Elton John — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 226 songs across 35 albums by Elton John. They use 4,032 unique words out of 26,579 (lexical richness MATTR 0.67), with an average of 118 content words per song. Emotional tone: 70% of songs positive, 1% neutral, 29% negative.
Most used words by Elton John
- love (386)
- know (221)
- time (193)
- back (175)
- heart (153)
- one (151)
- say (148)
- man (146)
- little (144)
- want (143)
- see (140)
- make (127)
- night (120)
- world (120)
- take (112)
- around (112)
- life (112)
- way (110)
- tell (108)
- baby (107)
Signature phrases
- “little girl” (27)
- “bend river bend” (24)
- “river bend river” (24)
- “trust woman” (23)
- “big dipper” (23)
- “true love” (22)
- “dear john” (22)
- “two rooms end” (21)
- “rooms end world” (21)
- “give key heart” (21)
Colors in the lyrics
- white (61)
- blue (50)
- black (39)
- red (16)
- gold (13)
- yellow (12)
- green (7)
- gray (5)
Albums analyzed
- Empty Sky (1969)
- Elton John (1970)
- Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
- Madman Across the Water (1971)
- Honky Château (1972)
- Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player (1973)
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
- Caribou (1974)
- Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
- Rock of the Westies (1975)
- Blue Moves (1976)
- A Single Man (1978)
- Victim of Love (1979)
- 21 at 33 (1980)
- The Fox (1981)
- Jump Up! (1982)
- Too Low for Zero (1983)
- Breaking Hearts (1984)
- Ice on Fire (1985)
- Leather Jackets (1986)
- Reg Strikes Back (1988)
- Sleeping With the Past (1989)
- The One (1992)
- Duets (1993)
- Made in England (1995)
- The Big Picture (1997)
- Songs From the West Coast (2001)
- Peachtree Road (2004)
- The Captain & The Kid (2006)
- The Union (2010)
- The Diving Board (2013)
- Wonderful Crazy Night (2016)
- Regimental Sgt. Zippo (2021)
- The Lockdown Sessions (2021)
- Who Believes in Angels? (2025)