By the late 1970s, British musicians like Elton John were able to revolutionize the music business. The singer's real name is Reginald Kenneth Dwight, and he was born in Middlesex, England on March 25, 1947. He had rather modest beginnings in the music business. The musician began writing songs and playing the piano at a very young age, but it wasn't until 1970 that he was able to launch his musical career with his second studio album, "Elton John."
An album that was a turning point in the professional career of the British musician and catapulted his name to the top of the music charts in the United States and the United Kingdom as a result of the single "Your Song." Since then, Elton John has grown to become a true global phenomenon and one of the most iconic rock and pop figures of the 1970s and 1980s. After more than 50 years of performing on stages around the world, he experimented an unprecedented level of success that propelled him to release more than 30 studio albums, with more than 300 million copies sold.
I'm Still Standing crossed international borders, peaking at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in places like Canada and Switzerland, number four in the United Kingdom, and number twelve in the United States. If we look at John personally, the song was written at a time when his addiction to drugs and alcohol was at its worst. An addiction that began in 1974 took its toll on his music career at various points, including the song's music video. .
Russell Mulcahy, the song's director, filmed the music video in Cannes (at the InterContinental Carlton Cannes) and Nice on the French Riviera. The audiovisual opens with a young Elton John driving through the streets of the nation dressed in a pink jacket and his emblematic glasses, giving little winks to French culture.