Artist profile
Dance producer and DJ.
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Elton John is a moderate-energy with strong groove and a warm production artist.
Sits right in the typical Dance pocket.
Across 11 analysed tracks, Elton John averages 46% energy — gentler than 82% of individual Dance tracks.
Measured against 14,418 Dance tracks on 11 August 2026.
How Elton John’s production has shifted across their catalog. The radar overlays earlier and recent eras as one shape, the year-by-year chart shows every metric move, and the tempo trend tracks the BPM migration against the typical Dance tempo.
Across Elton John's catalog, warmth has receded; groove has deepened; energy has lifted.


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We scored every transition between Elton John’s 11 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 124 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 8 with the widest margin over chance are below.
Chance is measured, not assumed: 0.573% of transitions between two randomly drawn tracks by different artists in this catalogue reach 80. Listed alphabetically — the set is reproducible, the order inside it is not.
25 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 6 different Elton John tracks.
Cold Heart - Claptone Extended Mix → Love Love (feat. Gilsons) · 3A → 3A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
22 of the 187 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.1. They come from 7 different Elton John tracks.
Cold Heart - Claptone Extended Mix → No Sleep - Drop G Remix · 3A → 3A · +2 BPM · 90 chemistry
26 of the 253 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.4. They come from 7 different Elton John tracks.
Cold Heart - The Blessed Madonna Extended Mix → What You Do (feat. Sylvia Mwenze) - Extended Mix · 3A → 3A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
26 of the 341 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.0. They come from 5 different Elton John tracks.
Cold Heart - Claptone Remix → Lionheart - Cedric Gervais Remix · 3A → 3A · +1 BPM · 93 chemistry
26 of the 253 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.4. They come from 7 different Elton John tracks.
Hold Me Closer - Joel Corry Extended Mix → Last Call - Extended Mix · 8B → 7B · −2 BPM · 87 chemistry
27 of the 363 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 7 different Elton John tracks.
Cold Heart - The Blessed Madonna Extended Mix → Promises - Extended Mix · 3A → 3A · −2 BPM · 91 chemistry
24 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 7 different Elton John tracks.
Hold Me Closer - Joel Corry Extended Mix → Better - NOME. Extended Remix · 8B → 8B · +1 BPM · 92 chemistry
23 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 6 different Elton John tracks.
Cold Heart - Claptone Remix → In & Out Of My Life - Jake Tarry Extended Remix · 3A → 3A · −1 BPM · 92 chemistry
Chemistry weighs harmonic, rhythmic, energy, groove, mood and vocal compatibility. Tempos are as analysed from the recording — where a genre is habitually detected an octave down, this is how we handle it. Different measurement from the audience-overlap list further down the page.
DJs and producers closest to Elton John by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around Elton John, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.
Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
Elton John's tracks in our catalog range from 66 to 136 BPM, with a median of 125 BPM. Across 11 tracks, the most common range falls in the 125–130 BPM bucket.
Elton John's tracks are mostly in minor keys (55% minor across 11 tracks). The most common single key is 3A (B♭ Minor) with 5 tracks.
We scored every transition between Elton John's 11 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 124 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Alok, Ella Henderson, Joe Stone are three of them — listed alphabetically, because the set is reproducible and the order inside it is not. A transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number shown on a track page. One measured example: Cold Heart - Claptone Extended Mix into Love Love (feat. Gilsons), 3A to 3A, 92 chemistry.
Elton John sits closest to Billy Joel, Rod Stewart, Paul McCartney in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.
Our catalog has Elton John releases spanning 1973 to 2022, with the most tracks from the 2010s.