Sleeping with the Past upper register would become few and far between. Wynonna Judd recorded a contemporary country music cover version of "Stones Throw from Hurtin'" which was featured in the 1992 film "Leap of Faith" starring Steve Martin. Sinéad O'Connor recorded a cover version of "Sacrifice" for the 1991 "" tribute album. This was John's first album since "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" with John and Taupin writing every song on the album without additional writing credits from others. All tracks written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Side one Side two The version of "Durban Deep" on the 1998 remaster
Your Song self-deprecating narrator stumbles to get out his feelings, which despite being a melodramatic device, AllMusic calls "effective and sweet": "Your Song" was the inspiration for the song "We All Fall in Love Sometimes" on John's 1975 album "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy". "Your Song" was praised by critics upon its release and in subsequent years. Writing in the NME on its release Derek Johnson wrote, "The song itself is glowing and strangely haunting, the scoring is smooth and delicate and the performance is symptomatic of a new era in pop idols." Bill Janovitz from AllMusic described it as