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I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues

Elton John

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LIST YEAR

1983

Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.

Genre

PopRock

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RELEASE DATE & LIST YEAR

Release: 1983

Release: 1983Source checked

Original Too Low for Zero recording documented in 1983. Artist discography dates and original track list were checked together; later bonus tracks, remixes, live albums and compilations are excluded.

The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.

Elton John: official discography
Too Low for Zero: original album release 1983.

Elton John: Too Low for Zero
Matching original album track; bonus tracks and other performers on soundtracks are not used for this recording.

BEHIND THE SONG

Inspiration and background

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This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.

Featured Stevie Wonder on harmonica and became one of John's most enduring hits.

Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent

Sources for this information

Owner-supplied 1983.html, song-list position 105
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Other appearances and versions

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Sources and scope

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Editorial artist-repertoire classification

Owner-supplied 1983.html
Original list position 105; annual selection retained from supplied material, not independently corroborated.

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