Elton John singles discography
An Elton John singles discography.
| Year | Title | Album | UK UK Singles Chart |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 |
U.S. Sales Variety (76-84) or Billboard (84-present) (see note) |
U.S. Airplay Radio & Records (73-84) or Billboard (84-present) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | "I've Been Loving You" | non-album single | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1969 | "Lady Samantha" | non-album single | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1969 | "It's Me That You Need" | non-album single | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1970 | "Border Song" | Elton John | – | 92 | – | – | – |
| 1970 | "Rock And Roll Madonna" | non-album single | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1970 | "From Denver To L.A." | The Games soundtrack | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1970 | "Your Song" | Elton John | 7 | 8 | 8 | – | – |
| 1971 | "Friends" | Friends soundtrack | – | 34 | 17 | – | – |
| 1971 | "Levon" | Madman Across The Water | – | 24 | 17 | – | – |
| 1972 | "Tiny Dancer" | Madman Across The Water | – | 41 | 29 | – | – |
| 1972 | "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)" | Honky Château | 2 | 6 | 11 | – | – |
| 1972 | "Honky Cat" | Honky Château | 31 | 8 | 18 | – | – |
| 1972 | "Crocodile Rock" | Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player | 4 | 1 (3) | 1 (2) | – | – |
| 1973 | "Daniel" | Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| 1973 | "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 7 | 12 | 9 | – | – |
| 1973 | "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 6 | 2 | 1 (1) | – | 1 (1) |
| 1973 | "Step Into Christmas" | non-album single | 24 | – | 56 | – | – |
| 1974 | "Candle in the Wind" | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 11 | – | – | – | – |
| 1974 | "Bennie and the Jets" | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 37 | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | – | 1 (3) |
| 1974 | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | Caribou | 16 | 2 | 1 (1) | – | 2 |
| 1974 | "The Bitch Is Back" | Caribou | 15 | 4 | 5 | – | 5 |
| 1974 | "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" | non-album single | 10 | 1 (2) | 1 (1) | – | 1 (1) |
| 1975 | "Philadelphia Freedom" | non-album single | 12 | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | – | 1 (6) |
| 1975 | "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy | 22 | 4 | 1 (1) | – | 2 |
| 1975 | "Island Girl" | Rock of the Westies | 14 | 1 (3) | 1 (2) | – | 1 (3) |
| 1976 | "Grow Some Funk of Your Own" / "I Feel Like A Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford) | Rock of the Westies | 16 | 14 | 9 (Grow) / 18 (Bullet) | 26 | 16 |
| 1976 | "Pinball Wizard" | Tommy soundtrack | 7 | – | – | – | 9 |
| 1976 | "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (with Kiki Dee) | non-album single | 1 (6) | 1 (4) | 1 (3) | 1 (6) | 1 (7) |
| 1976 | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" | Blue Moves | 11 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 5 |
| 1977 | "Bite Your Lip (Get Up And Dance)" | Blue Moves | 28 | 28 | 42 | 44 | – |
| 1977 | "Crazy Water" | Blue Moves | 27 | – | – | – | – |
| 1978 | "Flinstone Boy" | non-album single | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978 | "Ego" | non-album single | 34 | 34 | 22 | – | – |
| 1978 | "Part-Time Love" | A Single Man | 15 | 22 | 13 | 42 | 25 |
| 1978 | "Song For Guy" | A Single Man | 4 | 110 | – | – | – |
| 1979 | "Are You Ready For Love" | The Complete Thom Bell Sessions | 42 | – | – | – | – |
| 1979 | "Mama Can't Buy You Love" | The Complete Thom Bell Sessions | – | 9 | 10 | 18 | 4 |
| 1979 | "Victim of Love" | Victim of Love | – | 31 | 38 | – | – |
| 1979 | "Johnny B. Goode" | Victim of Love | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980 | "Little Jeannie" | 21 at 33 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 1980 | "(Sartorial Eloquence) Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More?" | 21 at 33 | 44 | 39 | 58 | – | – |
| 1981 | "I Saw Her Standing There" | non-album single | 40 | – | – | – | – |
| 1981 | "Nobody Wins" | The Fox | 42 | 21 | 24 | 40 | 20 |
| 1981 | "Chloe" | The Fox | – | 34 | 31 | – | – |
| 1982 | "Empty Garden (Hey, Hey Johnny)" | Jump Up! | 51 | 13 | 12 | – | 9 |
| 1982 | "Blue Eyes" | Jump Up! | 8 | 12 | 10 | – | 11 |
| 1983 | "I'm Still Standing" | Too Low For Zero | 4 | 12 | 18 | – | 5 |
| 1983 | "Kiss The Bride" | Too Low For Zero | 20 | 25 | 31 | – | 13 |
| 1983 | "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" | Too Low For Zero | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 1983 | "Cold As Christmas / Crystal" | Too Low For Zero | 33 | – | – | – | – |
| 1984 | "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" | Breaking Hearts | 7 | 5 | 10 | – | 4 |
| 1984 | "Passengers" | Breaking Hearts | 5 | – | – | – | – |
| 1984 | "Who Wears These Shoes?" | Breaking Hearts | 50 | 16 | 23 | 27 | 10 |
| 1984 | "In Neon" | Breaking Hearts | – | 38 | 34 | – | – |
| 1984 | "Breaking Hearts (Ain't What Used To Be)" | Breaking Hearts | 59 | – | – | – | – |
| 1985 | "Act Of War (Part 1)" (with Millie Jackson) | non-album single | 32 | – | – | – | – |
| 1985 | "Wrap Her Up" | Ice on Fire | 12 | 20 | 14 | 27 | 16 |
| 1985 | "That's What Friends Are For" (with Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder and Gladys Knight, credited as Dionne & Friends) | non-album single | 16 | 1 (4) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1986 | "Nikita" | Ice on Fire | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| 1986 | "Cry To Heaven" | Ice on Fire | 47 | – | – | – | – |
| 1986 | "Heartache All Over the World" | Leather Jackets | 45 | 55 | 48 | – | – |
| 1986 | "Slow Rivers" (with Cliff Richard) | Leather Jackets | 44 | – | – | – | – |
| 1987 | "Flames of Paradise" (with Jennifer Rush) | non-album single | 59 | 36 | 38 | 32 | 34 |
| 1987 | "Your Song (live)" | Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | 85 | – | – | – | – |
| 1987 | "Candle in the Wind (live)" | Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| 1988 | "I Don't Wanna Go on With You Like That" | Reg Strikes Back | 30 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 1988 | "Town of Plenty" | Reg Strikes Back | 74 | – | – | – | – |
| 1988 | "A Word in Spanish" | Reg Strikes Back | 91 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 27 |
| 1989 | "Through the Storm" (with Aretha Franklin) | non-album single | 41 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 19 |
| 1989 | "Healing Hands" | Sleeping with the Past | 45 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 20 |
| 1989 | "Sacrifice" | Sleeping with the Past | 55 | 18 | – | 14 | 25 |
| 1990 | "Sacrifice / Healing Hands" | Sleeping with the Past | 1 (6) | – | – | – | – |
| 1990 | "Club At the End of the Street" | Sleeping with the Past | – | 28 | 24 | 26 | 34 |
| 1990 | "Club At the End of the Street / Whispers" | Sleeping with the Past | 47 | – | – | – | – |
| 1990 | "You Gotta Love Someone" | non-album single | 33 | 43 | 37 | 36 | – |
| 1990 | "Easier to Walk Away" | To Be Continued | 63 | – | – | – | – |
| 1991 | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (live, with George Michael) | non-album single | 1 (2) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 4 | 4 |
| 1992 | "The One" | The One | 10 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 8 |
| 1992 | "Runaway Train" | The One | 31 | – | – | – | – |
| 1992 | "The Last Song" | The One | 21 | 23 | 20 | 30 | 27 |
| 1993 | "Simple Life" | The One | 44 | 30 | 18 | 69 | 26 |
| 1993 | "True Love" (with Kiki Dee) | Duets | 2 | 56 | 58 | 54 | – |
| 1994 | "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (with Ru Paul) | Duets | 7 | 92 | – | 66 | – |
| 1994 | "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (with Marcella Detroit) | Duets | 24 | – | – | – | – |
| 1994 | "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" | The Lion King soundtrack | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 1994 | "Circle of Life" | The Lion King soundtrack | 11 | 18 | 25 | 34 | 15 |
| 1995 | "Believe" | Made in England | 15 | 13 | 11 | 19 | 14 |
| 1995 | "Made in England" | Made in England | 18 | 52 | 58 | – | 43 |
| 1995 | "Blessed" | Made in England | – | 34 | 46 | 46 | 31 |
| 1996 | "Please" | Made in England | 33 | – | – | – | – |
| 1996 | "You Can Make History (Young Again)" | non-album single | 70 | 70 | 66 | 63 | – |
| 1996 | "Live Like Horses" (with Luciano Pavarotti) | non-album single | 9 | – | – | – | – |
| 1997 | "Something About the Way You Look Tonight / Candle in the Wind '97" | The Big Picture | 1 (5) | 1 (14) | – | 1 | 18 (Way) / 21 (Candle) |
| 1998 | "Recover Your Soul" | The Big Picture | 16 | 55 | – | – | 65 |
| 1998 | "If the River Can Bend" | The Big Picture | 32 | – | – | – | – |
| 1999 | "Written in the Stars" (with LeAnn Rimes) | Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida | 10 | 29 | – | 13 | – |
| 2000 | "Someday Out of the Blue" | The Road to El Dorado soundtrack | – | 49 | – | 15 | – |
| 2001 | "I Want Love" | Songs From the West Coast | 9 | 110 | – | – | – |
| 2002 | "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" | Songs From the West Coast | 24 | – | – | – | – |
| 2002 | "Original Sin" | Songs From the West Coast | 39 | – | – | – | – |
| 2002 | "Your Song" (with Alessandro Safina) | non-album single | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| 2002 | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (feat. Blue) | non-album single | 1 (1) | – | – | – | – |
| 2003 | "Are You Ready For Love" (re-mix) | non-album single | 1 (1) | – | – | – | – |
| 2004 | "All That I'm Allowed (I'm Thankful)" | Peachtree Road | 20 | – | – | – | – |
| 2005 | "Turn the Lights Out When You Leave" | Peachtree Road | 32 | – | – | – | – |
| 2005 | "Ghetto Gospel" (2Pac feat. Elton John) | Loyal to the Game (2Pac) | 1 (3) | – | – | – | – |
| 2005 | "Electricity" | non-album single | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| 2006 | "The Bridge" | The Captain and the Kid | TBR | 39 (AC) | – | – | – |
- NOTE: Variety's Bestselling Singles chart, which comprised the weekly top 50 bestselling singles from 1976-1981, shrank to a top-ten-only chart in February of 1982. So the sales info listed here is only for the top ten sellers from February 1982 until October 1984, when Billboard debuted its Hot 100 Singles Sales chart. Several Elton John singles no doubt charted outside the top ten during that time.