Elton John – Crocodile Rock

“Crocodile Rock” – Single by Elton John from the album Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player, released in October 1972.

This song tells the story of a guy who in the ’50s and ’60s frequented a restaurant where the patrons loved an obscure dance called the Crocodile Rock. With all the events that happened in the ’60s, this little-known dance vanished from 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.

There is a distinct ’50s musical theme in this song. Elton said that it contains flavors of a lot of his favorite early rock songs, including “Little Darlin’,” “At The Hop” and “Oh Carol,” as well as songs by The Beach Boys and Eddie Cochran. The title is a play on the Bill Haley song “See You Later Alligator” – Haley’s “Rock Around The Clock” even gets a mention, as that’s what the other kids were listening to while our hero was doing the Crocodile Rock.

“Crocodile Rock” was the first of many #1 singles by Elton John in the US. His first in the UK came in 1976 with Kiki Dee (“Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”). His first solo #1 in the UK was “Sacrifice” in 1990.

This song helped send the Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player album to #1 on both sides of the Atlantic. It was Elton’s first #1 in the UK, but Honky Chateau went to #1 in the US earlier that year.

A few “firsts” are attributed to both the song and album. It was the first song released as a single on the MCA label (catalog #40000) after MCA dissolved its Uni (Elton John’s previous label), Decca, Kapp and Coral labels. It was also MCA’s first #1 song as well as Elton John’s first #1

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Crocodile Rock este un single de pe albumul Don’t Shoot Me, I am Only The Piano Player din 1972. A fost hit, dintre multele, de locul 1 în SUA. În Marea Britanie, s-a oprit la locul 5. De fapt în UK primul loc 1, a fost un duet cu Kiki Dee în 1976, “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”. Primul loc 1 în UK că artist solo l-a avut abia în 1990 cu piesa “Sacrifice”.

Crocodile Rock este reminiscent de muzică anilor ’50-’60, conținând câte ceva din “Little Darlin””, “At The Hop” și “Oh Carol”.

I remember when rock was young
Me and Suzie had so much fun
Holding hands and skimming stones
Had an old gold Chevy and a place of my own

But the biggest kick I ever got
Was doing a thing called the Crocodile Rock
While the other kids were Rocking Round the Clock
We were hopping and bopping to the Crocodile Rock

Well Crocodile Rocking is something shocking
When your feet just can’t keep still
I never knew me a better time and I guess I never will

Oh Lawdy mama those Friday nights
When Suzie wore her dresses tight
And the Crocodile Rocking was out of sight

But the years went by and the rock just died
Suzie went and left us for some foreign guy
Long nights crying by the record machine
Dreaming of my Chevy and my old blue jeans

But they’ll never kill the thrills we’ve got
Burning up to the Crocodile Rock
Learning fast as the weeks went past
We really thought the Crocodile Rock would last

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