Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time)

~ Song

Relationships

lyricist:Bernie Taupin
composer:Elton John (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer)
publisher:Dick James Music Ltd. (renamed Universal/Dick James Music Ltd. since 1999‐07‐30)
Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
lyrics page:https://genius.com/Elton-john-rocket-man-i-think-its-going-to-be-a-long-long-time-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/167 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0000323777 [info]
Songfacts:https://www.songfacts.com/facts/elton-john/rocket-man [info]
Wikidata:Q56070897 [info]
is the basis for:Cold Heart (PNAU remix)
music quoted on:Gnomeo and Juliet (from the score of the 2011 animation film "Gnomeo & Juliet")
Terrafirminator (from the score of the 2011 animation film "Gnomeo & Juliet")

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1972-02-05Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a long long Time) (live, 1972-02-05: Royal Festival Hall, London, UK)liveElton John4:26
1972-02-05Rocket Man (Royal Festival Hall, 1972) (live, 1972-02-05: Royal Festival Hall, London, England)Elton John?:??
1972-05-03Rocket ManliveElton John5:03
1973-12-22Rocket Man (live, 1973-12-22: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK)liveElton John4:31
1973-12-22Rocket Man (bootleg, live, 1973-12-22: Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK)liveElton John6:02
1973-12-22Rocket Man (live, 1973-12-22: Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK)liveElton John4:55
1974-11-28Rocket Man (live, 1974-11-28: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA)liveElton John5:03
1974-11-28Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time) (live, 1974-11-28: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA)liveElton John5:04
1974-12-24Rocket Man (live, 1974-12-24: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK)liveElton John4:48
1976-09-17Rocket Man (live, 1976-09-17: Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)liveElton John7:45
1977-05-07Rocket Man (live, 1977-05-07: Rainbow Theatre, London, England)liveElton John & Ray Cooper5:04
1979-05-28Rocket Man (live, 1979-05-28: Rossya Hotel Concert Hall, Moscow, U.S.S.R.)liveElton John7:47
1980-11-02Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time)liveElton John12:21
1984-03-25Rocket Man (live, 1984-03-25: Sydney Entertainment Center, Sydney, Australia)liveElton John8:20
1984-11-04Rocket Man (live, 1984-11-04: The Centrum, Worcester, MA, USA)liveElton John8:45
1985-07-13Rocket Man (live, 1985-07-13: Wembley Stadium, London, England)liveElton John4:50
1985-07-13Rocket Man (live, 1985-07-13: Live Aid 1985)liveElton John4:44
1986-10-12Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time) (live, 1986-10-12: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, USA)liveElton John9:28
1993-05-13Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time) (live, 1993-05-13: Earls Court, London, England)liveElton John12:11
1998-06-02Rocket Man (live, 1998-06-02: Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland)liveElton John?:??
2000-10Rocket Man (live, 2000-10: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA)liveElton John6:00
2000-10Rocket Man (live, 2000-10: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA)liveElton John5:43
2001-07-17Rocket Man (live, 2001-07-17: Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, KY, USA)cover and liveMe First and the Gimme Gimmes3:33
2002-04-02Rocket ManliveRyan Adams & Elton John4:31
2003-01-15Rocket Man (live, 2003-01-15: Shuba's Tavern, Chicago, IL, USA)cover and liveJason Mraz5:59
2003-03-14Rocket Man (live, 2003-03-14: Carolina Coliseum, Columbia, SC, USA)liveElton John & Billy Joel13:39
2004-04-15Rocket Mancover and liveAngie Aparo5:46
2004-05-14Rocket Mancover and liveAngie Aparo5:32
2004-06-10Rocket Mancover and liveAngie Aparo7:54
2005-01-29Rocket Mancover and liveAngie Aparo6:00
2005-04-09Rocketman (live, 2005-04-09: The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV, USA)liveElton John12:38
2005-08-01Rocket Man (live, 2005-08-01: Axis, Boston, MA, USA)cover and liveMe First and the Gimme Gimmes5:30
2007-03-25Rocket Man (live, 2007-03-25: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA)liveElton John11:55
2008-02-28Rocket Man (live, 2008-02-28: Air studios, London, UK)cover and liveJason Mraz5:58
2008-07-18Rocket Man (live, 2008-07-18: Clay's Park Resort, North Lawrence, OH, USA)cover and liveGin Blossoms4:52
2009-06-06Rocket Man (2009-06-06: Thomond Park, Limerick, Ireland)liveElton John11:56
2009-07-07Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time) (live, 2009-07-07: Arena di Verona, Verona, Italy)liveElton John13:35
2009-09-24Rocket Man (live, 2009-09-24: Le Zénith Nantes Métropole, Saint-Herblain, France)liveElton John?:??
2009-10-17Rocket Man (live, 2009-10-17: Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands)liveElton John11:41
2009-10-20Rocket Man (live, 2009-10-20: Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain)liveElton John11:43
2009-10-23Rocket Man (live, 2009-10-23: Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV, USA)cover and liveU2?:??
2010-06-17Rocket ManliveElton John13:49
2011-08-09Rocket Man (live, 2011-08-09: Harvey's Lake Tahoe, Stateline, NV, USA)cover and livePhish4:24
2012-08-03Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long Long Time) (live, 2012-08-03: Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO, USA)cover and liveMy Morning Jacket5:07
2018-04-25Rocket Mancover and liveHer4:33
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters / Rocket ManmedleyMatthew Morrison & Elton John6:50
Puppet DudecoverFoetus in Excelsis Corruptus Deluxe4:56
Rocket GirlcoverNeven3:37
Rocket Man (live)liveElton John1:47
Rocket Man (live, 1999: Las Vegas, NV, USA)liveElton John?:??
Rocket MancoverColumbus Gay Men’s Chorus3:41
Rocket Man (live: The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV, USA)liveElton John12:14
Rocket Mancover[unknown]3:53
Rocket MancoverDeep Wave featuring Arun Chaturvedi4:28
Rocket MancoverAngie Aparo4:25
Rocket MancoverBoysetsfire3:32
Rocket Mancover and liveNeil Diamond6:08
Rocket MancoverJay Wasco3:53
Rocket MancoverMy Morning Jacket5:00
Rocket MancoverThe Nixons4:40
Rocket MancoverThe Chipmunks3:35
Rocket MancoverWilliam Hung4:10
Rocket MancoverDanseorkestret4:24
Rocket MancoverPuddle of Mudd6:05
Rocket MancoverWilliam Shatner feat. Steve Hillage4:39
Rocket MancoverSylvain Cossette3:58
Rocket Mancover and instrumentalHank Marvin5:33
Rocket Man (live, 2006-12-31: Concourse Exhibition Center, San Francisco, CA, USA)cover and liveThe String Cheese Incident5:07
Rocket MancoverFastbacks4:00
Rocket Mancover and instrumentalBoko Suzuki4:28
Rocket MancoverThe Brown Derbies4:14
Rocket Mancover[unknown]?:??
Rocket Mancover and instrumentalThe Royal Philharmonic Orchestra4:46
Rocket ManliveElton John9:20
Rocket ManElton John4:36
Rocket Mancover and instrumentalTwilight Orchestra4:58
Rocket Mancover and instrumentalEmmerson Nogueira4:59
Rocket MancoverMy Morning Jacket?:??
Rocket ManElton John?:??
Rocket ManElton John4:35
Rocket MancoverNaked Eyes3:36
Rocket MancoverThriller Jill presents Paul Fredericks4:54
Rocket MancoverThe Feeling4:02
Rocket MancoverJohn Sutherland?:??
Rocket MancoverWilliam Shatner4:53
Rocket MancoverUniversity of Pennsylvania Six-50004:12
Rocket ManElton John4:37
Rocket MancoverStar Academy 34:02
Rocket MancoverBrendan Jones3:43
Rocket ManElton John4:40
Rocket Mancover[unknown]?:??
Rocket MancoverJon Langford and the One Hit Wonders4:25
Rocket ManElton John3:31
Rocket ManElton John4:29
Rocket MancoverDaughtry3:22
Rocket MancoverMike Zito4:41
Rocket Mancover and livePaul McDonald4:08
Rocket Mancover[unknown]3:58
Rocket Mancover and instrumentalDavid Osborne2:38
Rocket Man (live)liveElton John11:05
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