Philadelphia Freedom (song) Philadelphia Freedom (song) "Philadelphia Freedom" is a song released by The Elton John Band as a single in 1975. The song was the fourth of Elton John's six number 1 US hits during the early and mid-1970s, which saw his recordings dominating the charts. In Canada it was his eighth single to hit the top of the "RPM" national singles chart. The song was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin as a favour to John's friend, tennis star Billie Jean King. King was part of the Philadelphia Freedoms professional tennis team. The song features an orchestral arrangement by Gene
Runaway Train (Elton John and Eric Clapton song) Runaway Train (Elton John and Eric Clapton song) "Runaway Train" is a pop rock song recorded by the British rock-pop musicians Elton John and Eric Clapton. A CD, cassette and 7" vinyl single from Elton John's album "The One" was released in July 1992 which was later also accompanied by a music video shot the same year. it is also from the "Lethal Weapon 3" movie soundtrack. The music for the song was written by Elton John and Olle Romo while the lyrics were written by John's long-time collaborator Bernie Taupin. For the recording of his instrumental part, John used