Rocketman: Music from the Motion Picture is a soundtrack album released by Virgin EMI (UK) and Interscope Records (US) on CD and digital formats on 24 May 2019 and is the official soundtrack album to the 2019 biographical musical film of British musician Elton John entitled Rocketman. The album contains 22 tracks of several hits performed by the cast of the film and a newly written track "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" featuring vocals by Taron Egerton and John together. This is the only song featuring John. The song won the 2019 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song & the 2020 Academy Award for Best Original Song. The soundtrack was also released by Interscope Records on vinyl on 23 August 2019.
Commercial success On 7 June 2019, the album entered the Billboard 200 at number 58 and at number 6 on the Billboard Soundtracks chart. In its second week, the soundtrack moved to number 50 with 12,000 album-equivalent units.
Track listing
Personnel
Giles Martin – production Greg Kurstin – production Elton John – executive production; vocals Matthew Vaughn – executive production David Furnish – executive production Dexter Fletcher – executive production Taron Egerton – vocals Kit Connor – vocals Sebastian Rich – vocals Gemma Jones – vocals Bryce Dallas Howard – vocals Steven Mackintosh – vocals Rachel Muldoon – vocals Richard Madden – vocals Celinde Schoenmaker – vocals Jamie Bell – vocals
Ron Blake - trumpet
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2019) Peakposition Japan Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 49
Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) 66 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) 87
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