Snookeroo

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“Snookeroo”
“Snookeroo” cover
Single by Ringo Starr
from the album Goodnight Vienna
Released 21 February 1975 (UK only)
Format vinyl record 7"
Genre Rock
Label EMI (UK)
Apple Records (US)
Writer(s) Elton John and Bernie Taupin
Producer Richard Perry
Ringo Starr singles chronology
"No No Song"
(1974)
"Snookeroo"
(1975)
"Goodnight Vienna"
(1975)

Snookeroo was Elton John's contribution to Ringo Starr's 1974 album Goodnight Vienna. The song concerns a happy-go-lucky lout from northern England. The title refers to the billiards game snooker.