Tiny Dancer (track)
by Elton John
Year: 1971
From the album Madman Across The Water (track #1)
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Tiny Dancer appears on the following album(s) by Elton John:
- Madman Across The Water (track #1) (this album) (1971)
- Greatest Hits 1970-2002 (track #3) (compilation) (2002)
- Live In Australia With The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (track #8) (1987)
- To Be Continued... (track #16) (compilation) (1990)
- To Be Continued... (track #34) (compilation) (1990)
- Diamonds (track #2) (compilation) (2017)
- Rocket Man - Number Ones (track #14) (compilation) (2007)
- The Very Best Of Elton John (1980) (track #7) (compilation) (1980)
- Pop Chronik (track #15) (compilation) (1976)
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| ! | 4 days ago | plasmicmist | 7,009 | 90/100 |
| ! | 5 days ago | Exist-en-ciel | 27,627 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/22/2025 23:20 | dukeboxkool | 6,565 | 75/100 |
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| ! | 05/02/2025 11:15 |  flamingyesdept | 15,977 | 84/100 |
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Love singing along with this song...great lyrics. Possibly his best song considering almost every song on this album is full of great songs.
llibnanoon 06/02/2020 17:03 | #252764
Masterpiece!
AAL2014 09/23/2017 05:11 | #198584
One of the great singalongs of all time. Indeed very well crafted songwriting and some of Bernie's best lyrics.
neilgee 09/26/2015 14:44 | #150512
The opener promises much for this album but infact it proves to be the best song on the album by a long chalk (in my opinion).
Romanelli 04/07/2013 16:59 | #71765
Great songwriting. Nice use of the pedal steel. "Hold me closer, Tony Danza".....
Fantastic vocals and lyrics.
ffudnebbuh 01/28/2011 15:09 | #17883
Heard a version of this by ben folds yesterday.. not great by comparison, but it highlights how good Elton's vocals were in the early 70s. Ben is obviously a big admirer of Elton john. I am not a vocalist, but it sounds like this melody would be difficult to sing.
ffudnebbuh 12/02/2010 22:48 | #16753
This song and "Levon" were the two singles released from this album, I love them both,..probably "Levon" a little better...Not a huge Elton fan, but my favorite Elton John songs would be:
1)Rocket Man
2)Michelle's Song(from the soundtrack to "friends")
3)Levon
4)Tiny Dancer
5)Your Song
These were all released within a year and 1/2 from each other starting in 11/70 thru 3/72 and I really liked them all and thought I'd hit the jackpot but not too long after, he settled into adult contemporary land.
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