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Elton John – Rocket Man • The Definitive Hits / DVD Video
UPC 602517244306
Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits (retitled Rocket Man: Number Ones for its USA and Canada release, and Just Like Belgium: The Definitive Hits for its Belgian release) is a compilation album by English musician Elton John featuring 13 number one songs and a number of bonus tracks and live renditions. Worldwide there have been released 17 different versions of the album, including a CD/DVD combo. All versions include the title track, "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)".
The album was released on 26 March 2007 to commemorate Elton John's 60th birthday on 25 March. The album was certified platinum in the UK for shipping 300,000 units in February 2010. In the US the album debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 9 and was certified gold for sales of 500,000 copies in October 2008 and platinum for 1,000,000 copies in November 2014. This was then followed by a double platinum and triple platinum certification in April 2016 and August 2017, respectively.
ELTON JOHN Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits (2007 UK limited edition 2-disc set comprising an eighteen track compilation CD of his biggest hits including Daniel, Rocket Man, Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me, Candle In The Wind, I'm Still Standing and the bonus recording Tinderbox plus a Bonus DVD containing five music videos spanning the last four decades and five tracks from the legendary Red Piano Las Vegas show. Both discs show minor play and come housed within the DVD-sized hard-back digibook complete with the integral picture / lyric booklet)
Tracklist:
| CD-1 | Bennie And The Jets | ||
| CD-2 | Philadelphia Freedom | ||
| CD-3 | Daniel | ||
| CD-4 | Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time) | ||
| CD-5 | I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
Harmonica – Stevie Wonder
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| CD-6 | Tiny Dancer | ||
| CD-7 | Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me | ||
| CD-8 | I Want Love | ||
| CD-9 | Candle In The Wind | ||
| CD-10 | The Bitch Is Back | ||
| CD-11 | I'm Still Standing | ||
| CD-12 | Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) | ||
| CD-13 | Your Song | ||
| CD-14 | Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word | ||
| CD-15 | Can You Feel The Love Tonight? | ||
| CD-16 | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | ||
| CD-17 | Tinderbox | ||
| CD-18 | Are You Ready For Love | ||
| Red Piano Show | |||
| DVD-1 | Bennie And The Jets | ||
| DVD-2 | Rocket Man | ||
| DVD-3 | Candle In The Wind | ||
| DVD-4 | Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) | ||
| DVD-5 | Your Song | ||
| Bonus Videos | |||
| DVD-6 | Your Song | ||
| DVD-7 | I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues | ||
| DVD-8 | I'm Still Standing | ||
| DVD-9 | I Want Love | ||
| DVD-10 | Tinderbox |
| Label: | Mercury – 172 4430, The Rocket Record Company – 172 4430, Universal Music DVD Video – 172 4430 |
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| Format: |
CD, Compilation
DVD, DVD-Video, Compilation, Region 0
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: | 2007 |
| Genre: | Rock, Pop |
| Style: | Pop Rock |
- Arranged By – Paul Buckmaster (tracks: CD3, CD6, CD13), Thom Bell (tracks: CD18)
- Arranged By [Recording Arranged By] – Del Newman (tracks: CD9, CD16)
- Conductor – Paul Buckmaster (tracks: CD6), Thom Bell (tracks: CD18)
- Engineer – Paula Jones (tracks: CD15)
- Film Director [Directed By] – David Mallet (2) (tracks: DVD1 to DVD5), Intro (11) (tracks: DVD10), Sam Taylor-Wood (tracks: DVD9)
- Film Director [Director], Design [Designer] – David LaChapelle (tracks: DVD1 to DVD5)
- Mastered By – Bob Ludwig (tracks: CD17)
- Mixed By – Bill Bottrell (tracks: CD8), Chris Thomas (tracks: CD15), Clive Franks (tracks: CD18), Elton John (tracks: CD18), Matt Still (tracks: CD17)
- Photography By – Alan Davidson (3), Alan Messer, Bob Carlos Clarke, David Nutter, Ed Caraeff, Emerson-Loew, Jill Furmanovsky, Michael Putland, Ross Marino, Sam Taylor-Wood, Terry O'Neill (2)
- Photography By [Front Cover] – Sam Taylor-Wood
- Producer – Chris Thomas (tracks: CD5, CD11, CD15), Elton John (tracks: CD17), Gus Dudgeon (tracks: CD1 to CD4, CD6, CD7, CD9, CD10, CD12 to CD14, CD16), Matt Still (tracks: CD17), Patrick Leonard (tracks: CD8), Phil Ramone (tracks: DVD1 to DVD5), Thom Bell (tracks: CD18)
- Recorded By – Bill Price (tracks: CD5, CD11), Matt Still (tracks: CD17)
- Research, Editor [Content Editor] – Laura Croker
- Text By – Colin Smith (40)
- Written-By – Bernie Taupin (tracks: CD1 to CD14, CD16, CD17), Casey James (tracks: CD18), Davey Johnstone (tracks: CD5), Elton John (tracks: CD1 to CD17), Leroy Bell* (tracks: CD18), Thom Bell (tracks: CD18), Tim Rice (tracks: CD15)
