Escrita por Elton John e Bernie Taupin, foi gravada em junho de 1972 na França e lançada em 27 de outubro de 1972 no compacto que tinha Elderberry Wine como Lado B. E foi lançada depois no disco Don't shoot me I'm only the piano player.
Foi o primeiro número 1 dele nos Estados Unidos. Foi o número 1 no Canadá.
John tocou um orgao Farfisa. A letra fala nostalgicamente do começo do rock and roll, de encontrar a namorada e da independencia da juventude daquele tempo. Davey Johnstone tocou as guitarras, Dee Murray tocou o baixo e Nidel Olsson tocou a bateria. Elton no entando fez todos os vocais, incluindo os backing vocals em falsetto.
A letra:
I
remember when rock was young
Me and Suzie had so much fun
Holding
hands and skimming stones
Had an old gold Chevy, a place of my own
But the biggest kick I
ever got
Was doing a thing called the Crocodile Rock
While the
other kids were rocking round the clock
We were hopping and
bopping to the Crocodile Rock
Well, Crocodile rocking
is something shocking
When your feet just can't keep still
I
never knew me a better time and I guess I never will
Oh, lady,
mama those Friday nights
When Suzie wore her dresses tight
And
the Crocodile rocking was out of sight
But the years went by
and the rock just died
Suzie went and left me for some foreign
guy
Long nights crying by the record machine
Dreaming of my
Chevy and old blue jeans
But they'll never kill
the thrills we've got
Burning up to the Crocodile Rock
Learning
fast as the weeks went past
We really thought the Crocodile Rock
would last
Well, Crocodile rocking
is something shocking
When your feet just can't keep still
I
never knew me a better time and I guess, I never will
Oh, lady,
mama those Friday nights
When Suzie wore her dresses tight
And
the Crocodile rocking was out of sight
I remember when rock
was young
Me and Suzie had so much fun
Holding hands and
skimming stones
Had an old gold Chevy, a place of my own
But the biggest kick I
ever got
Was doing a thing called the Crocodile Rock
While the
other kids were rocking round the clock
We were hopping and
bopping to the Crocodile Rock
Well, Crocodile rocking
is something shocking
When your feet just can't keep still
I
never knew me a better time and I guess, I never will
Oh, lady,
mama those Friday nights
When Suzie wore her dresses tight
And
the Crocodile rocking was out of sight
Come on everybody
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