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Club at the End of the Street

Club at the End of the Street

1990 single by Elton John


"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. John stated in 2013 on Rolling Stone that this song was one of his favourites.[1] He performed this song 3 times live during the One Night Only concerts in 2000.[2]

Quick Facts Single by Elton John, from the album Sleeping with the Past ...

The music video for the song was animated, due to John's involvement with the family of AIDS victim Ryan White.[citation needed]

B-side

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

Charts

More information Chart (1990), Peak position ...

Release history

More information Region, Date ...

See also


References

  1. Crowe, Cameron (10 October 2013). "Elton John: My Life in 20 Songs". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  2. "Elton John – Club at the End of the Street" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  3. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 1 September 1990. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  4. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 25, 1990" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  5. "U.S. Cash Box Chart Entries – 1990 – 1996" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  6. "Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1990". Billboard. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  7. Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
  8. "New Singles". Music Week. 4 August 1990. p. 27.

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