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"Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)"
"Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)"
Single by Elton John
from the album Jump Up!
B-side	"Take Me Down to the Ocean"
Released	28 May 1982 (UK)
Recorded	September–October 1981
Genre	Rock
Length	4:06 (single version) ; 5:05 (album version)
Label	Geffen (US); Rocket (UK);
Songwriter(s)	Elton John, Bernie Taupin
Producer(s)	Chris Thomas
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"Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" is a song by English musician Elton John, written by John and Bernie Taupin, which first appeared on his sixteenth album Jump Up! released in 1982. It was the second single of the said album in the UK,^[2] and the lead single in the United States.^[3] The song is a tribute to John Lennon, who had been murdered 15 months earlier.^[4]

Composition and background

Lennon and John were good friends, and in 1974, Lennon appeared on John's single cover of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", the B-side of which was Lennon's "One Day (At a Time)". The pair later collaborated on "Whatever Gets You thru the Night", which appeared on Lennon's album Walls and Bridges. Lennon agreed to appear in concert with John if "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" became a No. 1 single, which it did. On Thanksgiving Day, 1974, Lennon and John performed it, along with "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "I Saw Her Standing There" at Madison Square Garden. This would be Lennon's last live performance. The song title "Empty Garden" refers to the empty venue.^[5] The song uses a garden metaphor throughout to represent Lennon's efforts, achievements, and absence. The refrain "Can't you come out to play" references Lennon's composition "Dear Prudence" (credited "Lennon/McCartney") from the album "The Beatles", colloquially known as the "White Album".

After Lennon's death, John was concerned that a tribute song to the late Beatle would be "clumsy" – until he saw Taupin's lyrics.

Elton John wrote and recorded an earlier instrumental tribute to Lennon, "The Man Who Never Died", which was issued as the B-side of "Nikita" in 1985 and eventually included as a bonus track on the remastered reissue of Ice on Fire.

Music video

The music video featured John playing his piano and singing the track in front of a replica of Lennon's apartment, where he was assassinated.

Reception

Billboard said that it came closer to matching John's best work than any of his recent songs.^[6] Record World said that it's a "simple, touching tribute to John Lennon" and that "it features one of Elton's strongest vocal efforts in recent memory."^[7]

Elton has rarely performed the song live, after the 1982 world tour, because it brings back many painful memories of Lennon's murder, as he once stated during a concert on 5 November 1999, at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin,^[8] and prior to that at a concert on 9 October 1988 at The Centrum in Worcester, Massachusetts. In the latter case, John played the song, as well as "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", in his third encore to mark what would have been Lennon's 48th birthday.^[9]

Notable performances include one at Madison Square Garden, with Lennon's widow Yoko and Elton's godson Sean in the audience in 1982.^[10] He also performed the song during his first appearance on the 17 April 1982 episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Johnny Cash.^[11]

In April 2013, John added the song to the setlist of The Million Dollar Piano, his residency show at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.^[12]

Personnel

Elton John – Yamaha CP-70 electric grand piano, harpsichord, vocals
James Newton Howard – synthesizers
Richie Zito – acoustic guitars
Dee Murray – bass
Jeff Porcaro – drums, LinnDrum

Three percussion instruments – namely castanets, maracas and tambourine – are audible, possibly overdubs from Jeff Porcaro or perhaps an uncredited percussionist.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary^[13]	8
Canada RPM Top Singles^[14]	8
Ireland (IRMA)^[15]	29
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[16]	14
UK Singles Chart^[17]	51
US Billboard Hot 100^[18]	13
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[19]	18
US Cash Box Top 100^[20]	12

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)	Rank
Canada^[21]	68
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[22]	76
U.S. Cash Box^[23]	78

References

^ "Elton John – Empty Garden".
^ "Elton John – Empty Garden".
^ "Elton John – Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)".
^ "Neither 'Rocket Man' Nor 'Tiny Dancer' Is Elton John's Best Song". Esquire. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
^ "Elton John: 20 essential songs". The Daily Telegraph. 1 October 2015. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
^ "Top Single Picks". Billboard. 20 March 1982. p. 71. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. 3 April 1982. p. 1. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
^ "Elton John – Empty Garden (Live in Kohl Center, 11/05/1999)". Retrieved 20 June 2022 – via YouTube.
^ Voland, John (12 October 1988). "POP & ROCK". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
^ Katz, Frances (27 June 2019). "When Elton John Met John Lennon". CultureSonar. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
^ Perkins, Dennis PerkinsDennis (17 April 2022). "40 Years Ago: Elton John and Johnny Cash Trade Outfits on 'SNL'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
^ "Elton Says Goodbye to The Million Dollar Piano". www.eltonjohn.com. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 12 June 1982. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 29 May 1982. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Empty Garden". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
^ "Elton John – Empty Garden". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
^ "garden | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ [Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–2002]
^ "Elton John Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles". Retrieved 2 March 2016.
^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
^ "Top 100 Hits of 1982/Top 100 Songs of 1982". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
^ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1982". Archived from the original on 13 September 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

External links

Empty Garden's Lyrics Archived 3 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine at Letras.Mus.Br (in Portuguese)

[1] "Elton John – Empty Garden".

[2] "Elton John – Empty Garden".

[3] "Elton John – Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)".

[4] "Neither 'Rocket Man' Nor 'Tiny Dancer' Is Elton John's Best Song". Esquire. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2023.

[5] "Elton John: 20 essential songs". The Daily Telegraph. 1 October 2015. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

[6] "Top Single Picks". Billboard. 20 March 1982. p. 71. Retrieved 21 January 2023.

[rw-7] "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. 3 April 1982. p. 1. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[8] "Elton John – Empty Garden (Live in Kohl Center, 11/05/1999)". Retrieved 20 June 2022 – via YouTube.

[9] Voland, John (12 October 1988). "POP & ROCK". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

[10] Katz, Frances (27 June 2019). "When Elton John Met John Lennon". CultureSonar. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

[11] Perkins, Dennis PerkinsDennis (17 April 2022). "40 Years Ago: Elton John and Johnny Cash Trade Outfits on 'SNL'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

[12] "Elton Says Goodbye to The Million Dollar Piano". www.eltonjohn.com. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

[13] "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 12 June 1982. Retrieved 30 January 2019.

[14] "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 29 May 1982. Retrieved 28 January 2019.

[sc_Ireland2_-15] "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Empty Garden". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved March 4, 2018.

[sc_New_Zealand_Elton_John-16] "Elton John – Empty Garden". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

[17] "garden | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[18] [Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–2002]

[sc_Billboardadultcontemporary_Elton_John-19] "Elton John Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

[20] "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles". Retrieved 2 March 2016.

[21] "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

[22] "Top 100 Hits of 1982/Top 100 Songs of 1982". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 31 October 2016.

[23] "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1982". Archived from the original on 13 September 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

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+"'''Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)'''" is a song by English musician [[Elton John]], written by John and [[Bernie Taupin]], which first appeared on his sixteenth album ''[[Jump Up! (Elton John album)|Jump Up!]]'' released in 1982. It was the second single of the said album in the UK,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.45cat.com/record/xpres77|title=Elton John – Empty Garden}}</ref> and the lead single in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.45cat.com/record/gef50049|title = Elton John – Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)}}</ref> The song is a tribute to [[John Lennon]], who had been [[murder of John Lennon|murdered]] 15 months earlier.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-29 |title=Neither 'Rocket Man' Nor 'Tiny Dancer' Is Elton John's Best Song |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/g27458828/best-elton-john-songs/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=Esquire |language=en-us}}</ref>
 ==Composition and background==
-Lennon and John were good friends, and in 1974, Lennon appeared on John's single cover of "[[Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds#Elton John version|Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds]]", the B-side of which was Lennon's "One Day (At a Time)". The pair later collaborated on "[[Whatever Gets You thru the Night]]", which appeared on Lennon's album ''[[Walls and Bridges]]''. Lennon agreed to appear in concert with John if "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" became a #1 single, which it did. On [[Thanksgiving Day]], 1974, Lennon and John performed it, along with "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "[[I Saw Her Standing There]]" at [[Madison Square Garden]]. This would be Lennon's last live performance. The song title "Empty Garden" refers to the empty venue.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/elton-john-20-essential-songs/elton-john-20-essential-songs11/|title=Elton John: 20 essential songs|date=October 1, 2015|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|access-date=December 15, 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>  The song uses a garden metaphor throughout to represent Lennon’s efforts, achievements, and absence.
+Lennon and John were good friends, and in 1974, Lennon appeared on John's single cover of "[[Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds#Elton John version|Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds]]", the B-side of which was Lennon's "One Day (At a Time)". The pair later collaborated on "[[Whatever Gets You thru the Night]]", which appeared on Lennon's album ''[[Walls and Bridges]]''. Lennon agreed to appear in concert with John if "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" became a No. 1 single, which it did. On [[Thanksgiving Day]], 1974, Lennon and John performed it, along with "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "[[I Saw Her Standing There]]" at [[Madison Square Garden]]. This would be Lennon's last live performance. The song title "Empty Garden" refers to the empty venue.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/elton-john-20-essential-songs/elton-john-20-essential-songs11/|title=Elton John: 20 essential songs|date=1 October 2015|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=15 December 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> The song uses a garden metaphor throughout to represent Lennon's efforts, achievements, and absence. The refrain "Can't you come out to play" references Lennon's composition "Dear Prudence" (credited "Lennon/McCartney") from the album "The Beatles", colloquially known as the "White Album".
-After Lennon's death, John was concerned that a tribute song to the late Beatle would be "clumsy" – until he saw Taupin's lyrics. The song is written using the chords of the E major scale.
+After Lennon's death, John was concerned that a tribute song to the late Beatle would be "clumsy" – until he saw Taupin's lyrics.
 Elton John wrote and recorded an earlier instrumental tribute to Lennon, "The Man Who Never Died", which was issued as the B-side of "[[Nikita (song)|Nikita]]" in 1985 and eventually included as a bonus track on the remastered reissue of ''[[Ice on Fire]]''.
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 The music video featured John playing his piano and singing the track in front of a replica of Lennon's apartment, where he was assassinated.
-==Live versions==
+==Reception==
+''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' said that it came closer to matching John's best work than any of his recent songs.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|date=March 20, 1982|accessdate=2023-01-21|page=71|title=Top Single Picks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6SMEAAAAMBAJ}}</ref> ''[[Record World]]'' said that it's a "simple, touching tribute to John Lennon" and that "it features one of Elton's strongest vocal efforts in recent memory."<ref name=rw>{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=April 3, 1982|page=1|accessdate=2023-03-02|title=Hits of the Week|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/80s/82/Record-World-1982-04-03.pdf}}</ref>
-Elton has rarely performed the song live, after the 1982 world tour, because it brings back many painful memories of [[murder of John Lennon|Lennon's murder]], as he once stated during a concert on November 5, 1999, at the [[Kohl Center]] in [[Madison, Wisconsin]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elton John - Empty Garden (Live in Kohl Center, 11/05/1999) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa_7cuGMIGg |language=en |access-date=20 June 2022|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> and prior to that at a concert on October 9, 1988 at The Centrum in Worcester, Massachusetts. In the latter case, John played the song, as well as "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", in his third encore to mark what would have been Lennon's 48th birthday.
+Elton has rarely performed the song live, after the 1982 world tour, because it brings back many painful memories of [[murder of John Lennon|Lennon's murder]], as he once stated during a concert on 5 November 1999, at the [[Kohl Center]] in [[Madison, Wisconsin]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elton John – Empty Garden (Live in Kohl Center, 11/05/1999) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa_7cuGMIGg |language=en |access-date=20 June 2022|via=YouTube}}</ref> and prior to that at a concert on 9 October 1988 at The Centrum in Worcester, Massachusetts. In the latter case, John played the song, as well as "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", in his third encore to mark what would have been Lennon's 48th birthday.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Voland |first=John |date=1988-10-12 |title=POP & ROCK |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-10-12-ca-3226-story.html |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
-Notable performances include one at [[Madison Square Garden]], with Lennon's widow [[Yoko Ono|Yoko]] and Elton's godson [[Sean Lennon|Sean]] in the audience in 1982. He also performed the song during his first appearance on the April 17, 1982 episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' hosted by [[Johnny Cash]].
+Notable performances include one at [[Madison Square Garden]], with Lennon's widow [[Yoko Ono|Yoko]] and Elton's godson [[Sean Lennon|Sean]] in the audience in 1982.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Katz |first=Frances |date=2019-06-27 |title=When Elton John Met John Lennon |url=https://www.culturesonar.com/when-elton-john-met-john-lennon/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=CultureSonar |language=en-US}}</ref> He also performed the song during his first appearance on the 17 April 1982 episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' hosted by [[Johnny Cash]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Perkins |first=Dennis PerkinsDennis |date=2022-04-17 |title=40 Years Ago: Elton John and Johnny Cash Trade Outfits on 'SNL' |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/elton-john-johnny-cash-snl/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |language=en}}</ref>
-In April 2013, John added the song to the setlist of [[The Million Dollar Piano]], his residency show at [[The Colosseum at Caesars Palace]].{{cn|date=March 2021}}
+In April 2013, John added the song to the setlist of [[The Million Dollar Piano]], his residency show at [[The Colosseum at Caesars Palace]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elton Says Goodbye to The Million Dollar Piano |url=https://www.eltonjohn.com/stories/elton-says-goodbye-to-the-million-dollar-piano |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=www.eltonjohn.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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-* [http://letras.terra.com.br/elton-john/20108/ Empty Garden's Lyrics] at Letras.Mus.Br {{in lang|pt}}
+* [http://letras.terra.com.br/elton-john/20108/ Empty Garden's Lyrics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203233734/http://letras.terra.com.br/elton-john/20108/ |date=3 December 2011 }} at Letras.Mus.Br {{in lang|pt}}
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 [[Category:Song recordings produced by Chris Thomas (record producer)]]
-[[Category:Songs inspired by deaths]]
 [[Category:Geffen Records singles]]
 [[Category:The Rocket Record Company singles]]

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Discography
1960s	"I've Been Loving You" (1968) "Skyline Pigeon" (1968) "Lady Samantha" (1969) "It's Me That You Need" (1969)
1970s	"Border Song" (1970) "Rock and Roll Madonna" (1970) "From Denver to L.A." (1970) "Take Me to the Pilot" (1970) "Your Song" (1970) "Come Down in Time" (1970) "Friends" (1971) "Levon" (1971) "Indian Sunset" (1971) "Tiny Dancer" (1972) "Rocket Man" (1972) "Honky Cat" (1972) "I Think I'm Going to Kill Myself" (1972) "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" (1972) "Crocodile Rock" (1972) "Elderberry Wine" (1972) "Daniel" (1972) "Have Mercy on the Criminal" (1972) "Teacher I Need You" (1973) "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" (1973) "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" (1973) "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (1973) "Step into Christmas" (1973) "Candle in the Wind" (1974) "Bennie and the Jets" (1974) "Harmony" (1974) "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (1974) "The Bitch Is Back" (1974) "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (1974) "Philadelphia Freedom" (1975) "I Saw Her Standing There" (1975) "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" (1975) "We All Fall in Love Sometimes" (1975) "Island Girl" (1975) "Grow Some Funk of Your Own" (1976) "I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)" (1976) "Pinball Wizard" (1976) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (1976) "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (1976) "Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance!)" (1977) "Crazy Water" (1977) "The Goaldiggers Song" (1977) "Ego" (1978) "Part-Time Love" (1978) "Song for Guy" (1978) "Are You Ready for Love" (1979) "Mama Can't Buy You Love" (1979) "Johnny B. Goode" (1979)
1980s	"Little Jeannie" (1980) "Sartorial Eloquence (Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More?)" (1980) "Dear God" (1980) "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" (1981) "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" (1981) "Blue Eyes" (1982) "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" (1982) "Ball and Chain" (1982) "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1982) "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" (1983) "I'm Still Standing" (1983) "Kiss the Bride" (1983) "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" (1984) "Passengers" (1984) "Who Wears These Shoes? (1984) "Nikita" (1985) "That's What Friends Are For" (1985) "Wrap Her Up" (1985) "Heartache All Over the World" (1986) "Slow Rivers" (1986) "Take Me to the Pilot" (1988) "I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That" (1988) "Town of Plenty" (1988) "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Part Two)" (1988) "Through the Storm" (1989) "Healing Hands" (1989) "Sacrifice" (1989)
1990s	"Club at the End of the Street" (1990) "You Gotta Love Someone" (1990) "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (1991) "The One" (1992) "Runaway Train" (1992) "The Last Song" (1992) "Simple Life" (1993) "True Love" (1993) "Shakey Ground" (1994) "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (1994) "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (1994) "Circle of Life" (1994) "Believe" (1995) "Made in England" (1995) "When the Money's Gone" (1995) "You Can Make History (Young Again)" (1996) "Live Like Horses" (1996) "The Madness of King Scar" (1997) "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (1997) "Candle in the Wind 1997" (1997) "Written in the Stars" (1999)
2000s	"Someday Out of the Blue" (2000) "I Want Love" (2001) "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" (2002) "Original Sin" (2002) "Are You Ready for Love" (2003) "Ghetto Gospel" (2005) "Electricity" (2005) "The Bridge" (2006) "Joseph, Better You than Me" (2008) "Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)" (2009)
2010s	"All of the Lights" (2010) "Good Morning to the Night" (2012) "Sad" (2012) "Looking Up" (2015) "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" (2019)
2020s	"Ordinary Man" (2020) "Sine from Above" (2020) "The Pink Phantom" (2020) "It's a Sin" (2021) "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" (2021) "Merry Christmas" (2021) "Sausage Rolls for Everyone" (2021) "Hold Me Closer" (2022)
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