Club at the End of the Street explained

Club at the End of the Street
Cover:	Club_at_the_end_of_the_street.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Elton John
Album:	Sleeping with the Past
B-Side:	Give Peace a Chance
Genre:	Pop rock
Length:	4:49 (album version) 4:29 (single version)
Label:	Rocket (UK) MCA (US)
Composer:	Elton John
Lyricist:	Bernie Taupin
Producer:	Chris Thomas
Prev Title:	Sacrifice
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	You Gotta Love Someone
Next Year:	1990

"Club at the End of the Street" is an upbeat pop rock song composed by English musician Elton John with lyrics by Bernie Taupin. It was included on John's album Sleeping with the Past in 1989 and released as its third single in 1990. The song describes a night on the town between two lovers at an undisclosed nightclub. In 2013, John stated on Rolling Stone that this song was one of his favourites.^[1] The song featured an animated music video. He performed it three times live during the One Night Only concerts in 2000.^[2]

For the single release, John's rendition of the well-known John Lennon song "Give Peace a Chance" was used for the B-side. This song was also released on his 1990 box set, To Be Continued.

Chart performance

The single was a No. 28 pop hit in the US and a Top 40 hit in several countries in the summer of 1990; whilst in Denmark, where the album was recorded, it reached No. 1 for two weeks and remains one of Elton's biggest hits in that country.

Music video

The music video was produced by Animation City, an animation company in London and directed by Derek Hayes; it followed the success of the Madonna video "Dear Jessie" by the same company. The music video version of the track is slightly faster than the single and album versions. The animated version of Elton John would make a cameo appearance a year later in Rod Stewart's "The Motown Song" music video; which was also created by the same company.

• Director – Derek Hayes
• Producer – Maddy Sparrow
• Designer – Lin Jammet
• Animators – Neville Astley, Paul Cowan, Jimmy Farrington, Kevin Griffiths, Andy Goff, Malcolm Hartley, Derek Hayes and Erica Russell.
• Additional Animation – 'A' For Animation
• Production Company – Animation City

Track listings

7-inch and CD single

1. "Club at the End of the Street" – 4:49
2. "Give Peace a Chance" – 3:46

12-inch maxi

1. "Club at the End of the Street" – 4:49
2. "Give Peace a Chance" – 3:46
3. "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" (live in Verona, Italy) – 5:37

Personnel

• Elton John – keyboards, lead and harmony vocals, backing vocals
• Guy Babylon – keyboards
• Fred Mandel – keyboards, organ, guitar
• Peter Iversen – Fairlight and Audiofile programming
• Davey Johnstone – guitar, backing vocals
• Romeo Williams – bass
• Jonathan Moffett – drums
• Vince Denham – saxophone

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[3]	46
US Cash Box Top 100^[4]	24

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)	Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[5]	92
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)^[6]	26
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[7]	10
US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)^[8]	174

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)
United States	April 1990		MCA
United Kingdom	6 August 1990		Rocket	^[9]

See also

• List of European number-one airplay songs of the 1990s

Notes and References

1. Crowe. Cameron. 10 October 2013. Elton John: My Life in 20 Songs. 12 February 2022. Rolling Stone. en-US.
2. Web site: Club at the End of the Street by Elton John Song Statistics setlist.fm. www.setlist.fm. 13 January 2022.
3. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. 1 September 1990. 20 June 2021. Music & Media.
4. Web site: U.S. Cash Box Chart Entries – 1990 – 1996 . 4 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180722235226/http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/popmusichistory/Charts/Cash%20Box%201990s%20(By%20Artist).pdf . 22 July 2018 . dead .
5. Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1990. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 23 April 2020.
6. Top 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks of 1990. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 23 April 2020.
7. Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1990. Billboard. 9 March 2021.
8. Book: Whitburn, Joel. 1999. Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Record Research Inc.. 0-89820-142-X.
9. New Singles. Music Week. 27. 4 August 1990.