Border Song

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"Border Song"
Italian picture sleeve
Single by Elton John
from the album Elton John
B-side	"Bad Side of the Moon"
Released	20 March 1970 (UK)[1]
Recorded	January 1970
Studio	Trident Studios (London, England)
Length	3:22
Label	Uni (US) DJM Records (UK)
Songwriter(s)	Elton John Bernie Taupin
Producer(s)	Gus Dudgeon
Elton John singles chronology
"It's Me That You Need" (1969) "Border Song" (1970) "Rock and Roll Madonna" (1970)

"Border Song" is a song by Elton John with music by John and lyrics by Bernie Taupin.^[2] The song initially appeared on the 1970 album Elton John, and was released in the spring of 1970 as the LP's first single. After failing to chart in the UK, it was released in North America a few months later. It met with more success there, especially in Canada, where it peaked at No. 34.^[3] The appearance of "Border Song" on the Canadian charts was John's first chart appearance in any country.

"Border Song" was also John's first song to chart in the United States, peaking at No. 92 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 69 in the Cash Box Top 100^[4] in October 1970. A cover by soul icon Aretha Franklin (with "Holy Moses" following the title in parentheses to reflect the repeated phrase in the song) fared better reaching No. 37 in the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 23 in the Cash Box Top 100 in December 1970.^[5] It was included as the closing track of Aretha's 1972 Young, Gifted and Black album as well.

In the Netherlands it peaked at No. 29 in the Dutch Top 40^[6] in January 1971.