| Rocket Man |  |
| Rocket Man | |
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• | Country: UK |
| • | Label/Number: Mercury TRIBO 2 | |
| • | Release date: November 22, 1991 | |
| • | Chronology: Kate's 25th UK single; the 1st to be released in the UK on a label other than EMI, with her 30th non-LP track. | |
| • | 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 | |
| • | 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: Early pressings were wrapped in a limited edition 23"x15.5" poster featuring the picture sleeve photo on one side, and the image shown here on the other. | |
| • | Etc3: The UK 12" and UK CD single include an additional non-LP track, an instrumental version of Candle In The Wind. | |
| • | Etc4: The counter stand used by Mercury to promote the single in the UK is shown here. |
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