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"Town of Plenty"
Single by Elton John
from the album Reg Strikes Back
B-side"Whipping Boy"
ReleasedSeptember 1988
Recorded1987–88
GenrePop rock
Length3:40
LabelMCA Records (US)
Rocket (UK)
Songwriter(s)Elton John, Bernie Taupin
Producer(s)Chris Thomas
Elton John singles chronology
"I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That"
(1988) 		"Town of Plenty"
(1988) 		"A Word in Spanish"
(1988)

"Town of Plenty" is a song by English musician Elton John from the album Reg Strikes Back and was released in 1988. The song was the first album track to be heard after John's throat surgery. Pete Townshend of The Who plays acoustic guitar on the track, while Davey Johnstone plays electric. Among the backing vocalists contributing to the track are Elton's former bandmates Nigel Olsson and Dee Murray. This would be the final album of Elton John that Murray would contribute to, prior to his death from a stroke in 1992.

The single release of "Town of Plenty" was the second to be issued from Reg Strikes Back in the United Kingdom where it barely charted; it reached number 74 (one place above the lowest chart position available in 1988) and was gone by the next week.[1][2] The single was not released in the US.

A limited edition 7-inch single was also issued, which included four postcards, each depicting John in a particular stage costume. This coincided with John's Sotheby's auction in which the costumes pictured were sold.

B-side

The B-side to the single was "Whipping Boy" from the album Too Low for Zero, which was released five years earlier. A CD single of the release was also issued; this contained the two aforementioned tracks as well as "Saint" and "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues", also from Too Low for Zero.

Charts

Chart (1988) Position
UK Singles (OCC)[1] 74

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Elton John | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. 23 January 1971. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
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