''Rocket Man'' by Elton John Limited Edition Prints of Original Painting Original believing that the song would

believing that the song would fit his voice perfectly

It opens with white doves emerging from double doors to reveal Prince in a bathtub

it poses a series of questions about peace

co-written by the group's leader Brian Wilson and lyricist Van Dyke Parks

''Rocket Man'' by Elton John Limited Edition Prints of Original Painting Original believing that the song wouldRocket Man composed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin was first released on 17 April 1972 in the US as the lead single to John's album Honky Chteau. It made No. 2 in the U. K. and No. 6 on the Billboard Top 100. The song was inspired by Taupin's sighting of either a shooting star or a distant aeroplane. And by the short story "The Rocket Man" in The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, and echoes the theme of David Bowie's 1969 song Space Oddity (both