Daniel - Elton John - MP3 instrumental karaoke

Sitting at the top table of career-defining Elton John hits is "Daniel," a wandering soft-rock ballad about a fictional Vietnam veteran blinded in the war who travels back to his hometown ("Oh, Daniel, my brother, you are older than me / Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won't heal? / Your eyes have died, but you see more than I / Daniel, you're a star in the face of the sky"). Written with trusted co-conspirator Bernie Taupin in allegedly just three takes at the Chateau d’Herouville in France (the “Honky Chateau”), the pair included the unlikely festival-ready anthem on 1973 album Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player and defied expectations to score a chart-bothering tune, in spite of the song's gloomy content and demeanor. “Daniel” soared to Number 4 in the UK and Number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 10, also receiving Gold certification in September 1995, and Platinum in May 2018.