Club at the End of the Street

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"Club at the End of the Street"
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Single by Elton John
from the album Sleeping with the Past
B-side "Give Peace a Chance"
ReleasedApril 1990 (1990-04)
Genre Pop rock
Length
  • 4:49 (album version)
  • 4:29 (single version)
Label
Composer(s) Elton John
Lyricist(s) Bernie Taupin
Producer(s) Chris Thomas
Elton John singles chronology
"Sacrifice"
(1989)
"Club at the End of the Street"
(1990)
"You Gotta Love Someone"
(1990)
Music video
"Club at the End of the Street" on YouTube

"Club at the End of the Street" is an upbeat pop rock song composed by English musician Elton John with lyrics by Bernie Taupin. It was included on John's album Sleeping with the Past in 1989 and released as its third single in 1990. The song describes a night on the town between two lovers at an undisclosed nightclub. John stated in 2013 on Rolling Stone that this song was one of his favourites. [1] He performed this song 3 times live during the One Night Only concerts in 2000. [2]

Contents

The music video for the song was animated, due to John's involvement with the family of AIDS victim Ryan White.[ citation needed ]

B-side

For the single release, John's rendition of the well-known John Lennon song "Give Peace a Chance" was used for the B-side. This song was also released on his 1990 box set, To Be Continued .

Chart performance

The single was a No. 28 pop hit in the US and a Top 40 hit in several countries in the summer of 1990; whilst in Denmark, where the album was recorded, it reached No. 1 for two weeks and remains one of Elton's biggest hits in that country.

Music video

The music video was produced by Animation City, an animation company in London and directed by Derek Hayes; it followed the success of the Madonna video "Dear Jessie" by the same company. The music video version of the track is slightly faster than the single and album versions.

Track listings

7-inch and CD single

  1. "Club at the End of the Street" – 4:49
  2. "Give Peace a Chance" – 3:46

12-inch maxi

  1. "Club at the End of the Street" – 4:49
  2. "Give Peace a Chance" – 3:46
  3. "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" (live in Verona, Italy) – 5:37

Personnel

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesApril 1990
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • cassette
MCA
United Kingdom6 August 1990
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
Rocket [22]

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