Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin is a 1991 tribute album consisting of interpretations of sixteen songs written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. The title refers to a song on John's album 21 at 33, "Two Rooms at the End of the World", and to the duo's unusual collaborative style; it is also the title of a 1991 film documenting their collaboration.

Critical reception

The album gained an uneven reception, though some performances were singled out for praise, including Sinéad O'Connor's interpretation of "Sacrifice", Kate Bush's reggae-inflected version of "Rocket Man" (which won The Observer readers' award for greatest cover of all time in 2007), and Tina Turner's version of "The Bitch Is Back" which was nominated for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards.

Singles

Two singles were released from the album: Oleta Adams' version of "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" peaked at number 33 in the UK Singles Chart and Kate Bush's "Rocket Man" peaked at number 12 in the UK and number two in Australia (where it beat the original version's chart position by several places). The B-side of Bush's single was her version of "Candle in the Wind". The CD single added an instrumental version of the same song. Wilson Phillips' cover of "Daniel", while not released as a single, peaked at number seven in the US Adult Contemporary chart due to strong radio airplay.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

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