Greatest Hits, Vol. III 1979-1987

Why this album mattered

Greatest Hits, Vol. III 1979-1987 (1987) is a Elton John album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 17 tracks on this release. It reached #84 and charted for 23 weeks. Major singles from the album include "Don'T Go Breaking My Heart", "Crocodile Rock", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road".

The music

1
Bennie & The Jets
2
The Bitch Is Back
3
Sad Songs (Say So Much)
4
Daniel
5
Rocket Man
6
Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
7
Can You Feel The Love Tonight?
8
Candle In The Wind
9
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
10
Sacrifice
11
I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
12
Your Song
13
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
14
Crocodile Rock
15
I'm Still Standing
16
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
17
Philadelphia Freedom

One bar, one chart week

The chart journey

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The songs behind the run

Breakout songs

The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.

Don'T Go Breaking My HeartElton John
Hot 100 peak
#1
Weeks on chart
22

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Album facts

Singles"Don'T Go Breaking My Heart" · "Crocodile Rock" · "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" · "Daniel" · "Don'T Let The Sun Go Down On Me" · "I Guess That'S Why They Call It The Blues" · "The Bitch Is Back" · "Sad Songs Say So Much" · "Candle In The Wind" · "Rocket Man" · "Your Song" · "I'M Still Standing" · "Sacrifice"
ArtistElton John
Year1987

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