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- Elton John and The Electric Mayhem sing "Crocodile Rock" in a swamp full of crocodiles in episode 214 of The Muppet Show.
- Crocodile Rock is a song that was featured in the Christmas special A Christmas To Remember sung by Elton John and Lenny and the Lazenbys. It appears on the soundtrack Bob The Builder: The Album sung by Elton John and Bob The Builder. The song was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin in 1972, in the Christmas special however Roley helps Elton to write it for the concert.
- Nelly Furtado and John himself covered the song in 2010, redoing a few of the lyrics (e.g. "I remember when rock was young, Gnomeo and Juliet had so much fun..." instead of "Me and Susie had so much fun..."). It was recorded for the soundtrack.
- Crocodile Rock is a classic rock song by Elton John that tells the story of a guy in the '50s and '60s who frequented a restaurant where the patrons loved an obscure dance called the Crocodile Rock. Because of all the events that happened in the '60s, however, this unknown little dance forever vanished into history and no one cared anymore. Even his girlfriend, who also enjoyed "burning up to the Crocodile Rock," left him. It's a catchy little song with really sad lyrics. The falsetto hook from Pat Boone's 1962 hit, "Speedy Gonzales" has some similar "La La"s. (thanks Brad Wind - for above 2)
- "Crocodile Rock" is a song written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, and recorded in January 1972 at Trident Studios, London. It was released on 27 October 1972 in the UK and 20 November 1972 in the U.S., as a pre-release single from his forthcoming 1973 album Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player, and became his first U.S. number-one single, reaching the top spot on 3 February 1973, and stayed there for three weeks. In the U.S., it was certified Gold on 5 February 1973 and Platinum on 13 September 1995 by the RIAA.
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- "Crocodile Rock" is a song written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, and recorded in January 1972 at Trident Studios, London. It was released on 27 October 1972 in the UK and 20 November 1972 in the U.S., as a pre-release single from his forthcoming 1973 album Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player, and became his first U.S. number-one single, reaching the top spot on 3 February 1973, and stayed there for three weeks. In the U.S., it was certified Gold on 5 February 1973 and Platinum on 13 September 1995 by the RIAA. In Canada, it topped the chart as well, remaining at No.1 on the RPM 100 national singles chart for four weeks from 17 February – 10 March. It was the first song released as a single on theMCA label (catalogue #40000) after MCA dissolved its Uni, Decca, Kapp and Coral labels. (John had previously been with the Uni label.) "Crocodile Rock" is dominated by a Farfisa organ, played by John, with a carnival-like sound and honky-tonk rhythm. The lyrics take a nostalgic look at early rock 'n' roll, and dating and youthful independence in that era. Regular Elton John band members, such as Davey Johnstone and Nigel Olsson, are among the song's performers. Like "Tennessee Waltz", "Crocodile Rock" is a self-referential song, i.e. a song about the song itself, although Ken Mackintosh had a popular song in 1955 called the "Crocodile Crawl", following up his successful song "The Creep" from 1954, so it may also be paying homage to Britain's skiffle and postwar jazz era of music.
- Elton John and The Electric Mayhem sing "Crocodile Rock" in a swamp full of crocodiles in episode 214 of The Muppet Show.
- Crocodile Rock is a song that was featured in the Christmas special A Christmas To Remember sung by Elton John and Lenny and the Lazenbys. It appears on the soundtrack Bob The Builder: The Album sung by Elton John and Bob The Builder. The song was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin in 1972, in the Christmas special however Roley helps Elton to write it for the concert.
- Nelly Furtado and John himself covered the song in 2010, redoing a few of the lyrics (e.g. "I remember when rock was young, Gnomeo and Juliet had so much fun..." instead of "Me and Susie had so much fun..."). It was recorded for the soundtrack.
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