- Duets (Elton John album)
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Duets Studio album by Elton John Released 30 November 1993 Length 74:39 Label MCA (US/Canada)
Rocket RecordsProducer Many (See Below) Elton John chronology Rare Masters (1992) Duets
(1993)The Lion King (soundtrack) (1994) Singles from Duets - "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Released: 25 November 1991 - "True Love"
Released: 8 November 1993 - "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
Released: 14 February 1994 - "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
Released: 2 May 1994
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Duets is the twenty-fourth studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1993. Duets was released on a single CD and also as a double vinyl LP in the UK, with a slightly different running order. It was initially a Christmas project of Elton John's, but that soon grew into an album of its own. The live version of "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" with George Michael, track number 15 on the album, had already become a UK/US #1 hit in 1991. Three singles were released from the album in Britain: "True Love" (with Kiki Dee, reached #2), "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (with drag queen RuPaul, reached #7) and "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (with Marcella Detroit, reached #24). The album debuted at #7 in the UK. This is the only album released between 1983 and 2010 without John's Guitar player, Davey Johnstone. In the U.S. it was certified Gold and Platinum on 1/26/1994 by the R.I.A.A.
Contents
Track listing (UK LP)
Side 1
- "Teardrops" (with k.d. lang) (Zeriiya Zekkariyas) – 4:55
- Produced by Greg Penny
- "When I Think About Love (I Think About You)" (with P.M. Dawn) (Attrell Cordes) – 4:34
- Produced by P.M. Dawn
- "The Power" (with Little Richard) (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) – 6:25
- Produced by Greg Penny and Elton John
- "Shakey Ground" (with Don Henley) (Jeffrey Bowen, Al Boyd, Eddie Hazel) – 3:51
- Produced by Don Henley
Side 2
- "True Love" (with Kiki Dee) (Cole Porter) – 3:34
- Produced by Narada Michael Walden for Perfection Light Productions
- "If You Were Me" (with Chris Rea) (Chris Rea) – 4:26
- Produced by Chris Rea
- "A Woman's Needs" (with Tammy Wynette) (John, Taupin) – 5:18
- Produced by Barry Beckett
- "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me" (with George Michael, live) (John, Taupin) – 5:46
- Produced by George Michael
Side 3
- "Old Friend" (with Nik Kershaw) (Nik Kershaw) - 4:15
- Produced by Nik Kershaw
- "Go on and On" (with Gladys Knight) (Stevie Wonder) – 5:50
- Produced by Stevie Wonder
- "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (with RuPaul) (Carte Blanche, Ann Orson) – 5:00
- Produced by Giorgio Moroder
- "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (with Marcella Detroit) (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 3:36
- Produced by Chris Thomas
Side 4
- "I'm Your Puppet" (with Paul Young) (Spooner Oldham, Dan Penn) – 3:36
- Produced by Steve Lindsey
- "Love Letters" (with Bonnie Raitt) (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) – 4:01
- Produced by Don Was
- "Born to Lose" (with Leonard Cohen) (Frankie Brown, Ted Daffan) – 4:33
- Produced by Steve Lindsey
- "Duets for One" (with Chris Difford) (John, Difford)– 4:52
- Produced by Elton John, Stuart Epps and Greg Penny
Track Listing (CD)
- "Teardrops" - 4:55
- "When I Think About Love (I Think About You)" - 4:34
- "The Power" - 6:25
- "Shakey Ground" - 3:51
- "True Love" - 3:34
- "If You Were Me" - 4:26
- "A Woman's Needs" - 5:18
- "Old Friend" - 4:15
- "Go on and On" - 5:50
- "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" - 5:00
- "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" - 3:36
- "I'm Your Puppet" - 3:36
- "Love Letters" - 4:01
- "Born to Lose" - 4:33
- "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" - 5:46
- "Duets for One" - 4:52
B-sides
Song Format "The Show Must Go On (Live)" True Love 7"/CD (UK) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Remix)" Don't Go Breaking My Heart 12"/CD (US) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Don't Go Dubbing My Heart)" Don't Go Breaking My Heart 12" (US) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart (MK Mix)" Don't Go Breaking My Heart 12"/CD (US) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Serious Rope 12" Mix)" Don't Go Breaking My Heart 12"/CD (US/UK) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Roger's Dub)" Don't Go Breaking My Heart 12"/CD (US) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Serious Rope Instrumental)" Don't Go Breaking My Heart 12" (US/UK), CD (UK) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Serious Rope Dirty Dub)" Don't Go Breaking My Heart 12" (US/UK), CD (UK) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Roger's Runaway U Betta Work Bitch Mix)" Don't Go Breaking My Heart 12" (US) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Moroder 12" Mix)" Don't Go Breaking My Heart 12"/CD (UK) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Sanchez Club Mix Edit)" Don't Go Breaking My Heart 12" (UK) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Sanchez Radio Mix Edit)" Don't Go Breaking My Heart 12" (UK) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Sanchez Club Instrumental)" Don't Go Breaking My Heart 12" (UK) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Sanchez's Man's Rubba Dub Mix)" Don't Go Breaking My Heart 12" (UK) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Moroder 7" Mix)" Don't Go Breaking My Heart CD (UK) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Serious Rope 7" Mix)" Don't Go Breaking My Heart CD (UK) "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing (Kenny Dope Extended Mix)" Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing CD (UK) "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing (Troopa Mood Mix)" Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing CD (UK) Personnel
- Stephanie Andrews – production coordination
- Van Arden – assistant engineer, mixing
- Brian Aris – photography
- Guy Babylon – keyboards
- Dominick Barbera – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Barry Beckett – producer
- Chris Bellman – mastering
- Louis Biancaniello – synthesiser, arranger, keyboards, programming, associate producer
- Curt Bisquera – drums
- Martin Bliss – guitar
- Dan Bosworth – assistant engineer
- Brad Branson – photography
- Kimberly Brewer – backing vocals
- Johnny Britt – backing vocals
- Ray Brown – bass
- Steve Brown – executive producer
- Kelli Bruce – backing vocals
- Robbie Buchanan – keyboards, programming
- Kathy Burdick – backing vocals
- Chris Cameron – keyboards
- Linda Campbell McCrary – backing vocals
- David Campbell – arranger, conductor, horn arrangements, string arrangements
- Jim Champagne – engineer, assistant engineer
- Ed Cherney – engineer, mixing
- Todd Childress – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
- Bill Churchfield – horn
- David Clayton – keyboards
- Leonard Cohen – vocals
- Danny Jacob - guitar
- Elton John - piano, keyboards, roland piano, vocals
- Nik Kershaw - all instruments on "Old Friend"
- Brian Reeves – engineer, mixing
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
- Marc Reyburn – engineer
- Michael Rhodes – bass
- Claytoven Richardson – backing vocals
- Thomas Rickert – assistant engineer
- John "J.R." Robinson – drums
- Rail Jon Rogut – assistant engineer
- RuPaul – vocals
- Corrado Rustici – mandolin
- Chuck Sabo – drums
- Randee Saint Nicholas – photography
- Albert Sanchez – photography
- Brian Scheuble – assistant engineer
- Thomas Schobel – programming
- Cynthia Shiloh – production coordination
- Beverley Skeete – backing vocals
- Greg Smith – horn
- Phil Spalding – bass
- Matt Still – engineer, assistant engineer, mixing assistant
- Neil Stubenhaus – bass
- Tony Taibi – production coordination
- Mark Taylor – keyboards
- Michael Thodes – bass
- Chris Thomas – producer
- Mike Thompson – guitar
- Lee Thornburg – trombone, trumpet, horn, horn arrangements
- Allan Titmuss – photography
- Matthew Vaughan – programming
- Gabe Veltri – engineer
- Kevin Walden – production coordination
- Narada Michael Walden – arranger, producer, vocal arrangement
- Ben Wallach – assistant engineer
- Don Was – producer
- Fred Washington – bass
- Freddie "Ready Freddie" Washington – bass
- Marietta Waters – backing vocals
- Marietta Wates – backing vocals
- Albert Watson – photography
- Greg Wells – organ
- Precious Wilson – backing vocals
- Frank Wolf – engineer
- Stevie Wonder – arranger, programming, backing vocals, all instruments on "On and On" synclavier programming on "don't go breaking my heart"
- Tammy Wynette – vocals
- Paul Young – vocals
- Firooz Zahedi – photography
References
Studio albums Empty Sky · Elton John · Tumbleweed Connection · Madman Across the Water · Honky Château · Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player · Goodbye Yellow Brick Road · Caribou · Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy · Rock of the Westies · Blue Moves · A Single Man · Victim of Love · 21 at 33 · The Fox · Jump Up! · Too Low for Zero · Breaking Hearts · Ice on Fire · Leather Jackets · Reg Strikes Back · Sleeping with the Past · The One · Duets · Made in England · The Big Picture · Songs from the West Coast · Peachtree Road · The Captain & the Kid · The UnionLive albums 17-11-70 · Here and There · Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra · Elton John One Night Only - The Greatest Hits · Elton 60 - Live at Madison Square GardenSoundtracks Friends · The Lion King · The Muse · Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida · The Road to El Dorado · Gnomeo & JulietCompilations Greatest Hits · Greatest Hits Volume II · The Thom Bell Sessions · Lady Samantha · Greatest Hits Vol. 3 · The Complete Thom Bell Sessions · To Be Continued · The Very Best of Elton John · Rare Masters · Greatest Hits 1976-1986 · Chartbusters Go Pop · Classic Elton John · Love Songs · Prologue · Greatest Hits 1970-2002 · Elton John's Christmas Party · Rocket Man: The Definitive HitsTours 1970 World Tour · Jump Up Tour · Too Low for Zero Tour · European Express Tour · Breaking Hearts Tour · Ice on Fire Tour · Tour De Force · Reg Strikes Back Tour · Sleeping With The Past Tour · The One Tour · Elton John & Ray Cooper 1993/1994 World Tour · Face to Face 1994 · Elton John & Ray Cooper 1995 Tour · Face to Face 1995 · Made in England Tour · Big Picture Tour · Face to Face 1998 · An Evening with Elton John · Medusa Tour · Stately Home Tour · Face to Face 2001 · Songs from the West Coast Tour · Face to Face 2002 · A Journey Through Time · Face to Face 2003 · 2004 Tour · Peachtree Road Tour · 2006 European Tour · The Captain and the Kid Tour · Rocket Man: Greatest Hits Live · Face to Face 2009 · Elton John/Ray Cooper 2009-2011 Tour · Face to Face 2010 · 2010 European Tour · Greatest Hits LiveResidency shows Video releases Videography · The Breaking Hearts Tour · The Night Time Concert · Night and Day Concert · Live in Australia · The Very Best of Elton John · Live in Barcelona · Love Songs · One Night Only: The Greatest Hits Live at Madison Square Garden · Dream Ticket · Elton 60 - Live at Madison Square GardenTribute album Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie TaupinMusicals Related articles Discography · Band · The Union Tour · Awards · Bernie Taupin · Gus Dudgeon · Paul Buckmaster · John Reid · Dick James · Renate Blauel · David Furnish · Kiki Dee · Elton John AIDS Foundation · Watford FC · BluesologyCategories:- 1993 albums
- Elton John albums
- Vocal duet albums
- Albums produced by Don Was
- Albums produced by Chris Thomas
- Albums produced by Giorgio Moroder
- Double albums
- "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
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