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((Infobox song
| name        = Honky Cat
| cover       = Honkycat.JPG
| alt         =
| type        = single
| artist      = [[Elton John]]
| album       = [[Honky Château]]
| B-side      = Slave
| released    = 31 July 1972
| recorded    = 17 January 1972
| studio      =
| venue       =
| genre       = ((hlist|[[Pop music|Pop]]<ref name=woodstra>((cite book|last=Woodstra|first=Christopher|year=2008|title=All Music Guide Required Listening: Classic Rock|publisher=Backbeat|page=105|isbn=978-0879309176))</ref>|[[Rock music|rock]]<ref name=woodstra /><ref>((cite book|last=Pollock|first=Bruce|year=2005|title=Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era|edition=2nd|publisher=[[Routledge]]|page=148|isbn=978-0415970730))</ref>|((nowrap|[[boogie-woogie]]<ref name=woodstra />))))
| length      = 5:12
| label       = [[Uni Records|Uni]] (USA), [[DJM Records|DJM]] (UK)
| writer      =
*[[Elton John]]
*[[Bernie Taupin]]
| producer    =[[Gus Dudgeon]]
| prev_title  = [[Rocket Man (song)|Rocket Man]]
| prev_year   = 1972
| title       =
| next_title  = [[Crocodile Rock]]
| next_year   = 1972
| misc        = ((External music video|header=Audio|((YouTube|iPicSRPwogI|"Honky Cat"))))
))

"'''Honky Cat'''" is a song written by English musician [[Elton John]] and songwriter [[Bernie Taupin]], and performed by John. It was used as the opening track for John's fifth studio album, ''[[Honky Château]]'', released in 1972.<ref name=mason>((cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/honky-cat-mt0036872951|title=Honky Cat – Elton John|last=Mason|first=Stewart|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=7 October 2016))</ref>

"Honky Cat" was also released as the A-side of John's thirteenth single.<ref name=mason /> The single reached ((thinspace|No.| 31)) in the United Kingdom, and fared better in the United States, peaking at ((thinspace|No.| 8)) on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] just as John launched an American tour in September 1972.<ref>((cite book|last1=Rees|first1=Dafydd|last2=Crampton|first2=Luke|year=1991|title=Rock Movers and Shakers: An A-Z of People Who Made Rock Happen|publisher=Billboard Books|isbn=978-0874366617))</ref>

John has performed this song numerous times in the 50 years since its release.<ref>((Cite web |title=Honky Cat by Elton John Song Statistics ((!)) setlist.fm |url=https://www.setlist.fm/stats/songs/elton-john-63d6be6f.html?songid=43d63b5f |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=www.setlist.fm))</ref> A live version of the song was released on the Here side of the ''[[Here and There (Elton John album)|Here and There]]'' live set in 1976 (and its expanded CD version in 1995), and a solo piano version appeared on the EltonJohn.com ''Live in Madison Square Garden'' Vol. 1 limited edition CD, recorded in October 1999 during [[Medusa Tour|his 1999 solo tour]].<ref>((Cite web|title=Elton John – Live At Madison Square Garden (Volume 1)|publisher=[[Discogs]] |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2581213-Elton-John-Live-At-Madison-Square-Garden |language=en |access-date=9 April 2022))</ref>

==Reception==
''[[Record World]]'' said that the "sparkling mix and funky backbeat suit Elton's slidy vocal down to the ground."<ref name=rw>((cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=August 12, 1972|accessdate=2023-03-30|title=Hits of the Week|page=1|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/72/RW-1972-08-12.pdf))</ref> ''[[Cash Box]]'' said "Faster than a speeding '[[Rocket Man (song)|Rocket Man]],' and more powerful for the rinky-tink fun of it all, this track from [John's] #1 LP should be his biggest ever."<ref>((cite magazine|magazine=Cash Box|accessdate=2023-03-30|date=August 5, 1972|page=14|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1972/Cash-Box-1972-08-05.pdf|title=Cash Box Singles Reviews))</ref>  Winston Cook-Wilson of ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' called it John's "most underrated" single.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2019/05/elton-john-songs-best-hits-list/|title=10 Essential Elton John Deep Cuts|last=Cook-Wilson|first=Winston|date=31 May 2019|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|access-date=16 January 2020))</ref>

In 2018, Dave Simpson of ''[[The Guardian]]'' ranked the song No. 48 on his list of the 50 greatest Elton John songs.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/sep/13/elton-johns-50-greatest-songs-ranked|title=Elton John's 50 greatest songs – ranked!|last=Simpson|first=Dave|date=13 September 2018|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=16 January 2020))</ref> The following year, Justin Kirkland of ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' ranked the song No. 27 on his list of the 30 best Elton John songs, calling it a "funky, horn-laden hit" and writing that "it's hard to compare the odd mix of electric piano and wheezing saxophone to any other single in Elton's songbook."<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/g27458828/best-elton-john-songs/|title=The 30 Best Elton John Songs, Ranked|last=Kirkland|first=Justin|date=29 May 2019|work=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]|access-date=16 January 2020))</ref>

==Covers==
[[Lee Ann Womack]] covered the song on the 2018 tribute album ''[[Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin]]''.

==Chart performance==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1972–73)
!align="left"|Peak<br />position
|-
|align="left"|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])
| style="text-align:center;"|78
|-
|align="left"|Canada ([[RPM (magazine)|RPM]])
| style="text-align:center;"|10
|-
|[[GfK Entertainment charts|Germany Singles Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|41
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand (''Listener'')<ref>[http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qsongid=3785#n_view_location Flavour of New Zealand, 22 January 1973]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|31
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>((cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|author-link=Joel Whitburn|year=1994|title=Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990|publisher=Record Research Inc.|isbn=0-89820-089-X))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|8
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|Adult Contemporary]]
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''[[Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref>((cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19720930.html|title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles 9/30/72|access-date=2 February 2015))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|18
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1972)
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank
|-
|Canada 
| style="text-align:center;"|87
|-
|U.S. ([[Joel Whitburn]]'s ''Pop Annual'')<ref>((cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|author-link=Joel Whitburn|date=2000|title=Pop Annual 1955–1999|location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin|publisher=Record Research Inc.|isbn=978-0898201420))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|84
|}
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==Personnel==
* [[Elton John]] – [[Rhodes piano|Fender Rhodes electric piano]], acoustic piano, vocals
* [[Davey Johnstone]] – [[banjo]]
* [[Dee Murray]] – bass
* [[Nigel Olsson]] – drums
* [[Ivan Jullien]] – trumpet
* Jacques Bolognesi – trombone
* [[Jean-Louis Chautemps]] – saxophone
* Alain Hatot – saxophone

===Production ===
* [[Gus Dudgeon]] – horn arranger, producer
* [[Ken Scott]] – engineer

==References==
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((Elton John songs))

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[[Category:Uni Records singles]]
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