Don't Go Breaking My Heart by lazarus57

lazarus57 - Don't Go Breaking My Heart

lazarus57

Aug 29, 2025 01:21pm

Greg and Melly's Duet Contest<img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/HKET/53ec7d1241_EM4W_media.jpg"> "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" is a duet by the English musician <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_John" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Elton John</a> and the English singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiki_Dee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Kiki Dee</a>, released by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocket_Record_Company" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">The Rocket Record Company</a> on 25 June 1976.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Go_Breaking_My_Heart#cite_note-Sounds-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Go_Breaking_My_Heart#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[5]</a> It was written by John with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Taupin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Bernie Taupin</a> under the pseudonyms "Ann Orson" and "Carte Blanche", respectively, and intended as an affectionate pastiche of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motown" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Motown</a> style, notably the various duets recorded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Gaye" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Marvin Gaye</a> and singers such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammi_Terrell" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Tammi Terrell</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Weston" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Kim Weston</a>. John and Taupin originally intended to record the song with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_Springfield" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Dusty Springfield</a>, but ultimately withdrew the offer; Springfield's partner Sue Cameron later said this was because she was too ill at the time.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Go_Breaking_My_Heart#cite_note-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[6]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Go_Breaking_My_Heart#cite_note-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[7]</a>Unlike many of John's singles from the 1970s, it was never included on an original album (although it was recorded during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Moves" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Blue Moves</a> sessions). In the same year, John and Taupin received the 1976 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivor_Novello_award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Ivor Novello award</a> for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Go_Breaking_My_Heart#cite_note-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[8]</a>In 1994, John released the song as a duet with American drag queen <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RuPaul" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">RuPaul</a>. It was produced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_Moroder" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Giorgio Moroder</a> and reached number three on the US <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Billboard</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_Club_Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Dance Club Songs</a> chart, reached number seven on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">UK Singles Chart</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Go_Breaking_My_Heart#cite_note-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[9]</a> and number one in Iceland.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Go_Breaking_My_Heart#cite_note-ice-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[10]</a>ReceptionCritical reception to the song in the UK was mixed. In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NME" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">NME</a>, Phil McNeill stated that "they're both quite good singers, but it's a pity that Orson and Blanche didn't write a more memorable song than this, which jogs along harmlessly".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Go_Breaking_My_Heart#cite_note-12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[11]</a> Jonh Ingham of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Sounds</a> commented that the record was "not exactly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Gaye" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Marvin</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Ross" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Diana</a>". He said that the song had "a well executed arrangement" but that ultimately "all is pale compared to previous work".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Go_Breaking_My_Heart#cite_note-13" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[12]</a> In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_Mirror" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Record Mirror</a>, Rosalind Russell wrote that it was "not the stunner I'd expected from two ace singers", but that "the arrangements (strings and things) were good and the two voices go well together".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Go_Breaking_My_Heart#cite_note-14" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[13]</a>In the US, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_Box" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Cash Box</a> said that "there are some great harmonies in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrain" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">chorus</a>" and that John and Dee "seem perfectly wedded in this tune."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Go_Breaking_My_Heart#cite_note-cb-15" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[14]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_World" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Record World</a> called it "a duet of rare simplicity and charm with James Newton-Howard's strings practically dancing out of the grooves."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Go_Breaking_My_Heart#cite_note-rw-16" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[15]</a>Chart performance"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" was the first No. 1 single in the UK for both John and Kiki Dee, topping the chart for six weeks in mid 1976. John would not enjoy a solo British chart-topper until "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrifice_(Elton_John_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Sacrifice</a>" in 1990. It also became his sixth No. 1 single in the US, topping the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Billboard Hot 100</a> for four weeks and spent one week on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Adult_Contemporary" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Easy Listening</a> chart.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Go_Breaking_My_Heart#cite_note-17" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[16]</a> Billboard ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1976, giving him his second consecutive appearance in the Billboard Year-end Top 3.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Go_Breaking_My_Heart#cite_note-Billboard_1976-18" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[17]</a> In the U.S., it has been certified 2x platinum by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Recording Industry Association of America</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Go_Breaking_My_Heart#cite_note-19" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[18]</a> After this duet with Dee, John failed to have another US solo number one single until "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candle_in_the_Wind_1997" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Candle in the Wind 1997</a>". This 21-year period included two intervening number one hits in America with musical partners: "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_What_Friends_Are_For" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">That's What Friends Are For</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionne_Warwick" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Dionne & Friends</a> in 1986, and a 1992 re-make of John's "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Let_the_Sun_Go_Down_on_Me" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me</a>" with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Michael" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">George Michael</a> credited as a duet. <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ec/Don%27t_Go_Breaking_My_Heart_Single.jpeg" alt="undefined"><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pO170ZBwcv0/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="Elton John - Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Piano Tutorial Acordes - Chordify">