Elton John videography

Since before the start of MTV, Elton John has been making promotional music videos, beginning early in his career with "Your Song". Music videos in the 1970s were not quite common and Elton made only a few during that decade. It wasn't until he teamed with director Russell Mulcahy to film a music video album entitled Visions- that included every song off of his 1981 album The Fox- that Elton steadfastly filmed music videos for nearly every single in his long career. Elton is usually featured in each of his videos, despite publicly complaining that he "loathes them", but beginning in 2001 Elton began appearing less and less in his own videos, sometimes opting to have other actors, such famous names as Justin Timberlake and Robert Downey, Jr, lip-synch the lyrics.

1970s

Year	Title	Director	Album	Video Available On
1970	"Your Song"		Elton John	The Very Best of Elton John (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD) Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS) Rocket Man (DVD)
1972	"Crocodile Rock"		Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player
1973	"Step Into Christmas"		Non-Album Single
1976	"Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word"		Blue Moves	The Very Best of Elton John (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD) Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS)
	"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (with Kiki Dee)	Mike Mansfield	Non-Album Single	The Very Best of Elton John (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD)
1978	"Ego"	Michael Lindsay-Hogg	Non-Album Single
	"Part-Time Love"		A Single Man
	"Song For Guy"		A Single Man

1980s

Year	Title	Director	Album	Video Available On
1980	"Donner pour donner" (with France Gall)		Non-Album Single
1981	"Breaking Down Barriers"	Russell Mulcahy	The Fox	Visions (Laserdisc, VHS)
	"Heart in the Right Place"
	"Just Like Belgium"
	"Nobody Wins"
	"Fascist Faces"
	"Carla Etude/Fanfare"
	"Chloe"
	"Heels of the Wind"
	"Elton's Song"
	"The Fox"
1982	"Blue Eyes"	Stephen Priest	Jump Up!	The Very Best of Elton John (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD) Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS)
	"Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)"			Dream Ticket (DVD)
1983	"I'm Still Standing"	Russell Mulcahy	Too Low for Zero	The Very Best of Elton John (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD) Rocket Man (DVD)
	"I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues"			The Very Best of Elton John (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD) Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS) Rocket Man (DVD)
	"Kiss the Bride"	Godley & Creme		The Very Best of Elton John (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD)
1984	"Sad Songs (Say So Much)"	Russell Mulcahy	Breaking Hearts	The Very Best of Elton John (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD)
	"Passengers"	Simon Milne
	"Who Wears These Shoes"
	"In Neon"	Bernie Taupin
1985	"Act of War" (with Millie Jackson)	Russell Mulcahy	Ice on Fire
	"Nikita"	Ken Russell		The Very Best of Elton John (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD) Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS)
	"Wrap Her Up"	Russell Mulcahy		The Very Best of Elton John (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD)
	"Cry to Heaven"	Ken Russell
1986	"Heartache All Over the World"	Mike Brady	Leather Jackets
1987	"Flames of Paradise" (with Jennifer Rush)	Nick Morris	Heart Over Mind (Jennifer Rush Album)
	"Candle in the Wind (Live in Australia)"	Mark Fitzgerald	Live in Australia	Live in Australia (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD) Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS)
1988	"I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That"	Russell Mulcahy	Reg Strikes Back	The Very Best of Elton John (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD)
	"Town of Plenty"
	"A Word in Spanish"
1989	"Healing Hands"		Sleeping with the Past
	"Sacrifice"	Alek Keshishian		Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS) Dream Ticket (DVD)
	"Club at the End of the Street"	Derek Hayes

1990s

Year	Title	Director	Album	Video Available On
1990	"You Gotta Love Someone"	Andy Morahan	To Be Continued	The Very Best of Elton John (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD)
	"Easier to Walk Away"
1991	"Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me" (Live with George Michael)	Andy Morahan	Non-Album Single	Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS)
1992	"The One"	Russell Mulcahy	The One	Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS)
	"Runaway Train" (with Eric Clapton)	Denise Thorne
	"The Last Song"	Gus Van Sant		The Last Song (VHS)
	"Simple Life"	Russell Mulcahy
1993	"True Love" (with Kiki Dee)	Vadim Jean	Duets	Love Songs (Laserdisc, VHS)
	"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (with RuPaul)	Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato
	"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (with Marcella Detroit)	Rainer Thieding
1994	"Can You Feel the Love Tonight"	Matthew Amos	The Lion King	The Lion King (DVD) Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS) Dream Ticket (DVD)
	"Circle of Life"	Richard Baskin		Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS)
1995	"Believe"	Marcus Nispel	Made in England	Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS) Dream Ticket (DVD)
	"Made in England"	Howard Greenhalgh
	"Blessed"	David Vital-Durand & Raphaël Vital-Durand		Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS)
	"Please"	Howard Greenhalgh		Love Songs (Laserdisc, VHS)
1996	"You Can Make History (Young Again)"	David Dobkin	Love Songs
	"Live Like Horses" (with Luciano Pavarotti)		Non-Album Single
1997	"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"	Tim Royes	The Big Picture
	"Recover Your Soul"	Marcus Nispel		Recover Your Soul (UK CD Single)
1999	"Written in the Stars" (with LeAnn Rimes)	Harvey Bertram-Brown & Carolyn Corben (as the New RenaisCAnce)	Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida

2000s

Year	Title	Director	Album	Video Available On
2000	"Someday Out of the Blue"	Joseph Kahn & Bibo Bergeron	The Road to El Dorado	The Road to El Dorado (DVD)
2001	"I Want Love"	Sam Taylor-Wood	Songs from the West Coast	I Want Love (UK CD Single) One Night Only (DVD) Dream Ticket (DVD) Rocket Man (DVD)
	"This Train Don't Stop There Anymore"	David LaChapelle		One Night Only (DVD)
	"Original Sin"			This Train Don't Stop There Anymore (UK CD Single) One Night Only (DVD)
2002	"Your Song" (with Alessandro Safina)	Tom Bird	Non-Album Single	Your Song (UK CD Single)
	"Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word" (with Blue)	Max Giwa & Dania Pasquini (as Max & Dania)	One Love (Blue Album)	One Night Only (DVD)
2003	"Are You Ready for Love"	Kate Dawkins	The Complete Thom Bell Sessions	Are You Ready for Love (UK CD Single) Dream Ticket (DVD)
	"The Heart of Every Girl"	Nigel Dick	Mona Lisa Smile soundtrack
2004	"All That I'm Allowed (I'm Thankful)"	David LaChapelle	Peachtree Road
	"Turn the Lights Out When You Leave"	Sam Taylor-Wood
2005	"Electricity"	Stephen Daldry	Peachtree Road (reissue)
2006	"Tinderbox"	Julian Gibbs & Julian House	The Captain & the Kid	Rocket Man (DVD)