# The best Elton John songs

Elton John and Bernie Taupin's greatest songs, as ranked by critics and fans: Your Song, Rocket Man and the rest of the classics.

- 252 votes · 16 items
- Sep 30, 2025 · Graham Martin
- https://even.best/en/l/3550/the-best-elton-john-songs

## Top 16

1. **Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)** (21 · ▲21 ▼0) — 1972. An astronaut who misses home.
2. **Your Song** (16 · ▲19 ▼3) — 1970. The love song that made him famous.
3. **Bennie and the Jets** (16 · ▲17 ▼1) — 1973. A US number one with a live-concert feel.
4. **Goodbye Yellow Brick Road** (16 · ▲16 ▼0) — 1973. For some, the duo's masterpiece.
5. **Candle in the Wind** (15 · ▲17 ▼2) — 1973. Written about Marilyn Monroe.
6. **I'm Still Standing** (15 · ▲16 ▼1) — 1983. The eighties comeback anthem.
7. **Daniel** (14 · ▲16 ▼2) — 1973. A song about a brother coming home.
8. **Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me** (9 · ▲12 ▼3) — 1974. A ballad of rejection, later a duet with George Michael.
9. **Can You Feel the Love Tonight** (9 · ▲11 ▼2) — 1994. From The Lion King; it won the Oscar.
10. **Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting** (8 · ▲12 ▼4) — 1973. His most rocking song.
11. **Crocodile Rock** (8 · ▲10 ▼2) — 1972. His first US number one.
12. **Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)** (8 · ▲9 ▼1) — 2021. With Dua Lipa; a late number one in the UK.
13. **Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word** (6 · ▲9 ▼3) — 1976. A piano ballad about apologising.
14. **Tiny Dancer** (4 · ▲9 ▼5) — 1971. Revived decades later by the film Almost Famous.
15. **Levon** (4 · ▲9 ▼5) — 1971. A deep cut fans adore.
16. **Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding** (-1 · ▲7 ▼8) — 1973. The epic opener of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.