Rocketman: Music from the Motion Picture

Rocketman: Music From The Motion Picture was released by Virgin EMI (UK) and Interscope Records (US) on CD and digital formats on 24 May 2019 and is the official soundtrack album to the 2019 biographical musical film of Elton John entitled Rocketman.[1] The album contains 22 tracks of several hits performed by the cast of the film and a newly written track "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" featuring vocals by Taron Egerton and John together.[2] This is the only song featuring Elton. The song won the 2019 Golden Globe award for best original song in a motion picture & the 2020 Academy Award for Best Original Song. The soundtrack was also released by Interscope Records on vinyl on August 23, 2019.

Rocketman (Music from the Motion Picture)
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
Released24 May 2019 (2019-05-24)
GenreRock, pop
Length1:12:52
LanguageEnglish
Label
Producer

Commercial success

On June 7, 2019, the album entered the Billboard 200 at No. 58 and at number six on the Billboard soundtrack album charts, selling 6,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. In the second week, the soundtrack moved to No. 50 on the Billboard 200, moving up 13 percent with another 12,000 album-equivalent units.[3]

Track listing

All tracks produced by Giles Martin; except "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" produced by Martin and Greg Kurstin.

All tracks written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, except where noted.

No.TitlePerformed byLength
1."The Bitch Is Back" (introduction)Taron Egerton and Sebastian Rich1:53
2."I Want Love"Kit Connor, Gemma Jones, Bryce Dallas Howard and Steven Mackintosh2:13
3."Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"Taron Egerton and Kit Connor3:10
4."Thank You for All Your Loving" (Elton John, Caleb Quaye)Taron Egerton3:24
5."Border Song"Taron Egerton3:25
6."Rock and Roll Madonna" (interlude)Taron Egerton2:42
7."Your Song"Taron Egerton4:01
8."Amoreena"Taron Egerton4:20
9."Crocodile Rock"Taron Egerton2:53
10."Tiny Dancer"Taron Egerton5:25
11."Take Me to the Pilot"Taron Egerton3:43
12."Hercules"Taron Egerton5:26
13."Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (interlude)Taron Egerton and Rachel Muldoon1:34
14."Honky Cat"Taron Egerton and Richard Madden2:34
15."Pinball Wizard" (Pete Townshend) (interlude)Taron Egerton2:02
16."Rocket Man"Taron Egerton4:31
17."Bennie and the Jets"Taron Egerton2:28
18."Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"Taron Egerton and Celinde Schoenmaker2:40
19."Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"Taron Egerton2:15
20."Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"Taron Egerton and Jamie Bell4:05
21."I'm Still Standing"Taron Egerton3:58
22."(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again"Elton John and Taron Egerton4:11
Total length:01:12:52

Charts

References
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