The Very Best Of Elton John:Elton John

The Very Best of Elton John is a greatest hits compilation album by Elton John, released in October 1990. His first career-retrospective album, and fourth official greatest-hits album overall, it was released in the United Kingdom, and in other countries such as Japan and Australia, but not in the United States.

The album spans his second album Elton John in 1970 to the successful then most-recent 1989 album Sleeping with the Past. After the huge hit that was thedouble A-sided "Sacrifice"/"Healing Hands" single, which was the third best-selling single of 1990 in the United Kingdom, the album became an instant smash in that country. It spent its first two weeks at #1 and then nine strong weeks at #2. It was kept from the top during all nine weeks by Madonna's Immaculate Collection. In all the album spent 145 weeks inside the UK top 200 album chart, making a total of 11 re-entries, and it was certified 9× Platinum by the BPI on 1 March 1995.[2]

It includes a total of 28 hit singles plus the new songs "Easier to Walk Away" and "You Gotta Love Someone", which also made the charts between 1990 and 1991.

The release also spawned a music video compilation, which was originally released on both laserdisc and VHS, and reissued on DVD.



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[hide]  *1 Track listing  ==Track listing[ edit] == CD 1 CD 2 N.B. : Please note that Track 25 is different on European version of the album. "Whispers" from Sleeping with the Past takes the place of "Passengers". ===LP 1[ edit] === ====Side one<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Side two<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ===LP 2<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ====Side three<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Side four<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The cassette track listing is the same as vinyl's (omits "Pinball Wizard", "The Bitch Is Back", "Passengers" and "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That"). ==B-sides<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Music video compilation<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Charts<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Certifications<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * 1.1 LP 1
 * 1.1.1 Side one
 * 1.1.2 Side two
 * 1.2 LP 2
 * 1.2.1 Side three
 * 1.2.2 Side four
 * 2 B-sides
 * 3 Music video compilation
 * 4 Charts
 * 5 Certifications
 * 6 References
 * 1) "Your Song" – 4:02
 * 2) "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be a Long, Long Time)" – 4:42
 * 3) "Honky Cat" – 5:15
 * 4) "Crocodile Rock" – 3:54
 * 5) "Daniel" – 3:55
 * 6) "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" – 3:17
 * 7) "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" – 4:12
 * 1) "Candle in the Wind" – 3:51
 * 2) "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" – 5:58
 * 3) "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (Lennon/McCartney) – 6:16
 * 4) "Philadelphia Freedom" – 5:42
 * 5) "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" – 6:46
 * 1) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart (with Kiki Dee)" (credited to Carte Blanche/Ann Orson) – 4:32
 * 2) "Bennie and the Jets" – 5:21
 * 3) "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" – 3:50
 * 4) "Song for Guy" – 6:41
 * 5) "Part-Time Love" (John/Osborne) – 3:15
 * 6) "Blue Eyes" (John/Osborne) – 3:28
 * 7) "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" (John/Johnstone/Taupin) – 4:45
 * 1) "I'm Still Standing" – 3:03
 * 2) "Kiss the Bride" – 3:55
 * 3) "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" – 4:10
 * 4) "Nikita" – 5:44
 * 5) "Sacrifice" – 5:08
 * 6) "Easier to Walk Away" – 4:24
 * 7) "You Gotta Love Someone" – 5:00
 * 1) "Your Song" (Top of the Pops 1971 live version)
 * 2) "Daniel" (live German 1973 version)
 * 3) "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (Top of the Pops 1973 live version)
 * 4) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (with Kiki Dee)
 * 5) "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (BBC Live Christmas Show version)
 * 6) "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long Long Time)" (live Wembley 1977 version)
 * 7) "Blue Eyes"
 * 8) "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
 * 9) "I'm Still Standing"
 * 10) "Kiss the Bride"
 * 11) "Sad Songs (Say So Much)"
 * 12) "Passengers"
 * 13) "Nikita"
 * 14) "Wrap Her Up"
 * 15) "Candle in the Wind" (live in Australia 1986 version)
 * 16) "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" (live in Prince's Trust 1987 version)
 * 17) "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That"
 * 18) "Philadelphia Freedom" (live in Verona 1989 version)
 * 19) "Sacrifice"
 * 20) "You Gotta Love Someone"