Which Elton John tune did The Beach Boys record in 1991?

The Beach Boys recorded Elton John’s “Crocodile Rock” in 1991.

Their version appeared on Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin, a tribute album released in 1991. The recording gave the California vocal group a chance to reinterpret one of Elton John’s best-known early hits.

Elton John originally recorded “Crocodile Rock” with lyrics by Bernie Taupin. His version became a major success in the early 1970s and was associated with the album Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player. The song deliberately evokes the excitement of early rock and roll and 1960s pop.

The Beach Boys’ recording is a cover, not a collaboration that created the original song. Al Jardine handled the lead vocal on the Beach Boys version. Because the group is strongly associated with its own surf-pop catalog, listeners sometimes mistake the song for an original Beach Boys track.