| Artist: | Elton John video |
| Video: | 17 |
| Music Videos: | 181 |
The videography and filmography of British singer, songwriter and pianist Elton John consists of 181 music videos and 17 video albums.
Since 1970, John has continually released promotional music videos, beginning with "Your Song" and only sporadically releasing videos thereafter. It was not until Visions, a release that included music videos of every song from his 1981 album The Fox, as well as the rise of MTV, that he began to release videos more frequently.
John had usually appeared in his music videos, but after 2001, John began appearing less and less in his own videos, sometimes opting to have other actors such as Justin Timberlake ("This Train Don't Stop There Anymore") and Robert Downey Jr. ("I Want Love") lip-synch the lyrics.
| Year | Title | Album | Music & Words | Art Direction | Video |
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| 1981 | "Breaking Down Barriers" | The Fox | Elton John & Gary Osborne | Russell Mulcahy | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xilpQcChV98 Elton John official |
| "Heart in the Right Place" | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeOh9ldBQtM Elton John official | ||||
| "Just Like Belgium" | Elton John & Bernie Taupin | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Q2EJOh3Fc Elton John official | |||
| "Nobody Wins" | Jean-Paul Dréau & Gary Osborne | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMjFBZNtQX4 Elton John official | |||
| "Fascist Faces" | Elton John & Bernie Taupin | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1MDMvbnO4Y Elton John official | |||
| "Carla/Etude" "Fanfare" | Elton John & James Newton Howard | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8OxmlkU0js Elton John official | |||
| "Chloe" | Elton John & Gary Osborne | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FRqksn26s8 Elton John official | |||
| "Heels of the Wind" | Elton John & Bernie Taupin | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__xWbya3EOw Elton John official | |||
| "Elton's Song" | Elton John & Tom Robinson | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX5WO2xLlM0 Elton John official | |||
| "The Fox" | Elton John & Bernie Taupin | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGmtac2tvTk Elton John official | |||
| "J'veux D'la Tendresse" | Elton's French language version of "Nobody Wins", on 2020 box set | Jean-Paul Dréau | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ8eJhH0SSQ non-official fan-made copy |
| Year | Title | Album | Music & Words | Art Direction | Video | |
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| 2000 | "Someday Out of the Blue" | The Road to El Dorado soundtrack | Elton John, Patrick Leonard & Tim Rice | Joseph Kahn and Bibo Bergeron | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In2RRit4AhA non-official copy | |
| 2001 | "I Want Love" | Songs from the West Coast | Elton John & Bernie Taupin | Sam Taylor-Wood | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufbexgPyeJQ Elton John official | |
| "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" | David LaChapelle | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsuHAn54wPs Elton John official | ||||
| "Original Sin" | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R6Qbq3sQeM Elton John official | |||||
| "Original Sin" (Junior's Earth Mix Edit) – Dan-O-Rama Video Remix | non-album remix single, on 2002 Expanded Edition of Songs from the West Coast (UK), video remix featured as a bonus on the One Night Only – The Greatest Hits DVD | Dan-O-Rama | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dtc5fPLRFQ Dan-O-Rama official | |||
| 2002 | "Your Song" (with Alessandro Safina) | non-album single, on 2002 compilation Greatest Hits 1970-2002 bonus disc and 2002 Expanded Edition of Songs from the West Coast (UK) | Tom Bird | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U00BBS0TQvg Alessandro Safina official | ||
| "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word" (with Blue) | Blue One Love | Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvbQzRAi4wM Blue official | |||
| "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word" (with Blue) – 2nd Version | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXqw6ERK09o Blue official | |||||
| 2003 | "Are You Ready for Love" ('79 Radio Edit) | Remixed EP, original remix version on the 1979 EP The Thom Bell Sessions, original 1977 recorded version on the 1989 album The Complete Thom Bell Sessions, (Ashley Beedle's Love and Protection Mono Edit) version also on 2003's Remixed EP | LeRoy Bell, Casey James & Thom Bell | Kate Dawkins | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QSA7pSvh-o Elton John official | |
| "The Heart of Every Girl" | Mona Lisa Smile soundtrack | Elton John & Bernie Taupin | Nigel Dick | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdVMrGPD_Oc non-official copy | ||
| 2004 | "Answer in the Sky" | Peachtree Road | David LaChapelle | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlTWelTmYfQ Elton John official | ||
| "All That I'm Allowed (I'm Thankful)" | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i2_s8baQWw Elton John official | |||||
| "Turn the Lights Out When You Leave" | Sam Taylor-Wood | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcGT9wTpCn8 Elton John official | ||||
| 2005 | "Electricity" | Billy Elliot the Musical Cast Recording bonus disc, Peachtree Road Expanded Edition (2005) | Elton John & Lee Hall | Stephen Daldry | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfWFZ3iL7NA Elton John official | |
| "Electricity" – More Liam Version | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WPfh8T23r8 Elton John official | |||||
| "Ghetto Gospel" (with 2Pac) | 2Pac Loyal to the Game, samples Elton's "Indian Sunset" from his 1971 album Madman Across the Water | Elton John, Tupac Shakur, Marshall Mathers & Bernie Taupin | Nzingha Stewart | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do5MMmEygsY 2Pac official | ||
| 2006 | "Tinderbox" | The Captain & the Kid | Elton John & Bernie Taupin | Julian Gibbs and Julian House | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOP-7ExpujI Elton John official | |
| 2008 | "Joseph, Better You than Me" (with The Killers & Neil Tennant) | non-album single, on 2011 album The Killers (Red) Christmas EP | Elton John, Brandon Flowers & Neil Tennant | Daniel Drysdale and Tyler Trautman | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW8oEWfuEIg The Killers Music official | |
| 2009 | "Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)" (with Ironik & Chipmunk) | Ironik No Point in Wasting Tears | Elton John, Ironik & Bernie Taupin | Max & Dania | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76BIZ7mHYF4 DJ Ironik official |
| Year | Title | Album | Music & Words | Art Direction | Video |
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| 2010 | "If It Wasn't For Bad" (with Leon Russell) | The Union | Leon Russell | Paul McKeown and One Hand Clapping | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C5xdrITASQ Elton John official |
| 2012 | "Sad" (vs Pnau) | Good Morning to the Night | Elton John, Thom Bell, Pnau & Bernie Taupin | Julian House | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=froqs4giHBg Elton John official |
| 2013 | "Home Again" | The Diving Board | Elton John & Bernie Taupin | Brent Bonacorso | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdRUQWVGENo Elton John official |
| "Home Again" – Lyric Video | Elton John's YouTube Official Channel | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP-7moQKd9M Elton John official | |||
| "Oceans Away" – Lyric Video | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izma0gpiLBQ Elton John official | ||||
| "Face To Face" (with Gary Barlow) | Gary Barlow Since I Saw You Last | Gary Barlow & John Shanks | Steve Power | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOmCw1tuyrY Gary Barlow official | |
| 2014 | "Save Rock and Roll" (with Fall Out Boy) | Fall Out Boy Save Rock and Roll | Fall Out Boy | Adam Donald and Andrew Zaeh | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cnBxSB1jUE Fall Out Boy official |
| "I Wish We Were Leaving" (with Bright Light Bright Light) | Bright Light Bright Light Life Is Easy | Rod Thomas | Johnny Lochland | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGoYBn3DbuQ brightlight×2 official | |
| "Harmony" | in recognition and release of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 40th Anniversary | Elton John & Bernie Taupin | Tam Johnstone | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB9cA3KocLY non-official copy | |
| 2015 | "Looking Up" | Wonderful Crazy Night | Joe Marshall | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJrCRZhNTLk Elton John official | |
| 2016 | "Blue Wonderful" | Thibaut Duverneix | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QmgP1hf_Ec Elton John official | ||
| "In The Name of You" | Rob Chandler | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h_Ml28zlAM Elton John official | |||
| "A Good Heart" | Daniel Kragh-Jacobsen | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du7gly_OpOI Elton John official | |||
| "All in the Name" (with Bright Light Bright Light) | Bright Light Bright Light Choreography | Rod Thomas | Rod Thomas & Santiago Felipe | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inoNKupmGl4 brightlight×2 official | |
| "Symmetry of Two Hearts" (with Bright Light Bright Light) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fmcNrKvLp4 brightlight×2 official | ||||
| 2017 | "Running Back To You" (with Bright Light Bright Light) | Rod Thomas & Ian Masterson | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBsh93jtDyw brightlight×2 official | ||
| "Bennie and the Jets" | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, music video contest Elton John: The Cut in partnership with YouTube was won by the directors | Elton John & Bernie Taupin | Jack Whiteley & Laura Brownhill | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo1OwRTRKRk Elton John official | |
| "Tiny Dancer" | Madman Across The Water, music video contest Elton John: The Cut in partnership with YouTube was won by the director | Max Weiland | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYcyacLRPNs Elton John official | ||
| "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)" | Honky Château, music video contest Elton John: The Cut in partnership with YouTube was won by the directors | Majid Adin and Stephen McNally | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtVBCG6ThDk Elton John official | ||
| 2019 | "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" (with Taron Egerton) | Rocketman Soundtrack | Kii Arens | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LtusBN3ST0 Elton John official | |
| "Never Too Late" – Lyric Video | The Lion King 2019 soundtrack | Elton John & Tim Rice | Jon Favreau | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6KNZIdD0_Y Disney official |
| Year | Title | Album | Music & Words | Art Direction | Video |
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| 2020 | "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" (Purple Disco Machine Remix) (with Taron Egerton) | non-album remix single | Elton John & Bernie Taupin | Kii Arens | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3IvO_miuDs Elton John official |
| "Ordinary Man" (with Ozzy Osbourne) | Ozzy Osbourne Ordinary Man | Ozzy Osbourne, Elton John, Chad Smith, Duff McKagan, William Walsh & Andrew Wotman | Stephen Lee Carr | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBF78tA443A Ozzy Osbourne official | |
| "Learn To Fly" (with Surfaces) – Lyric Video | non-album single available through Surfaces website, The Lockdown Sessions | Forrest Frank & Colin Padalecki | Studio Showoff | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFfNvSnFcAc Surfaces Music official | |
| "Learn To Fly" (with Surfaces) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaDmrrlYNv4 Surfaces Music official | ||||
| "Learn To Fly" (Extended Version) (with Surfaces) – Extended Video | B-side to non-album single available through Surfaces website | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eldck_RPpM Surfaces Music official | |||
| "Sing Me No Sad Songs" (Band Demo) – Lyric Video | Elton John & Bernie Taupin | Elton John's YouTube Official Channel | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdaN-kYqCwU Elton John official | ||
| "Regimental Sgt. Zippo" (Band Version) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN7G6eMVsEo Elton John official | ||||
| "Watching The Planes Go By" (Band Version) – Lyric Video | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsS4WcNkz7Q Elton John official | ||||
| "I Can't Go on Living Without You" (Arranged Band Version) – Lyric Video | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb8drAZmsyg Elton John official | ||||
| "Here's to the Next Time" (Piano/ Tambourine Demo) – Lyric Video | Elton John | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ0A75pjnOg Elton John official | |||
| "The Pink Phantom" (with Gorillaz & 6lack) | Gorillaz / The Lockdown Sessions | Damon Albarn, Remi Kabaka Jr. & 6lack | Jamie Hewlett | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ68kQLS250 Gorillaz official | |
| 2021 | "Baby I Miss You" (Band Demo) – Lyric Video | Elton John & Bernie Taupin | Elton John's YouTube Official Channel | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKqheVt36FE Elton John official | |
| "The Flowers Will Never Die" (Piano Demo) – Lyric Video | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qgj6B5BnfM Elton John official | ||||
| "Scarecrow" (Piano/ Tambourine Demo) – Lyric Video | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGw0kFUK40o Elton John official | ||||
| "Chosen Family" (with Rina Sawayama) – Performance Lyric Video | The Lockdown Sessions | Rina Sawayama & Danny L Harle | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTDRg5G77x4 Rina Sawayama official | ||
| "Nothing Else Matters" (with Miley Cyrus, WATT, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo & Chad Smith) | James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich | Hidden Road | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqoQY9bobow Miley Cyrus official | ||
| "Cold Heart" (PNAU Remix) (with Dua Lipa) | Elton John, Bernie Taupin & Pnau | Raman Djafari | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qod03PVTLqk Elton John official | ||
| "Cold Heart" (The Blessed Madonna Remix) (with Dua Lipa) – Visualiser | non-album single remix | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdWhjJGTe8w Elton John official | |||
| "Cold Heart" (PS1 Remix) (with Dua Lipa) – Visualiser | James Stevens | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6pORPxABJM Elton John official | |||
| "Cold Heart" (Claptone Remix) (with Dua Lipa) – Visualiser | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVNDvUCuDGw Elton John official | ||||
| "Finish Line" (with Stevie Wonder) – Lyric Video | The Lockdown Sessions | Elton John, Roman Campolo, Ali Tamposi & Andrew Wotman | Jared Shelton | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSjtTHNEGmY Elton John official | |
| "Merry Christmas" (with Ed Sheeran) | non-album single, later released to streaming services on The Lockdown Sessions | Elton John & Ed Sheeran | Jason Koenig | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_yuO8UNGmY Ed Sheeran official | |
| "Merry Christmas" (with Ed Sheeran) – Lyric Video | 351 Studio | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-j57M4JSQ4 Ed Sheeran official | |||
| "Sausage Rolls for Everyone" (with Ed Sheeran & LadBaby) | non-album single | Mark Hoyle, Roxanne Hoyle, Elton John, Ed Sheeran & Steve McCutcheon | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsRJ-iRZasQ LadBaby official | ||
| 2022 | "Picture" (with Eddie Vedder) – Lyric Video | Eddie Vedder Earthling | Elton John, Eddie Vedder & Andrew Wotman | Sabrina Nichols | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k4-BgiobBE Eddie Vedder official |
| "Finish Line" (with Stevie Wonder) | The Lockdown Sessions | Elton John, Roman Campolo, Ali Tamposi & Andrew Wotman | Zack Sekuler | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDnwBeRSJag Elton John official | |
| "Tiny Dancer" (Piano Demo)- Lyric Video | Madman Across the Water Anniversary Edition | Elton John & Bernie Taupin | Elton John's YouTube Official Channel | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4IPbePXTHI Elton John official | |
| "Madman Across The Water" (Original Version featuring Mick Ronson) – Lyric Video | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE8x4Gbc2iw Elton John official | ||||
| "Hold Me Closer" (with Britney Spears) – Lyric Video | non-album single, later released to streaming services on The Lockdown Sessions | Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Andrew Wotman & Henry Walter | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz50KmOzPHM Elton John official | ||
| "Hold Me Closer" (with Britney Spears) | Tanu Muino | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qExVlz3zb0k Elton John official | |||
| "Hold Me Closer" (Joel Corry Remix) (with Britney Spears) – Visualiser | non-album single remix | Klub Artefakt | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=det1qTSZi3U Elton John official | ||
| "Hold Me Closer" (Purple Disco Machine Remix) (with Britney Spears) – Visualiser | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw8vIvKYYcs Elton John official | ||||
| "Hold Me Closer" (Pink Panda Remix) (with Britney Spears) – Visualiser | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIv52h-OHBI Elton John official | ||||
| "Hold Me Closer" (Joel Corry Remix) (with Britney Spears) | Rebeka B Creative | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPdiGvQnPzg Elton John official | |||
| "Hold Me Closer" (Acoustic) (with Britney Spears) | Tristan Nash | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9CCGSU-a9U Elton John official | |||
| 2023 | "Guiding Light (Anniversary Edition)" (with Foy Vance, Ed Sheeran & Keith Urban) | non-album single | Foy Vance | Gus Black | https://www.youtube.cowatch?v=ITTMaigmwaM Foy Vance official |
| 2024 | "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" (with Glen Campbell) – Lyric Video | Glen Campbell Duets: Ghost on the Canvas Sessions | Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn1qkf8vVQU Glen Campbell official | |
| Year | Title | Album | Music & Words | Art Direction | Video |
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| 1988 | "When We Was Fab" (by George Harrison) *Elton makes a very brief cameo in the video, dropping a coin into Harrison's cup. | George Harrison Cloud Nine | George Harrison & Jeff Lynne | Godley & Creme | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVu6nPTVbBQ George Harrison official |
| "The Rumour" (by Olivia Newton-John) *Elton, along with Bernie, wrote the song and provided piano and backing vocals. | Olivia Newton-John The Rumour | Elton John & Bernie Taupin | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7doVdujPMbc Olivia Newton- John official | ||
| 1996 | "Live Like Horses" (by Elton John and Luciano Pavarotti) *Elton and Pavarotti are the subjects in this piece shot for GMTV in 1996. | non-album single, on 2017 compilation Diamonds | Elton John & Bernie Taupin | Peter Demetris | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlJeSkYhe8c Peter Demetris official |
| 1997 | "Perfect Day" (by Various Artists) *Elton provides vocals and cameos in the video, along with Lou Reed, David Bowie, Heather Small and several others. | non-album single, song was later released to raise money for the BBC charity Children in Need, #1 in the UK | BBC TV | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWQLLK7EupE Heather Small-The Voice of M People official | |
| 2005 | "Your Song" (by Patti LaBelle and Elton John) *Elton and LaBelle provide behind-the-scenes footage, in a montage, of their recording of the song for TV One. | Patti LaBelle Classic Moments | Elton John & Bernie Taupin | TV One | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGXjJscuqbw non-official copy |
| "Tears in Heaven" (by various artists) *Elton provides vocals and cameos in the video, along with Ozzy Osbourne, Rod Stewart, P!nk and several others. | non-album single, used to raise funds and awareness for relief of natural disasters | Eric Clapton & Will Jennings | Marcus Raboy | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW-u4p4FkRc non-official copy | |
| 2014 | "God Only Knows" (by various artists) *Elton provides vocals and cameos in the video, along with Brian Wilson, Stevie Wonder, Lorde and several others. | Brian Wilson & Tony Asher | Jonas Euvremer & François Rousselet | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqLTe8h0-jo BBC Music official | |
| 2015 | "Oceans Away" (by Elton John) *Elton has provided his and Bernie's song to this seemingly Hollywood-produced video short? | The Diving Board | Elton John & Bernie Taupin | Toby Wosskow and Colin Bates | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGah6YreDWY Toby & Colin official |
| 2017 | "Two Fingers of Whiskey" (by Elton John and Jack White) In this clip from the PBS/BBC documentary, The American Epic Sessions, *Elton, along with White, are performing one of the songs written for the film. | Music from The American Epic Sessions: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Elton John & Bernie Taupin | Bernard MacMahon | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLzxivuK8OM BBC Music official |
| 2020 | "Personal Shopper" (by Steven Wilson) *Elton makes an offscreen cameo by reading a shopping list at a break in the song. | Steven Wilson The Future Bites | Steven Wilson | Lucrecia Taormina | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX22dFMSNcg Steven Wilson official |
| "Lose Each Other" (by Teyana Taylor). *Elton is featured in the video. | Teyana Taylor The Album | Teyana Taylor, Ryan Ridgley, Bibi Bourelly, Mike Dean, Uforo Ebong & Raymond Komba | Teyana Taylor | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7u19e1vAyk Teyana Taylor official |
Videos directed by photographer David LaChapelle for Elton John's the Red Piano stage at the Colosseum Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
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| Live in Central Park |
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| Visions |
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| The Videosingles |
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| The Night Time Concert |
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| The Breaking Hearts Tour |
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| Live in Australia |
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| The Very Best of Elton John |
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| Live in Barcelona |
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| The Last Song Video Single |
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| Love Songs |
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| An Audience with Elton John |
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| Dream Ticket |
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| Elton 60 – Live at Madison Square Garden |
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| The Red Piano |
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| The Million Dollar Piano |
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