Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me

Name: Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Duration: 5 min 37 s

~ Recording by Elton John

Annotation

GBAMB9500047 - remastered 1995

Annotation last modified on 2025-04-07 19:17 UTC.

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
6.2	Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me	5:37	Elton John	The Ultimate Rock Ballads Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2007	Time–Life Music	21868-1
2.11	Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me	5:36	Elton John	Songs for Japan	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	JP2011-05-04	Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint), EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), 日本赤十字社	SICP-3140, SICP-3141

engineer:	Clive Franks
producer:	Gus Dudgeon
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:	Davey Johnstone
bass guitar:	Dee Murray
bell and tambourine:	Ray Cooper (percussionist)
drums (drum set):	Nigel Olsson
organ, piano and lead vocals:	Elton John (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer)
background vocals:	Billy Hinsche Bruce Johnston (US singer‐songwriter, member of The Beach Boys) Toni Tennille Carl Wilson (Beach Boys)
horn arranger:	Del Newman (British conductor, orchestrator, arranger)
vocals arranger:	Bruce Johnston (US singer‐songwriter, member of The Beach Boys)

recorded at:	Caribou Ranch Recording Studio in Nederland

recording of:	Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me

lyricist:	Bernie Taupin
composer:	Elton John (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer)

publisher:	Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) Big Pig Music Ltd. (publisher) (in 1991)

later parody versions:	Why Isn’t Howard Stern on TV (parody version for Howard Stern show)