Honky Cat

"Honky Cat"
Single by Elton John
from the album Honky Château
B-side "Slave"
Released 31 July 1972
Recorded Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France, January 1972
Length 5:13
Label Uni (USA), DJM (UK)
Songwriter(s) Elton John, Bernie Taupin
Elton John singles chronology
"Rocket Man" / "Susie (Dramas)"
(1972)		 "Honky Cat" / "Slave"
(1972)		 "Crocodile Rock" / "Elderberry Wine"
(1972)

"Honky Cat" is a song from the 1972 Elton John album Honky Château, the album's lead-off track.[1][2]

"Honky Cat" reached the Billboard top 10 when released as a single, reaching  No.  31 in the UK. The song fared better in the U.S., hitting  No.  8 just as John launched an American tour in September 1972. [3] The song remains a staple of "classic rock" radio.

A live version was released on the Here side of the Here and There live set in 1976 (and its expanded CD version in 1995), and a solo piano version appeared on the EltonJohn.com "Live in Madison Square Garden" Vol. 1 limited edition CD, recorded in October 1999.

Lee Ann Womack covered the song on the 2018 tribute album Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.

Chart performance

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Honky Cat by Elton John". Music.yahoo.com. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  2. ↑ Stewart Mason. "Honky Cat - Elton John | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  3. ↑ Rock Movers & Shakers by Dafydd Rees and Luke Crampton, 1991, Billboard Books, ISBN 978-0874366617
  4. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-02.
  6. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.


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