Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin

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 of the same title documenting their collaboration.

Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Compilation album by various artists
Released	October 14, 1991 (1991-10-14)[1]
Recorded	Various
Genre	Rock
Length	78:54
Label	Polydor
Producer	Many
Singles from Two Rooms
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" Released: September 1991 "Rocket Man" b/w "Candle in the Wind" Released: November 1991

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Chicago Tribune	[3]
Philadelphia Inquirer	[4]

Critical reception

The album gained an uneven reception,^[5] though some performances were singled out for praise, including Sinéad O'Connor's interpretation of "Sacrifice",^[6] Kate Bush's reggae-inflected version of "Rocket Man" (which won The Observer readers' award for greatest cover of all time in 2007),^[7][8] 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.^[9]

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.^[10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin.

Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin track listing

No.	Title	Performing artist	Length
1.	"Border Song"	Eric Clapton	4:21
2.	"Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)"	Kate Bush	4:57
3.	"Come Down in Time"	Sting	3:38
4.	"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting[11]"	The Who	4:32
5.	"Crocodile Rock"	The Beach Boys	4:21
6.	"Daniel"	Wilson Phillips	4:03
7.	"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"	Joe Cocker	3:57
8.	"Levon"	Jon Bon Jovi	5:27
9.	"The Bitch is Back"	Tina Turner	3:38
10.	"Philadelphia Freedom"	Hall & Oates	5:12
11.	"Your Song"	Rod Stewart	4:49
12.	"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"	Oleta Adams	6:02
13.	"Madman Across the Water"	Bruce Hornsby	6:10
14.	"Sacrifice"	Sinéad O'Connor	5:12
15.	"Burn Down the Mission"	Phil Collins	6:11
16.	"Tonight"	George Michael	7:23
Total length:			79:53

Companion Film

Two versions of a documentary, also titled Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin, exist. One was released internationally on VHS video with a running time of ninety minutes. The other aired on ABC television in 1992 as a one-hour special and featured a slightly different edit and contents. The television version was hosted by Sylvester Stallone. Stallone does not appear on the VHS version. Bruce Hornsby, George Michael, Hall & Oates and Oleta Adams appear in the television version but not the VHS version.

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Two Rooms Chart (1991–1992) Peak position Australian Compilations (ARIA)[12] 15 Austrian Compilations (Ö3 Austria)[13] 5 Dutch Compilations (MegaCharts)[14] 13 French Compilations (IFOP)[15] 18 Swedish Compilations (Topplistan)[16] 31 Swiss Compilations (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 2 US Billboard 200[18] 18

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Two Rooms Chart (1992) Position US Billboard 200[19] 49

Certifications

Certifications for Two Rooms

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[20]	Platinum	70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[21]	Platinum	100,000^
France (SNEP)[22]	Gold	100,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ)[23]	Platinum	15,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[24]	Gold	50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[25]	Platinum	300,000^
United States (RIAA)[26]	Platinum	1,000,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• Revamp & Restoration