"Club at the End of the Street" is a song by British musician Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin, performed by John. It was included on John's album Sleeping with the Past in 1989 and released as its third single in 1990. The song describes a night on the town between two lovers at an undisclosed nightclub. In 2013, John stated in Rolling Stone that this song was one of his favourites. The song featured an animated music video. He performed it three times live during the One Night Only concerts in 2000.

For the single release, John's rendition of the well-known John Lennon song "Give Peace a Chance" was used for the B-side.

Chart performance The single was a No. 28 pop hit in the US and a Top 40 hit in several countries in the summer of 1990; whilst in Denmark, where the album was recorded, it reached No. 1 for two weeks and remains one of John's biggest hits in that country.

Music video The music video was produced by Animation City, an animation company in London and directed by Derek Hayes; it followed the success of the Madonna video "Dear Jessie" by the same company. The music video version of the track is slightly faster than the single and album versions. The animated version of Elton John would make a cameo appearance a year later in Rod Stewart's "The Motown Song" music video; which was also created by the same company.

Director – Derek Hayes Producer – Maddy Sparrow Designer – Lin Jammet Animators – Neville Astley, Paul Cowan, Jimmy Farrington, Kevin Griffiths, Andy Goff, Malcolm Hartley, Derek Hayes and Erica Russell. Additional Animation – 'A' For Animation Production Company – Animation City

Track listings 7-inch and CD single "Club at the End of the Street" – 4:49 "Give Peace a Chance" – 3:46

12-inch maxi "Club at the End of the Street" – 4:49 "Give Peace a Chance" – 3:46 "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" (live in Verona, Italy) – 5:37

Personnel Elton John – keyboards, lead and harmony vocals, backing vocals Guy Babylon – keyboards Fred Mandel – keyboards, organ, guitar Peter Iversen – Fairlight and Audiofile programming Davey Johnstone – guitar, backing vocals Romeo Williams – bass Jonathan Moffett – drums Vince Denham – saxophone

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1990)PeakpositionEurope (Eurochart Hot 100) 46Italy Airplay (Music & Media) 6US Cash Box Top 10024

Year-end charts Chart (1990)PositionCanada Top Singles (RPM)92Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)26US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)10US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)174

Release history RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)United StatesApril 1990MCAAustralia14 May 1990Rocket11 June 1990CD2United Kingdom6 August 1990

See also List of European number-one airplay songs of the 1990s

References