Club at the End of the Street

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“Club at the End of the Street”
Single by Elton John
from the album Sleeping with the Past
B-side "Give Peace a Chance"
Released 1990
Format CD single, 7" single
Genre Pop
Length 4:49
Label MCA Records (US/Canada)
Rocket Records
Producer Chris Thomas
Elton John singles chronology
"Sacrifice"
(1989)
"Club at the End of the Street"
(1990)
"You Gotta Love Someone"
(1990)

"Club at the End of the Street" is an up-beat song performed by Elton John. From the album Sleeping with the Past, the song describes a night on the town between two lovers at a disclosed nightclub. John also describes about the music of Otis Redding and Marvin Gaye being played. An interesting note is the video for the song was animated, due to Elton's involvement with the family of AIDS victim Ryan White. The record company demanded a video, but Elton was dedicated to spending time with Ryan. The single was a top-twenty hit in the US in the summer of 1990.

Of course, by the time of the song's release (May, 1990), Elton had already admitted to being a homosexual. Since the sex of the individuals meeting in the song is never mentioned, Club at the End of the Street could be considered an LGBT anthem[citation needed].

[edit] B-side

On the 7" release, the b-side of this single release was Elton's rendition of the well-known John Lennon song "Give Peace a Chance". The song is perhaps the most bizarre thing released by Elton[citation needed], a typical b-side song which basically is a mix between funny voices, playing "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" in the background and mentioning various people as "The next contestants on 'making a b-side'". This song was also released on his 1990 box set, To Be Continued.

[edit] Chart

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[1] 19
Austrian Singles Chart[2] 30
French Singles Chart[3] 24
UK Singles Chart 47
UK Billboard Hot 100 28
UK Billboard A/C 2


[edit] References

  1. ^ "Club at the End of the Street", Australian Australian-charts.com (Retrieved December 13, 2007)
  2. ^ "Club at the End of the Street", Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved December 13, 2007)
  3. ^ "Club at the End of the Street", French Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved December 13, 2007)
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