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{{Infobox song
| name       = The Goaldiggers Song
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Elton John]]
| album      =
| B-side     = Brian, Jimmy, Elton and Eric
| released   = April 1977
| recorded   = 1977
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Charity record|Charity]]
| length     = 2:30
| label      = [[The Rocket Record Company|Rocket Records]]
| writer     = [[Elton John]]
| producer   = Unlisted
| prev_title = [[Crazy Water]]
| prev_year  = 1977
| next_title = [[Ego (Elton John song)|Ego]]
| next_year  = 1978
}}

"'''The Goaldiggers Song'''" is a [[charity single]] by English musician [[Elton John]], released in 1977. The song is written for the Goaldigger's charity to provide playing fields in under-privileged areas. The single never charted anywhere, as it was a limited charity release-only 500 copies were pressed, approximately half of which were signed by John.

The song is written, composed and performed solely by Elton John; the song features only his piano and multi-tracked vocals.  The actual disc does not contain writing or production credits, and since the release of the single, it hasn't appeared on any album or been reissued in any formats and considered as a collector's item.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elton John – The Goaldiggers Song (Rare Charity Single from 1977)| date=20 September 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OcSQd3vnMk|language=en|access-date=14 February 2022|via=YouTube}}</ref>

The only well-known performance of this song happens at his performance at the [[Wembley Empire Pool]] on 3 November 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elton John – Live in London (November 3rd, 1977)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAFT54biDn8|language=en|access-date=14 February 2022|via=YouTube}}</ref>

==Background==
At the time in 1977, Elton was living reclused in London; the only time he would go out was to go see his football team [[Watford F.C.]] play. The single was available for a cost of five UK pounds by mail-order only and featured John and a number of other British celebrities including [[Jimmy Hill]] and [[Eric Morecambe]] in conversation on the B-side. The tapes were destroyed after the pressing, so no other official copies of the recording exist.

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