Escrita por Elton John e Gary Osborne, foi gravada em agosto de 1979 e lançada em abril de 1980, em um compacto que tinha Conquer the sun como Lado B. Saiu também no disco 21 at 33, o décimo quarto disco de Elton. Foi produzida por Elton John e Clive Franks. Chegou ao número 3 do Billboard Hot100, se tornando o maior hit do cantor desde 1967, com Don't go breaking my heart. Chego ao número 33 no Reino Unido. Chegou ao número 1 no Canadá. Chegou ao número 4 na Suíça, número 5 na Nova Zelandia, número 8 na Africa do Sul, número 9 na Australia, número 20 na Bélgica e número 23 na Alemanha. Elton John cantou, fez backing vocals. James Newton Howard tocou pianos elétricos. Richie Zito tocou violão. Reggie McBride tocou baixo. Nigel Olssom tocou bateria. Jim Horn tocou flauta e sax alto. Chuck Findley tocou trombome e trompete. Jerry Hey tocou flugelhorn. Bill Champlin, Max Gronenthal e Dee Murray fizeram backing vocals.
A letra:
Oh,
little Jeannie
You got so much love, little Jeannie
And you
take it where it strikes
And give it to the likes of me
Oh,
little Jeannie
You got so much love, little Jeannie
So I see
you when I can
You make me all a man can be
And I want you
to be my acrobat
I want you to be my lover
Oh, there were
others who would treat you cruel
And oh, Jeannie, you were always
someone's fool
Little Jeannie
You got so much time, little
Jeannie
Though you've grown beyond your years
You still retain
the fears of youth
Oh, little Jeannie
You got so much time,
little Jeannie
But you're burnin' it up so fast
Searchin' for
some lasting truth
And I want you to be my acrobat
I want
you to be my lover
Oh, there were others who would treat you
cruel
But oh, Jeannie, I will always be your fool
And I
want you to be my acrobat
I want you to be my lover
Oh, there
were others, and I've known quite a few
But oh, Jeannie, I'm still
in love with you
You stepped into my life from a bad
dream
Makin' the life that I had seem suddenly shiny and new
Oh,
Jeannie, (Oh, Jeannie) I'm so in love with you
You stepped into my
life from a bad dream
Makin' the life that I had seem suddenly
shiny and new
Oh, Jeannie, (Oh, Jeannie) I'm so in love with
you
You stepped into my life from a bad dream
Makin' the life
that I had seem suddenly shiny and new
Oh, Jeannie, (Oh, Jeannie)
I'm so in love with you
You stepped into my life from a bad
dream
Makin' the life that I had seem suddenly shiny and new
Oh,
Jeannie, (Oh, Jeannie) I'm so in love, I'm so in love
You stepped
into my life from a bad dream
Makin' the life that I had seem
suddenly shiny and new
Oh, Jeannie, (Oh, Jeannie) I'm so in love,
I'm so in love
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