| Rocket Man | ![]() |
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| Country: Japan |
| | Label/Number: Mercury PHDR-50 | |
| | Release date: January, 1992(?) | |
| | Chronology: Kate's 2nd Japanese CD single; a 3" disc housed in a very nice 3.25" x 6.5" sleeve. It's standard CD single packaging in Japan (but nowhere else in the world). | |
| | Cover photo by John Carder Bush | |
| | Rocket Man Lyrics | |
| | What it's about: Kate's version of Elton John's classic (1972) space travel tale. | |
| | Running time: 5:02 | |
| | Candle In The Wind Lyrics | |
| | What it's about: Kate's spin on Elton John's (1973) tribute to Marilyn Monroe. | |
| | Running time: 4:27 | |
| | Etc: A huge fan from the age of 11, Kate chose to record Rocket Man for the Elton John/Bernie Taupin tribute album, Two Rooms. It was the first cover tune she released since Donovan's Lord Of The Reedy River in 1981. | |
| | Etc2: Unlike its UK and Australian counterparts, this release of Rocket Man does not include the instrumental version of Candle In The Wind. | |