WCSX Classic Cuts : The Bitch Is Back
LAS VEGAS, NV - FEBRUARY 20: Impersonator Gene Sironen of Nevada performs as Sir Elton John during The Reel Awards 2017 at the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino on February 20, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
WCSX Classic Cuts
Elton John: “The Bitch Is Back”
The Hook: Elton: “Don’t Look at me.”
Album: Caribou
Year: 1974
Writer: Elton John and Bernie Taupin
Stats: The second single off Caribou, it peaked at number-4 on the Billboard Hot 100
The Background: Taupin may have had someone specific in mind when he wrote the lyrics, but Elton insists it wasn’t him.
Elton John on whether “The Bitch Is Back” is about him. OC:…there wasn’t. :10
”No absolutely not. I don’t think we’ve ever written a personal song about anybody. There’s no sort of second meaning to ‘The Bitch Is Back’ at all. Maybe I’m wrong, you’d have to ask Taupin, but I’m sure there wasn’t.”
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