 54 12 33 20
1986 “Cry to Heaven”
b/w “Candy by the Pound”
47 86 13 22 13
“Heartache All Over the World”
b/w “Highlander” (Non-album track)
45 7 26 58 24 22 55 Leather Jackets
“Slow Rivers”
b/w “Billy and the Kids” (Non-album track)
Elton John and Cliff Richard (both sides)
44 82 24 25
1987 “Your Song”
b/w “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me”
Both tracks with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
100 Live in Australia
“Candle in the Wind”
b/w “Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word”
Both tracks with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
5 92 5 55 4 6 2
1988 “Take Me to the Pilot”
b/w “Tonight”
Both tracks with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
37
“I Don’t Wanna Go on with You Like That”
b/w “Rope Around a Fool” (Non-album track)
30 24 1 22 25 21 10 2 1 13 Reg Strikes Back
“Town of Plenty”
b/w “Whipping Boy” (from Too Low for Zero)
74 95
“A Word in Spanish”
b/w “Heavy Traffic”
10 43 27 19 4
“Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Part Two)”
b/w “A Word in Spanish” (see above)
1989 “Healing Hands”
b/w “Dancing in the End Zone” (Non-album track)
45 14 8 39 60 13 13 1 23 Sleeping with the Past
“Sacrifice”
b/w “Love Is a Cannibal” (from Ghostbusters II soundtrack)
55 7 2 19 36 2 3 2 19 23 18 3
  • AUS: Gold[18]
“—” denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

1990s

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[4]
AUS
[5]
BEL
[6]
CAN
[7]
GER
[8]
IRE
[9]
NL
[10]
NOR
[11]
NZ
[12]
SWI
[13]
US
[14]
US AC
[14]
US Dance
[14]
1990 “Sacrifice”
b/w “Healing Hands”
1
  • UK: Platinum[17]
Sleeping with the Past
“Club at the End of the Street”
b/w “Whispers” (UK)
“Sacrifice” (US)
47 19 24 12 45 27 28 28 2
“You Gotta Love Someone”
b/w “Medicine Man” (Non-album track)
33 32 29 1 43 16 26 27 43 1 The Very Best of Elton John
“Easier to Walk Away”
b/w “I Swear I Heard the Night Talking” (from “…to be continued”)/”Made for Me” (from “…to be continued”)
63 57 59 51 71
“Blue Avenue”
b/w “Stones Throw from Hurtin'”
50 Sleeping with the Past
1991 “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” (with George Michael)
b/w “I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)” (by George Michael, non-album track)
1 3 1 1 4 2 1 1 4 1 1 1
  • UK: Silver[17]
  • AUS: Gold[18]
Duets
1992 “The One”
b/w “Suit of Wolves” (from “…to be continued”)/”Fat Boys and Ugly Girls” (Non-album track)
10 15 5 1 20 8 14 3 27 5 9 1 The One
“Runaway Train” (with Eric Clapton)
b/w “Understanding Women”
31 53 17 41 28 15 10
“The Last Song”
b/w “The Man Who Never Died” (remix, Non-album track)/”Song for Guy” (remix, Non-album track)
21 32 35 7 72 28 38 27 23 2 The One
1993 “Simple Life”
b/w “The Last Song” (UK)
“The North” (US)
44 3 63 30 1
“True Love” (with Kiki Dee)
b/w “The Show Must Go On” (UK, non-album track)
“Runaway Train” (with Eric Clapton)
2 34 4 12 38 2 56 21
  • UK: Silver[17]
Duets
1994 “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” (with RuPaul)
b/w “Donner Pour Donner” (Non-album track)
7 45 33 62 15 34 39 28 92 3
“Shakey Ground” (with Don Henley)
B-side unknown
64
“Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing” (with Marcella Detroit)
b/w “Break the Chain” (by Marcella Detroit, non-album track)
24
“Can You Feel the Love Tonight”
b/w “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” (instrumental)
14 9 26 1 14 9 14 4 7 10 4 1
  • AUS: Gold[18]
  • AUT: Gold[19]
  • SWE: Gold[20]
  • US: Gold[15]
The Lion King soundtrack
“Circle of Life”
b/w “Circle of Life” (by Carmen Twillie)
11 60 5 3 10 9 7 13 2 18 2
  • GER: Gold[21]
1995 “Believe”
b/w “The One” (live, non-album track)
15 23 38 1 56 24 47 43 20 13 1 Made in England
“Made in England”
b/w “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” (live, with John Lennon, non-album track)
18 48 5 59 40 52 12 13
  • SWE: Gold[20]
“Blessed”
b/w “Latitude”
86 21 3 83 34 2
1996 “Please”
CD single with two different mixes of “Made in England”,
both non-album tracks
33 27
“You Can Make History (Young Again)”
b/w “Something About the Way You Look Tonight”/
“Candle in the Wind 1997”
19 70 4 Love Songs
“Live Like Horses” (with Luciano Pavarotti)
b/w “Live Like Horses” (live version with Luciano Pavarotti and Friends)
9 65 74 The Big Picture
1997 “Something About the Way You Look Tonight”
b/w “You Know Why I’m in Love” (Non-album track)/”No Valentines” (from Love Songs)
32 14 73 94 1
“Something About the Way You Look Tonight”/
“Candle in the Wind 1997”
b/w “You Can Make History (Young Again)”
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
  • UK: 9× Platinum[17]
  • AUS: 14× Platinum[18]
  • AUT: 6× Platinum[19]
  • CAN: 19× Platinum[16]
  • GER: 9× Platinum[21]
  • SWE: Gold[20]
  • SWI: 9× Platinum[22]
  • US: 11× Platinum[15]
The Big Picture
Non-album track
1998 “Recover Your Soul”
CD single, also featuring “I Know Why I’m in Love” and
“Big Man in a Little Suit” (both non-LP tracks)
16 92 55 39 73 55 5 The Big Picture
“If the River Can Bend”
CD single
32 95
1999 “Written in the Stars” (with LeAnn Rimes)
CD single with alternate version and a “Various Snippets” as well as a medley of songs by various artists and “Your Song” (live at the Ritz)
10 85 35 79 95 34 29 2 Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida
“A Step Too Far” (with Heather Headley and Sherie Scott)
CD single p/w “Your Song” (live at the Ritz)
15
“—” denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

2000s

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[4]
AUS
[5]
BEL
[6]
CAN
[7]
GER
[8]
IRE
[9]
NL
[10]
NOR
[11]
NZ
[12]
SWI
[13]
US
[14]
US AC
[14]
US Dance
[14]
2000 “Someday Out of the Blue” 69 40 49 5 The Road to El Doradosoundtrack
“Friends Never Say Goodbye” 50 21
2001 “I Want Love” 9 63 65 7 31 49 31 110 6 Songs from the West Coast
2002 “This Train Don’t Stop There Anymore” 24 83 10
“Original Sin” 39 54 18 44
“Your Song”
(with Alessandro Safina)
4 8 29 88
  • UK: Silver[17]
Non-album single
2003 “Are You Ready for Love” (re-release) 1 54 4 78 1
  • UK: Silver[17]
The Thom Bell Sessions
“The Heart of Every Girl” 24 Mona Lisa Smile soundtrack
2004 “Answer in the Sky” 7 Peachtree Road
“All That I’m Allowed (I’m Thankful)” 20 24
2005 “Turn the Lights Out When You Leave” 32
“Electricity” 4 17
2006 “The Bridge” 19 The Captain & the Kid
“Calling It Christmas”
(with Joss Stone)
123 Elton John’s Christmas Party
“—” denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

2010s–present

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[4]
AUS
[5]
BEL
[6]
CAN
[7]
GER
[8]
IRE
[9]
NL
[10]
NOR
[11]
NZ
[12]
SWI
[13]
US
[14]
US AC
[14]
US Dance
[14]
2010 “If It Wasn’t for Bad”
(with Leon Russell)
194 The Union
2012 “Sad”
(vs Pnau)
48 84 Good Morning to the Night
“Good Morning to the Night”
(vs Pnau)
30
2013 “Home Again” 143 77 14 The Diving Board
“Mexican Vacation (Kids in the Candlelight)”
2014 “Face to Face”
(with Gary Barlow)
69 64 75 Since I Saw You Last (Gary Barlow album)
“Can’t Stay Alone Tonight” 18 The Diving Board
“I Wish We Were Leaving”
(with Bright Light Bright Light)
Life is Easy (Bright Light Bright Light album)
2015 “Looking Up” 12 Wonderful Crazy Night
“Wonderful Crazy Night”
2016 “Blue Wonderful”
“—” denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.