I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
Written by Elton John, Davey Johnstone, and Bernie Taupin, this song was released in April 1983 as the first single from John's album Too Low for Zero. It reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and held at No. 2 for four weeks on the Adult Contemporary chart, becoming one of John's biggest hits of the 1980s.