The instrumental focus is on John's Leon Russell-influenced piano work, along with acoustic guitar, Paul Buckmaster's string accompaniment, and a shuffling rhythm section.
According to Taupin, "I scribbled the lyric down on a lined notepad at the kitchen table of Elton's mother's apartment in the London suburb of Northwood Hills, breakfast time sometime in 1969. One widespread story is that Bernie Taupin wrote the song's lyrics after breakfast one morning on the roof of 20 Denmark Street, London, where John worked for a music publishing firm as an office boy, hence the line "I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss." However, Taupin has denied this, pointing out that John had stopped working there by the time they met. In 2018, the song was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA. The song was also covered by Ewan McGregor in the 2001 musical film Moulin Rouge! and by Taron Egerton in the 2019 film Rocketman. The song has been covered by a number of artists, including Rod Stewart, Lady Gaga and Ellie Goulding. In 2017, the song was voted by the British public as The Nation's Favourite Elton John Song in a UK-wide poll for ITV. A demo version was included in John's 1990 box set album To Be Continued. The song is listed among the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2004, the song was placed at number 136 on Rolling Stone 's list of " The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", 137 in its 2010 list, and 202 in its 2021 list. In 1998, "Your Song" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. The song also peaked at number 7 on the UK Singles Chart, as well as charting in the top 10 in several other countries. Both sides received airplay, but "Your Song" was preferred by disc jockeys and replaced "Take Me to the Pilot" as the A-side, eventually making it to number eight on the Billboard chart. Following " Border Song" as the first album single, "Your Song" was released in the United States in October 1970 as the B-side to " Take Me to the Pilot". John's version was recorded at Trident Studios in London in January 1970 and appeared in April as the first cut on his self-titled second studio album.
They did not release it as a single as they wanted to let John, then an upcoming artist, have a go with it. John was an opening act for the band at the time and allowed them to record it. "Your Song" was first released by American rock band Three Dog Night in March 1970 as an album track on It Ain't Easy. It was John's first international Top 10 chart single. " Your Song" is a song written by English musician Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin, and performed by John.
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