Elton John - Tiny Dancer - 1971 |
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"Tiny Dancer" is a 1971 song by Elton John with lyrics by Bernie Taupin. It appears on John's fourth album, Madman Across the Water. The song was written about Taupin's then-girlfriend Maxine Feibelman, a dancer who had accompanied John and Taupin on their first tour of America in 1970 and been a "seamstress for the band." She would become Taupin's wife the following year. The song features a piano-based melody during verses, Taupin lyrics during the chorus, and an arrangement that at the start features pedal steel guitar and light percussion but, transitioning subtly halfway through one of the choruses, by the end is driven by Paul Buckmaster's dynamic strings, along with a barely heard backing choir. Clocking at 6:12, it was one of the longer radio singles of the period. While "Tiny Dancer" was initially a non-starter as a single – reaching only #41 on the U.S. pop chart and not even released in the UK – the song slowly became one of John's most popular songs. A fixture on adult contemporary and rock radio stations, the song grew in popularity. It was ranked #387 on the 2004 List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. [1] |
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