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| "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" | ||||
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| Single by Elton John | ||||
| from the album Jump Up! | ||||
| B-side | "Take Me Down to the Ocean" | |||
| Released | 28 May 1982[1] (UK) | |||
| Recorded | September–October 1981 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 4:06 (single version) 5:05 (album version) | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Elton John, Bernie Taupin | |||
| Producer(s) | Chris Thomas | |||
| Elton John singles chronology | ||||
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"Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" is a song by English musician Elton John, written by John and Bernie Taupin, which first appeared on his sixteenth album Jump Up! released in 1982. It was the second single of the said album in the UK,[2] and the lead single in the United States.[3] The song is a tribute to John Lennon, who had been murdered 15 months earlier.[4]
- ^ "Elton John – Empty Garden".
- ^ "Elton John – Empty Garden".
- ^ "Elton John – Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)".
- ^ "Neither 'Rocket Man' Nor 'Tiny Dancer' Is Elton John's Best Song". Esquire. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2023.