Since before the start of MTV, Elton John has been making promotional music videos since his early career, beginning with "Your Song". Music videos in the 1970s were not quite common and Elton made only a few during that decade, it wasn't until he teamed with director Russell Mulcahy to film a music video album entitled Visions that included every song off of his 1981 album The Fox, that Elton steadfastly filmed music videos for nearly every single in his long career. Elton is usually featured in each of his videos, despite publicly complaining that he "loathes them", but beginning in 2001 Elton began appearing less and less in his own videos, sometimes opting to have other actors, such famous names as Justin Timberlake and Robert Downey, Jr, lip-synch the lyrics.
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1970s
| Year | Title | Director | Album | Video Available On |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | "Your Song" | Elton John | The Very Best of Elton John (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD) Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS) Rocket Man (DVD) |
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| 1973 | "Step Into Christmas" | Non-Album Single | ||
| 1976 | "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word" | Blue Moves | The Very Best of Elton John (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD) Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS) |
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| "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (with Kiki Dee) | Mike Mansfield | Non-Album Single | The Very Best of Elton John (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD) | |
| 1978 | "Ego" | Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Non-Album Single | |
| "Part-Time Love" | A Single Man |
1980s
| Year | Title | Director | Album | Video Available On |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | "Donner pour donner" (with France Gall) | Non-Album Single | ||
| 1981 | "Breaking Down Barriers" | Russell Mulcahy | The Fox | Visions (Laserdisc, VHS) |
| "Heart in the Right Place" | ||||
| "Just Like Belgium" | ||||
| "Nobody Wins" | ||||
| "Fascist Faces" | ||||
| "Carla Etude/Fanfare" | ||||
| "Chloe" | ||||
| "Heels of the Wind" | ||||
| "Elton's Song" | ||||
| "The Fox" | ||||
| 1982 | "Blue Eyes" | Stephen Priest | Jump Up! | The Very Best of Elton John (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD) Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS) |
| "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" | Dream Ticket (DVD) | |||
| 1983 | "I'm Still Standing" | Russell Mulcahy | Too Low for Zero | The Very Best of Elton John (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD) Rocket Man (DVD) |
| "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues" | The Very Best of Elton John (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD) Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS) Rocket Man (DVD) |
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| "Kiss the Bride" | Godley & Creme | The Very Best of Elton John (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD) | ||
| 1984 | "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" | Russell Mulcahy | Breaking Hearts | The Very Best of Elton John (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD) |
| "Passengers" | Simon Milne | |||
| "Who Wears These Shoes" | ||||
| "In Neon" | Bernie Taupin | |||
| 1985 | "Act of War" (with Millie Jackson) | Russell Mulcahy | Ice on Fire | |
| "Nikita" | Ken Russell | The Very Best of Elton John (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD) Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS) |
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| "Wrap Her Up" | Russell Mulcahy | The Very Best of Elton John (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD) | ||
| "Cry to Heaven" | Ken Russell | |||
| 1986 | "Heartache All Over the World" | Mike Brady | Leather Jackets | |
| 1987 | "Flames of Paradise" (with Jennifer Rush) | Nick Morris | Heart Over Mind (Jennifer Rush Album) | |
| "Candle in the Wind (Live in Australia)" | Mark Fitzgerald | Live in Australia | Live in Australia (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD) Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS) |
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| 1988 | "I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That" | Russell Mulcahy | Reg Strikes Back | The Very Best of Elton John (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD) |
| "Town of Plenty" | ||||
| "A Word in Spanish" | ||||
| 1989 | "Healing Hands" | Sleeping with the Past | ||
| "Sacrifice" | Alek Keshishian | Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS) Dream Ticket (DVD) |
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| "Club at the End of the Street" | Derek Hayes |
1990s
| Year | Title | Director | Album | Video Available On |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | "You Gotta Love Someone" | Andy Morahan | To Be Continued | The Very Best of Elton John (Laserdisc, VHS, DVD) |
| "Easier to Walk Away" | ||||
| 1991 | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me" (Live with George Michael) | Andy Morahan | Non-Album Single | Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS) |
| 1992 | "The One" | Russell Mulcahy | The One | Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS) |
| "Runaway Train" (with Eric Clapton) | Denise Thorne | |||
| "The Last Song" | Gus Van Sant | The Last Song (VHS) | ||
| "Simple Life" | Russell Mulcahy | |||
| 1993 | "True Love" (with Kiki Dee) | Vadim Jean | Duets | Love Songs (Laserdisc, VHS) |
| "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (with RuPaul) | Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato | |||
| "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (with Marcella Detroit) | Rainer Thieding | |||
| 1994 | "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" | Matthew Amos | The Lion King | The Lion King (DVD) Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS) Dream Ticket (DVD) |
| "Circle of Life" | Richard Baskin | Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS) | ||
| 1995 | "Believe" | Marcus Nispel | Made in England | Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS) Dream Ticket (DVD) |
| "Made in England" | Howard Greenhalgh | |||
| "Blessed" | David Vital-Durand & Raphaël Vital-Durand | Love Songs (Laserdisc, VCD, VHS) | ||
| "Please" | Howard Greenhalgh | Love Songs (Laserdisc, VHS) | ||
| 1996 | "You Can Make History (Young Again)" | David Dobkin | Love Songs | |
| "Live Like Horses" (with Luciano Pavarotti) | Non-Album Single | |||
| 1997 | "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" | Tim Royes | The Big Picture | |
| "Recover Your Soul" | Marcus Nispel | Recover Your Soul (UK CD Single) | ||
| 1999 | "Written in the Stars" (with LeAnn Rimes) | Harvey Bertram-Brown & Carolyn Corben (as the New RenaisCAnce) | Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida |
2000s
| Year | Title | Director | Album | Video Available On |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | "Someday Out of the Blue" | Joseph Kahn & Bibo Bergeron | The Road to El Dorado | The Road to El Dorado (DVD) |
| 2001 | "I Want Love" | Sam Taylor-Wood | Songs from the West Coast | I Want Love (UK CD Single) One Night Only (DVD) Dream Ticket (DVD) Rocket Man (DVD) |
| "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" | David LaChapelle | One Night Only (DVD) | ||
| "Original Sin" | This Train Don't Stop There Anymore (UK CD Single) One Night Only (DVD) |
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| 2002 | "Your Song" (with Alessandro Safina) | Tom Bird | Non-Album Single | Your Song (UK CD Single) |
| "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word" (with Blue) | Max Giwa & Dania Pasquini (as Max & Dania) | One Love (Blue Album) | One Night Only (DVD) | |
| 2003 | "Are You Ready for Love" | Kate Dawkins | The Complete Thom Bell Sessions | Are You Ready for Love (UK CD Single) Dream Ticket (DVD) |
| "The Heart of Every Girl" | Nigel Dick | Mona Lisa Smile soundtrack | ||
| 2004 | "All That I'm Allowed (I'm Thankful)" | David LaChapelle | Peachtree Road | |
| "Turn the Lights Out When You Leave" | Sam Taylor-Wood | |||
| 2005 | "Electricity" | Stephen Daldry | Peachtree Road (reissue) | |
| 2006 | "Tinderbox" | Julian Gibbs & Julian House | The Captain & the Kid | Rocket Man (DVD) |
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