Elton's Song
| "Elton's Song" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Elton John | |
| from the album The Fox | |
| Released | 20 May 1981 |
| Recorded | August 1979 – March 1980 |
| Studio | Super Bear (Nice, France); Sunset Sound Recorders, The Village Recorder and Davlen Sound Studios (Los Angeles, California); EMI Studios Abbey Road (Abbey Road, London, UK) |
| Genre | Soft rock, pop |
| Length | 3:02 |
| Label | |
| Songwriter(s) | Elton John Tom Robinson |
| Producer(s) | Chris Thomas, Elton John, Clive Franks |
"Elton's Song" is a song written by Elton John (music) and Tom Robinson (lyrics). Recorded between August 1979 and March 1980 and produced by John and Clive Franks, the song first appeared much later on the 1981 album The Fox. The song is a rhapsodic ode with a theme of unrequited love.
Though lyrically genderless, the video for the song depicts a schoolboy with a crush on an older boy; Elton John told Rolling Stone that it was "the first gay song that I actually recorded as a homosexual song".