| Rocket Man |  |
| Rocket Man | |
 (front)
(rear)
(inside gatefold)
(inside trifold) |
• | Country: UK |
| • | Label/Number: Mercury TRICD 2 | |
| • | Release date: November 22, 1991 | |
| • | Chronology: Kate's 4th UK CD single; the 1st to be released in the UK on a label other than EMI, with her 30th and 31st non-LP tracks. | |
| • | Highest chart position: 12 | |
| • | 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: 4:28 | |
| • | Candle In The Wind (Instrumental) 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: This CD single was packaged in a very nice trifold digipak (her only one so far...) | |
| • | Etc3: The instrumental version of Candle In The Wind is one of Kate's more elusive tracks. It only appears on the 12" and (most) CD Rocket Man releases. | |
| • | Etc4: The counter stand used by Mercury to promote the single in the UK is shown here. | |
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