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The song was written by John and Taupin as a favour to John's friend,
tennis star Billie Jean King, who was part of the Philadelphia Freedoms
professional tennis team. The song features an orchestral arrangement by
Gene Page that includes flutes, horns and strings. Recorded in the
summer of 1974, during breaks between sessions for Captain Fantastic &
The Brown Dirt Cowboy, the song was at the time the only song Elton John
and Bernie Taupin had ever consciously written as a single. Released on
February 28, 1975, "Philadelphia Freedom" jumped to the summit of the
hitlists in the United States and Canada. |
