"Your Song" is a ballad composed and performed by English musician Elton John with lyrics by his longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin. It originally appeared on John's self-titled second album (1970).
The song was released in the United States in October 1970 as the B-side to "Take Me to the Pilot". Both received airplay, but "Your Song" was preferred by disc jockeys and replaced "Take Me to the Pilot" as the A-side, eventually making the top ten on both the UK and US charts.
In 1998, "Your Song" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2004 the song was placed at number 137 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
A demo version was included on John's 1990 box set album To Be Continued. The song has been covered by a number of artists, including Ellie Goulding, whose version reached number two on the UK Singles Chart in late 2010.
Taupin wrote the song's lyrics after breakfast one morning on the roof of 20 Denmark Street, London, where John worked for a music publishing firm as an office boy, hence the line "I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss".
Aya Matsuura (松浦 亜弥, born June 25, 1986) also known to her fans as Ayaya, is a Japanese pop singer and actress from Himeji, Hyogo, Japan. Her husband is Keita Tachibana and as a result, her legal name is Aya Tachibana (橘亜弥).
Aya auditioned in 2000 for the fourth Morning Musume & Heike Michiyo Protegee Audition and was selected along with Sheki-Dol to become a part of what was later known as Hello! Project. It is a common misconception that Aya originally auditioned to be a part of Morning Musume, which she did not. After being chosen from that audition, Matsuura began her solo career. In time, she would become one of Hello! Project's biggest acts.
Aside from a successful solo career, Matsuura (nicknamed Ayaya), also did numerous collaborations with other members of Hello! Project, including special, usually short lived groups Gomattou with Maki Goto and Miki Fujimoto; Nochiura Natsumi with Maki Goto and Natsumi Abe; and DEF.DIVA with Maki Goto, Natsumi Abe, and Rika Ishikawa. She also did the "Folk Song" series which feature Yuko Nakazawa and other Hello! Project artists, as well as Hello! Project's shuffle groups (3nin Matsuri in 2001, Odoru 11 in 2002, Salt5 in 2003, and the larger H.P. All Stars in 2004).
"Your Song" is a song by Elton John.
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Your Song is a digital extended play by Australian pop singer Guy Sebastian. It features live versions of four songs from his 2007 soul covers album The Memphis Album, and an additional two extra covers. It was released on 6 December 2007 on Sony BMG.
Tales Told by Dead Friends is the debut EP from Tallahassee rock band Mayday Parade, released on June 13, 2006.
It was originally self-released by the band, but has since been re-released by Fearless. To support the album, the band followed the Warped Tour and sold copies to people standing in line. The Fearless-released edition was released on November 7, 2006. The band signed to Fearless in August 2006. The EP sold over 20,000 copies to date. A vinyl version was released on December 2, 2013, limited to 1,000 copies.
Your Song is a weekly musical anthology series of ABS-CBN in the Philippines, broadcast every Sunday after ASAP. The show premiered on February 12, 2006 until its final episode on March 27, 2011 spanned for almost 5 years.
The plot of each episode is inspired by a hit song performed by a local artist. The song title is used as the episode title, while the song itself is used throughout the episode as background music. A new cast is featured in each episode.
From season 1 to 7, Your Song had weekly episodes featuring songs as title and theme.. Seasons 1 and 2 had both 11 episodes. Season 3 had 14 episodes, season 4 had 11 episodes, season 5 had 12 episodes, season 6 had 8 episodes while season 7 had 18 episodes. Season 2 had one special screening to introduce ABS-CBN's drama series Bituing Walang Ningning.
For season 8, Your Song featured stories based on chosen songs, where each story arc will now be shown for a whole month changing parts, due to another ABS-CBN program counterpart Love Spell that had weekly episodes. The season reverted to its weekly episode-format during February 2009. The season had a total of 13 story arcs, with My Only Hope the longest seasonal episodes every in the history of the show.