I’m Going to Be a Teenage Idol

~ Recording by Elton John

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.7I’m Going to Be a Teenage Idol3:56Elton JohnDon’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player
  • 1973-01-26 GB
1.7I’m Going to Be a Teenage Idol3:56Elton JohnDon't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player
1.7I’m Going to Be a Teenage Idol3:56Elton JohnDon't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player
1.7I’m Going to Be a Teenage Idol3:56Elton JohnDon’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player
1.7I’m Going to Be a Teenage Idol3:55Elton JohnDon’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player
  • 1980 -
1.7I’m Going to Be a Teenage Idol3:55Elton JohnDon’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player
1.7I’m Going to Be a Teenage Idol3:56Elton JohnDon’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player
1.7I’m Going to Be a Teenage Idol3:56Elton JohnDon’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player
1.7I’m Going to Be a Teenage Idol3:53Elton JohnDon’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player
  • 1988-12-21 JP
1.7I’m Going to Be a Teenage Idol3:53Elton JohnDon't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player
1.7I’m Going to Be a Teenage Idol3:56Elton JohnDon’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player (Early West German Pressing)
1.7I'm Gonna Be a Teenage Idol3:56Elton JohnDon’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player (Reissue, Remastered)
  • 1995-05-10 GB
1.7I'm Gonna Be a Teenage Idol3:56Elton JohnDon’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player
  • 1996-02 US
1.7I’m Going to Be a Teenage Idol3:56Elton JohnDon’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player
  • 2008-09-24 JP
2.7I'm Gonna Be a Teenage Idol3:56Elton John2 for 1: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road + Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
5.7I'm Going to Be a Teenage Idol?:??Elton John5 Classic Albums: 1970–1973
  • 2012-07-16 GB
4.7I'm Going to Be a Teenage Idol3:56Elton John5 Classic Albums
1.7I'm Going to Be a Teenage Idol3:55Elton JohnDon't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (2017 reissue)
  • 2017-07-21 XE
1.7I'm Going To Be A Teenage Idol3:55Elton JohnDon’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player
  • 2019-08-07 JP
1.7I'm Going to Be a Teenage Idol3:55Elton JohnDon’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player (RSD 50th anniversary edition)
  • 2023-04-22 XW
1.24I'm Going to Be a Teenage Idol3:56Elton JohnNever Too Late: Soundtrack to the Disney+ Documentary
  • 2024-12-13 -
1.13I’m Going to Be a Teenage Idol3:56Elton JohnNever Too Late: The Deeper Cuts
  • 2024-12-13 XW
1.7I’m Going to Be a Teenage Idol3:56Elton JohnDon’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player
1.7I’m Gonna Be a Teenage Idol3:56Elton JohnDon’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player
1.7I’m Going to Be a Teenage Idol3:53Elton JohnDon’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player
1.7I’m Going to Be a Teenage Idol3:55Elton JohnDon’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player
1.7I’m Going to Be a Teenage Idol3:53Elton JohnDon’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player
Bootleg
1.16I'm Going To Be A Teenage Idol?:??Elton JohnDiamond - The Best
(unknown)
1.7I’m Going to Be a Teenage Idol3:56Elton JohnDon’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player

Relationships

engineer:Ken Scott
producer:Gus Dudgeon
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:Davey Johnstone
bass guitar:Dee Murray
drums (drum set):Nigel Olsson
piano and lead vocals:Elton John
saxophone:Jean-Louis Chautemps
Alain Hatot
trombone:Jacques Bolognesi
trumpet:Ivan Jullien
background vocals:Davey Johnstone
Dee Murray
Nigel Olsson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:This Record Co. Ltd. (in 1973)
recorded at:Château d'Hérouville in Hérouville, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France
recording of:I’m Gonna Be a Teenage Idol

Related works

I’m Gonna Be a Teenage Idol

lyricist:Bernie Taupin
composer:Elton John
publisher:Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.