History of the world 's tallest buildings - wikipedia History of the world 's tallest buildings Jump to : navigation , search This article 's use of external links may not follow Wikipedia 's policies or guidelines . Please improve this article by removing excessive or inappropriate external links , and converting useful links where appropriate into footnote references . ( December 2015 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . ( March 2011 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) The tallest building in the world as of 2017 is Burj Khalifa . Before Burj Khalifa , the title of `` world 's tallest building '' has been borne by various buildings , such as Rouen Cathedral and the Empire State Building . The skyscraper was invented in Chicago in 1884 . For the next hundred years , the world 's tallest building was always in the United States with New York City accumulating 86 years , and Chicago accumulating 30 years . After just over a century ( 1885 -- 1998 ) the distinction moved to the Eastern Hemisphere . Malaysia was the first country to break United States ' record of building tallest buildings in the world by building Petronas Twin Towers in 1998 , which held the record for 6 years before losing it to Taipei 101 in 2004 . Before the current era of commercial skyscrapers , there was an era where the tallest buildings were Christian churches / cathedrals ( c. 1250 -- 1901 ) , dominated by England and Germanic territories . Before this time , it is not possible to conclusively state what was the tallest building in the world . For instance , the Lighthouse of Alexandria ( completed about 280 BC ) was very tall , but its true height is not known . For thousands of years , the Great Pyramid in Egypt was the tallest structure in the world , but the Great Pyramid is not considered a building since it was not habitable . Contents ( hide ) 1 Definition of terms 1.1 Meaning of `` building '' 1.2 Determination of height 2 Tallest buildings ( 13th century -- 1901 ) 2.1 Churches and cathedrals 2.2 Skyscrapers 3 Tallest buildings ( from 1901 ) 4 Charts 4.1 1870 -- present 4.2 1300 -- present 5 History of increment in height of skyscrapers 6 History of supertall skyscrapers by location 7 Increment in usage of skyscrapers 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 11 External links Definition of terms ( edit ) Meaning of `` building '' ( edit ) The earliest structures now known to be the tallest in the world were the Egyptian pyramids , with the Great Pyramid of Giza , at an original height of 146.5 metres ( 481 ft ) , being the tallest man -- made structure in the world for over 3,800 years , until the construction of Lincoln Cathedral in 1300 . From then until the completion of the Washington Monument ( capped in 1884 ) the world 's tallest buildings were churches or cathedrals . Later , the Eiffel Tower and , still later , some radio masts and television towers were the world 's tallest structures . However , though all of these are structures , some are not buildings in the sense of being regularly inhabited or occupied . It is in this sense of being regularly inhabited or occupied that the term `` building '' is generally understood to mean when determining what is the world 's tallest building . The non-profit international organization Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat ( CTBUH ) , which maintains a set of criteria for determining the height of tall buildings , defines a `` building '' as `` ( A ) structure that is designed for residential , business or manufacturing purposes '' and `` has floors '' . Tall churches and cathedrals occupy a middle ground : their lower areas are regularly occupied , but much of their height is in bell towers and spires which are not . Whether a church or cathedral is a `` building '' or merely a `` structure '' for the purposes of determining the title of `` world 's tallest building '' is a subjective matter of definition ( this article treats churches and cathedrals as buildings ) . Determination of height ( edit ) The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat based in Chicago uses three different criteria for determining the height of a tall building , each of which may give a different result . `` Height of the highest floor '' is one criterion , and `` height to the top of any part of the building '' is another , but the default criterion used by the CTBUH is `` height of the architectural top of the building '' , which includes spires but not antennae , masts or flag poles . Tallest buildings ( 13th century -- 1901 ) ( edit ) Churches and cathedrals ( edit ) Tallest buildings diagram from 1850 From the 13th century until 1901 , the world 's tallest building was always a church or cathedral . In the 13th century Old St Paul 's Cathedral with its spire was completed . Completed in the early 14th century , the central spire of Lincoln Cathedral surpassed it . In 1549 this spire collapsed , beginning a long sequence where the status of world 's tallest building was borne by shorter and shorter buildings . On the collapse of Lincoln Cathedral 's spire , then St. Mary 's Church in Stralsund became the world 's tallest building . In 1647 , the bell tower of St. Mary 's burned down , thus making the shorter Strasbourg Cathedral the world 's tallest building . It was not until the completion of the Ulm Minster in 1890 that the world 's tallest building was again also the tallest building ever , surpassing the original configuration of Lincoln Cathedral . Years tallest Name Location Height Increase 13th century -- 1300 Old St Paul 's Cathedral * London 149 metres ( 489 ft ) 1.7 % 1300 -- 1549 Lincoln Cathedral * Lincoln 159.7 metres ( 524 ft ) 6.7 % 1549 -- 1647 St. Mary 's Church Stralsund 151 metres ( 495 ft ) - 5.8 % 1647 -- 1874 Strasbourg Cathedral Strasbourg 142 metres ( 466 ft ) - 6.3 % 1874 -- 1876 Church of St. Nicholas Hamburg 147 metres ( 482 ft ) 3.4 % 1876 -- 1880 Rouen Cathedral Rouen 151 metres ( 495 ft ) 2.6 % 1880 -- 1890 Cologne Cathedral Cologne 157.38 metres ( 516.3 ft ) 4.1 % 1890 -- 1901 Ulm Minster * Ulm 161.53 metres ( 530.0 ft ) 2.6 % * -- Also set record at time of completion as tallest building ever built . The 524 feet ( 160 m ) height of Lincoln Cathedral is disputed by some , but accepted by most sources . The completion date for the spire is given as 1311 rather than 1300 by some sources . Also the 489 feet ( 149 m ) height of the spire of Old St Paul 's Cathedral , destroyed by lightning in 1561 , is disputed , for example Christopher Wren ( 1632 -- 1723 ) judged that an overestimate and gave a height of 460 feet ( 140 m ) . The top of the spire of the Antonelli Edifice in Turin , completed in 1889 , is 167.5 metres ( 550 ft ) tall . However , the upper part of the structure was destroyed by a 1953 tornado and rebuilt . If the original spire top was 167.5 metres ( as claimed by some sources ) , the Antonelli Edifice might have been the world 's tallest building from 1889 to 1908 . Skyscrapers ( edit ) Main article : Early skyscrapers In the 19th Century , a new kind of structure was developed in Shrewsbury , UK using an iron or steel internal structure ( instead of the outer walls ) to bear the building 's weight . The taller of these buildings are called skyscrapers . The Ditherington Flax Mill was the first iron framed building , and for this reason is often seen as ' the world 's first skyscraper ' , despite being only five storeys tall . This design feature would become standard in skyscrapers all across the world . The Ditherington Flax Mill was constructed 87 years before the Home Insurance Building in Chicago , which is often credited with being the first metal - framed building . The buildings that were the tallest skyscrapers -- but still shorter than the tallest church or cathedral -- were : Years tallest Name Location Height Increase 1797 -- 1884 Ditherington Flax Mill Shrewsbury 16 metres ( 52 ft ) 0 1884 -- 1890 Home Insurance Building Chicago 42 metres ( 138 ft ) 6.15 % 1890 -- 1894 New York World Building New York 94 metres ( 308 ft ) 136.92 % 1894 -- 1895 Manhattan Life Insurance Building New York 100 metres ( 330 ft ) 7.14 % 1895 -- 1899 Milwaukee City Hall Milwaukee 108 metres ( 354 ft ) 7.27 % 1899 -- 1908 Park Row Building New York 119 metres ( 390 ft ) 10.17 % Tallest buildings ( from 1901 ) ( edit ) Multiple tall buildings taller than Ulm Minster were completed in 1901 : 167 metres ( 548 ft ) Philadelphia City Hall and 167.5 metres ( 550 ft ) Mole Antonelliana . However , none of these was skyscraper by most definitions as they were supported like other pre-skyscraper tall buildings by thick outer walls . Years tallest Name Location Height Increase 1901 -- 1908 Philadelphia City Hall Philadelphia 167 metres ( 548 ft ) 3.4 % 1908 -- 1909 Singer Building New York City 186.57 metres ( 612.1 ft ) 11.7 % 1909 -- 1913 Metropolitan Life Tower New York 213.36 metres ( 700.0 ft ) 14.36 % 1913 -- 1930 Woolworth Building New York 241.4 metres ( 792 ft ) 12.95 % 1930 Bank of Manhattan Trust Building New York 283 metres ( 928 ft ) 17.43 % 1930 -- 1931 Chrysler Building New York 318.8 metres ( 1,046 ft ) 13.04 % 1931 -- 1972 Empire State Building New York 381 metres ( 1,250 ft ) 19.1 % 1972 -- 1974 World Trade Center New York 417 metres ( 1,368 ft ) 9.45 % 1974 -- 1998 Sears Tower Chicago 442 metres ( 1,450 ft ) 6 % 1998 -- 2004 Petronas Towers Kuala Lumpur 451.9 metres ( 1,483 ft ) 2.24 % 2004 -- 2010 Taipei 101 Taipei 509.2 metres ( 1,671 ft ) 12.68 % 2010 - Burj Khalifa United Arab Emirates 828 metres ( 2,717 ft ) 62.61 % The list of tallest buildings is based on the default metric of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat ( CTBUH ) , that of measuring to the highest architectural element . Other criteria would generate a different list . Shanghai World Financial Center is not on the above list , but it surpassed Taipei 101 in 2008 to become the building with the highest occupied floor . Using the criteria of highest tip ( including antennae ) , the World Trade Center in New York City was the world 's tallest building from 1972 to 2000 , until the Sears Tower in Chicago ( which already had a higher occupied floor than the World Trade Center ) had its antenna extended to give that building the world 's tallest tip ; a title it held until the 2010 completion of Burj Khalifa . Petronas Towers and Taipei 101 were never the world 's tallest buildings by the highest -- tip criteria . Since 2010 , Burj Khalifa has been the tallest building by any criteria . It has the highest architectural element , tip and occupied floor , and is indeed the tallest structure of any kind ever built , surpassing the ( now destroyed ) 646.38 metres ( 2,120.7 ft ) Warsaw Radio Mast . Since the completion of the Washington Monument in 1884 , the world 's tallest building has not usually also been the world 's tallest structure . The exceptions are 1930 -- 1954 , when the Chrysler Building and then the Empire State building surpassed the Eiffel Tower ( to be surpassed in turn by a succession of broadcast masts , starting with the Griffin Television Tower in Oklahoma ) , and from 2010 with the completion of Burj Khalifa . Charts ( edit ) 1870 -- present ( edit ) 1300 -- present ( edit ) In this chart , time progresses from right to left . Note the early buildings that lost the title as their spires collapsed . History of increment in height of skyscrapers ( edit ) After the construction of the Home Insurance Building in Chicago in the 19th century , the incrementation in the height of skyscrapers began with the construction of the Chrysler Building , followed by the Empire State Building , in New York City . The Chrysler Building was the first building in the world to break the 300 metres ( 984 ft ) barrier , and the Empire State Building was the first building to have more than 100 floors . It stands at 381 metres ( 1,250 ft ) and has 102 floors . The next tallest skyscraper was the World Trade Center , which was completed in 1971 . The north tower was 417 m ( 1,368 ft ) and the south 415 m ( 1,362 ft ) tall . It surpassed the height of the Empire State Building by 36 m ( 118 ft ) . Two years later the Sears Tower was built in Chicago , standing at 442 m ( 1,450 ft ) with 110 floors , surpassing the height of the World Trade Center by 25 metres ( 82 ft ) . The Petronas Towers rose 10 meters above the Sears Tower , standing at a height of 452 m ( 1,483 ft ) and each having 88 floors . In 2004 , the construction of Taipei 101 brought the height of skyscrapers to a new level , standing at 509 m ( 1,670 ft ) with 101 floors . It is 59 metres ( 194 ft ) taller than the previous record holders , the Petronas Towers . Burj Khalifa surpassed the height of Taipei 101 by 319 metres ( 1,047 ft ) in 2009 , making it 60 % taller . It has broken several skyscraper records , and it is almost twice as tall as the Empire State Building . Burj Khalifa has also broken the record of the world 's tallest structure . NOTE : The CTBUH defines a building as a supertall if it is 300 metres ( 984 ft ) or taller . History of supertall skyscrapers by location ( edit ) Since the early skyscraper boom that took place in North America , the significant number of skyscrapers in North America have dominated the 100 tallest buildings in the world . In 1930 , 99 of the 100 tallest buildings in the world were located in North America . In the future , this percentage is expected to decline to only 22 percent . The predominance of skyscrapers in North America is decreasing due to the building of skyscraper construction in other parts of the world , especially in Asia , that are finally catching up to progress that began in North America in the 19th century . In Asia , there has been an increase in the number of supertall skyscrapers beginning with the construction of Petronas Twin Towers . There are currently sixty buildings in the world 's 100 tallest that are located in Asia ( including the Middle East ) . However , skyscraper construction is still prevalent in the United States . Increment in usage of skyscrapers ( edit ) Since the skyscraper boom , the great majority of skyscrapers in the world were used predominantly as office space . From 1930 to 2000 the percentage of office towers never fell below 86 percent , but in the future it is expected to be as low as 46 percent . In 2010 less than half of the 100 tallest buildings in the world were office towers with the majority utilized as residential and mixed use . Today , only four out of the ten tallest buildings in the world , and twenty eight out of the fifty tallest in the world , are used primarily as offices . A mixed - use tall building contains two or more functions ( uses ) , where each of the functions occupies a significant proportion of the tower 's total space . Support areas such as car parks and mechanical plant space do not contribute towards mixed - use status . Skyscrapers used as hotels and as residential space are generally smaller . There are only a few super tall skyscrapers of that type among the 100 tallest skyscrapers in the world . The tallest residential building in the world is 432 Park Avenue . There are few supertall hotel skyscrapers in the world . The Emirates Park Towers Hotel & Spa , Rose Tower and Burj Al Arab are the only three supertall hotels standing , while the topped - out Emirates Park Towers Hotel & Spa is currently the tallest hotel in the world at 377 m ( 1,237 ft ) . See also ( edit ) History portal Architecture portal History of tallest skyscrapers List of tallest buildings and structures List of Egyptian pyramids List of tallest buildings List of tallest churches List of tallest structures built before the 20th century Notes ( edit ) A . This significant proportion can be judged as 15 % or greater of either the total floor area , or the total building height in terms of number of floors occupied for the function . However , care should be taken in the case of supertall buildings . For example , a 20 - story hotel function as part of a 150 - story tower does not comply with the 15 % rule , though this would clearly constitute mixed use . References ( edit ) ^ Jump up to : Marshall Gerometta . `` Height : The History of Measuring Tall Buildings '' . Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat . Retrieved March 29 , 2011 . Jump up ^ A.F.K. `` The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Cathedral Church of LINCOLN , by A.F. KENDRICK , B.A '' . Gwydir.demon.co.uk . Retrieved 2009 - 11 - 28 . Jump up ^ Haughton , Brian ( 2007 ) , Hidden History : Lost Civilizations , Secret Knowledge , and Ancient Mysteries , p. 167 Jump up ^ Michael Woods , Mary B. Woods ( 2009 ) , Seven Wonders of the Ancient World , p. 41 Jump up ^ `` Lincoln Cathedral '' . Jump up ^ Darwin Porter , Danforth Prince ( 2010 ) , Frommer 's England 2010 , p. 588 Jump up ^ Mary Jane Taber ( 1905 ) , The cathedrals of England : an account of some of their distinguishing characteristics , p. 100 Jump up ^ A Brief History of the World 's Tallest Buildings Time magazine Jump up ^ `` Cathedrals and the birth of freedom - Institute of Public Affairs Australia '' . Jump up ^ Benham , William ( 1902 ) . Old St. Paul 's Cathedral . London : Seeley & Co at Project Gutenberg Jump up ^ `` Mole Antonelliana '' . Museo Nazionale del Cinema ( Italian National Film Museum ) website . Maria Adriana Prolo Foundation . Retrieved March 18 , 2014 . Construction was completed in 1889 ... At the time of its completion , at 167.5 meters in height , it was the tallest masonry building in all of Europe . ^ Jump up to : `` The History of Measuring Tall Buildings '' . Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. 2008 . Retrieved 16 February 2010 . ^ Jump up to : Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat , CTBUH Criteria for Defining and Measuring Tall Buildings. 2009 Jump up ^ Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat , Tallest Single - Function Office Buildings in the World External links ( edit ) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Former world 's tallest buildings . 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Pir Panjal range - wikipedia Pir Panjal range Jump to : navigation , search This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . ( July 2011 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) Pir Panjal range as seen from Banihal ( pic : Shoaib Tantray ) Kashmir valley seen from satellite . Snow - capped Pir Panjal range separates the valley from plains . Pir Panjal Range The Pir Panjal Range is a group of mountains in the Inner Himalayan region , running from east - southeast ( ESE ) to west - northwest ( WNW ) across the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir where the average elevation varies from 1,400 m ( 4,600 ft ) to 4,100 m ( 13,500 ft ) . The Himalayas show a gradual elevation towards the Dhauldhar and Pir Panjal ranges . Pir Panjal is the largest range of the lower Himalayas . Near the bank of the Sutlej river , it dissociates itself from the Himalayas and forms a divide between the rivers Beas and Ravi on one side and the Chenab on the other . The famous Galyat mountains are also located in this range . Contents ( hide ) 1 Peaks 2 Passes 3 Tunnels 3.1 Jawahar Tunnel 3.2 Banihal Qazigund Road Tunnel 3.3 Rohtang Tunnel 3.4 Banihal Railway Tunnel 4 See also 5 References Peaks ( edit ) Deo Tibba ( 6,001 m ( 19,688 ft ) ) and Indrasan ( 6,221 m ( 20,410 ft ) ) are two important peaks at the eastern end of the mountain range . They can be approached from both the Parvati - Beas Valley ( Kulu District ) and the Chandra ( Upper Chenab ) Valley ( Lahaul and Spiti District ) in Himachal Pradesh . The hill station of Gulmarg in Kashmir lies in this range . Passes ( edit ) The Pir Panjal pass lies to the west of Srinagar . The Banihal pass ( 2,832 m ( 9,291 ft ) ) lies at the head of the Vitasta river at the southern end of the Kashmir valley . Banihal and Qazigund lie on either side of the pass . The Sinthan pass connects Jammu and Kashmir with Kishtwar . Pir ki Gali connects Kashmir valley with Rajouri and Poonch via Mughal road . Pir ki Gali is the highest point of Mughal road ( 11500 ft approx ) and lies to the south west of the Kashmir valley . Nearest town to Pir Ki Gali is Shupian , the apple town of Kashmir valley . Rohtang La ( altitude 3,978 m ( 13,051 ft ) ) is a mountain pass on the eastern Pir Panjal range connecting Manali in the Kullu Valley to Keylong in the Lahaul Valley . Coordinates : 33 ° 53 ′ 36 '' N 74 ° 29 ′ 19 '' E  /  33.89333 ° N 74.48861 ° E  / 33.89333 ; 74.48861 Haji Pir Pass ( altitude 2,637 m ( 8,652 ft ) ) on the western Pir Panjal range on the road between Poonch and Uri is in the area of Kashmir administered by Pakistan . A view towards the massive Pir Panjal range Tunnels ( edit ) Jawahar tunnel ( edit ) The Jawahar Tunnel is a 2.5 km ( 1.6 mi ) long tunnel through Pir Panjal mountain under the Banihal pass connects Banihal with Qazigund on the other side of the mountain . The Jawahar Tunnel was named after the first Prime Minister of India was constructed in early 1950s and commissioned in December 1956 to ensure snow - free passage throughout the year . It is at elevation of about 2,100 m ( 6,900 ft ) . It was designed for 150 vehicles per day but now used by more than 7,000 vehicles per day . Therefore , a new wider and longer tunnel has been planned at a lower elevation . Banihal Qazigund road tunnel ( edit ) Construction of a new 8.45 km ( 5.25 mi ) long twin - tube Banihal Qazigund Road Tunnel started in 2011 . The new tunnel is at a lower elevation than the existing Jawahar tunnel and , when completed , would reduce the road distance between Banihal and Qazigund by 16 km ( 9.9 mi ) . It would also be less prone to snow avalanche as it will be at a lower elevation . Rohtang tunnel ( edit ) The Rohtang Tunnel is being built under the Rohtang Pass in the eastern Pir Panjal range of the Himalayas on the Leh - Manali Highway . With 8.8 km ( 5.5 mi ) length , the tunnel will be the longest road tunnel in India and is expected to reduce the distance between Manali and Keylong by about 60 km ( 37 mi ) . The tunnel is at 3,100 metres ( 10,171 ft ) elevation whereas the Rohtang pass is at 3,978 metres ( 13,051 ft ) elevation . Lying on the Manali - Leh axis , this is one of the two routes to Ladakh ... Banihal railway tunnel ( edit ) The Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel , an 11.215 kilometres ( 6.969 mi ) railway tunnel , passes through the Pir Panjal Range in Jammu and Kashmir . It connects Quazigund and Banihal and is a part of the Udhampur - Srinagar - Baramulla railway project . The tunnel was commissioned on 26 June 2013 for regular service . It is India 's longest and Asia 's third longest railway tunnel . See also ( edit ) Ganga Choti Banni Mata Temple References ( edit ) Jump up ^ `` Home ministry chalks out plan to settle Kashmiri Pandits '' . Jump up ^ Pir Panjal Range ( mountain system , Asia ) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia Jump up ^ Beacon Light in the Tunnel Jump up ^ `` Passages of employment to Srinagar 's denizens '' . Jump up ^ `` India 's longest railway tunnel unveiled in Jammu & Kashmir '' . The Times of India . 14 October 2011 . 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Bennie and the Jets - wikipedia Bennie and the Jets Jump to : navigation , search `` Bennie and the Jets '' Single by Elton John from the album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road B - side `` Harmony '' Released 4 February 1974 Recorded May 1973 at Château d'Hérouville , France Genre Glam rock Length 5 : 23 Label MCA DJM Songwriter ( s ) Elton John Bernie Taupin Producer ( s ) Gus Dudgeon Elton John singles chronology `` Candle in the Wind '' ( 1974 ) `` Bennie and the Jets '' ( 1974 ) `` Do n't Let the Sun Go Down on Me '' ( 1974 ) `` Candle in the Wind '' ( 1974 ) `` Bennie and the Jets '' ( 1974 ) `` Do n't Let the Sun Go Down on Me '' ( 1974 ) `` Bennie and the Jets '' ( also titled as `` Benny & the Jets '' ) is a song composed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin . The song first appeared on the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album in 1973 . `` Bennie and the Jets '' has been one of John 's most popular songs and was performed during John 's appearance at Live Aid . The track is spelled Benny on the sleeve of the single and in the track listing of the album , but Bennie on the album vinyl disc label . Contents ( hide ) 1 Single release 2 Song composition 3 Personnel 4 Music video 5 Chart performance 5.1 Weekly charts 5.2 Year - end charts 6 Covers 7 Mondegreens in the Song 8 References in popular culture 9 References 10 External links Single release ( edit ) `` Bennie and the Jets '' was featured on side one of the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album , and Elton John was set against releasing it as a single , believing it would fail . CKLW in Windsor , Ontario , began heavy airplay of the song and it became the # 1 song in the Detroit market . This attention caused other American and Canadian Top 40 stations to add it to their playlists as well and as a result , the song peaked at # 1 on the US singles chart in 1974 . In the US , it was certified Gold on 8 April 1974 and Platinum on 13 September 1995 by the RIAA , and had sold 2.8 million copies by August 1976 . `` Bennie and the Jets '' was also John 's first Top 40 hit on what at the time was called the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart , where it peaked at # 15 , the highest position out of the three of his singles which reached that chart . The acceptance of `` Bennie '' on R&B radio helped land John , a huge soul music fan , a guest appearance on the 17 May 1975 edition of Soul Train , where he played `` Bennie and the Jets '' and `` Philadelphia Freedom '' . In Canada , it held the # 1 spot on the RPM national singles chart for two weeks ( 13 -- 20 April ) , becoming his first # 1 single of 1974 and his fourth overall . Song composition ( edit ) The song tells of `` Bennie and the Jets '' , a fictional band of whom the song 's narrator is a fan . The song is written in the key of G major . In interviews , Taupin has said that the song 's lyrics are a satire on the music industry of the 1970s . The greed and glitz of the early 1970s music scene is portrayed by Taupin 's words : We 'll kill the fatted calf tonight , so stick around , you 're gon na hear electric music , solid walls of sound . Taupin also goes on to describe the flashy wardrobe of `` Bennie '' , the leader of the band : She 's got electric boots , a mohair suit You know I read it in a magazine Ohh ... See also : History_of_Benzedrine § Elton John - Bennie and the Jets Produced by Gus Dudgeon , the song was recorded during the `` Goodbye Yellow Brick Road '' sessions in France at Château d'Hérouville 's Strawberry Studios , where John and Taupin had recorded their previous two albums , Honky Château and Do n't Shoot Me I 'm Only the Piano Player . After recording the song in the studio , John and the band worried that it was too plain and unoriginal . In the Eagle Vision documentary on the making of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road , John recalled , `` I fought tooth and nail against ' Bennie ' coming out as a single . '' According to guitarist Davey Johnstone , `` ' Bennie and the Jets ' was one of the oddest songs we ever recorded . We just sat back and said , ' This is really odd . ' '' While mixing the album , Dudgeon came up with the idea of creating a `` live from Playhouse Theatre '' sound for the track . He added reverb effects , applause and other audience sounds from John 's previous concerts and a loop from the Jimi Hendrix live album Isle of Wight , plus whistles , giving it the `` live concert recording '' feel that has since become a sort of trademark . John rarely plays the song verbatim to the studio version , and often makes subtle or even drastic changes . Live , the piano solo in the middle of the song has been played in all sorts of variations , from very close to the original to wildly improvised and extended versions , such as the elaborate version during a Central Park concert in 1980 and another memorable take on it during the `` Elton and his band '' part of the show recorded for what would become Live in Australia in December 1986 . ( It can be seen on various Laserdisc releases of the show . ) He has also been known to end the song in a wide range of styles , including classical , swing , boogie - woogie and even using the signature five - note phrase from John Williams ' score for Close Encounters of the Third Kind . Personnel ( edit ) Elton John -- piano , Farfisa organ , vocals Davey Johnstone -- acoustic and electric guitars Dee Murray -- bass Nigel Olsson -- drums Music video ( edit ) In May 2017 , an official music video for `` Bennie and the Jets '' premiered at the Cannes Film Festival as a winner of Elton John : The Cut , a competition organized in partnership with AKQA , Pulse Films , and YouTube in honour of the fiftieth anniversary of his songwriting relationship with Bernie Taupin . The competition called upon independent filmmakers to submit treatments for music videos for one of three Elton John songs from the 1970s , with each song falling within a specific concept category . `` Bennie and the Jets '' was designated for the choreography category , and was directed by Jack Whiteley and Laura Brownhill . The video was influenced by early cinema and the work of Busby Berkeley , portraying characters as participants on a talent show auditioning for Bennie . Chart performance ( edit ) Weekly charts ( edit ) Chart ( 1974 ) Peak position Australia 5 Canada France ( SNEP ) 175 Ireland ( IRMA ) 18 New Zealand 13 US Billboard Hot 100 US Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs ( Billboard ) 15 US Cash Box Top 100 Chart ( 1976 ) Peak position UK Singles Chart 37 Year - end charts ( edit ) Chart ( 1974 ) Rank Australia 34 Canada 6 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 9 U.S. Cash Box 12 Covers ( edit ) In 1991 CKBE - FM David Tyler . Pyotr Mamonov and Vasily Shumov recorded a cover of this song on their Russkie poyut ( Russians are Singing ) album ( 1994 ) . The NFL 's New York Jets used a parody of the song called `` Vinny and the Jets '' during quarterback Vinny Testaverde 's first run with the team from 1998 to 2003 . Parodies relating to New York Mets players Lenny Dykstra and later Benny Agbayani were mainstays on New York City radio stations . Ray Castoldi , the longtime organist for the NBA 's New York Knicks , is often heard playing this song at Knicks home games . The song has also been played on the organ at Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Kings home games . The Beastie Boys released a cover of this song on their The Sounds of Science album in 1999 . The song , titled `` Benny and the Jets '' , was sung by frequent Beastie Boys collaborator Biz Markie . This recording was first released in 1995 as a flexi disc inside of issue two of the Beastie Boys ' Grand Royal magazine . Biz Markie performed his own humorous rendition of `` Bennie and the Jets '' on The Chris Rock Show in 2000 . Katherine Heigl and James Marsden sing along with the song , karaoke - style , while dancing on a bar in the 2008 film 27 Dresses . Both of them make many mistakes in the lyrics . Mary J. Blige sampled the melody for her song `` Deep Inside '' . When Blige asked Elton John for permission to sample the piano line , he ended up agreeing to actually play the line on the track instead . Ashanti 's 2008 single `` Good Good '' also sampled the melody . Mister G included a recording of himself playing Elton John 's `` Benny and the Jets '' at the age of nine as the last track on his album BUGS Cher performed the song in a duet on The Cher Show with Elton John on piano in 1975 . In 2006 Christina Aguilera with Elton John performed this song at Fashion Rocks . American Idol Season 10 finalist Haley Reinhart performed a cover of `` Bennie and the Jets '' during the Top 11 ( 2nd Week ) finalist performances on 30 March 2011 . She performed it again after her elimination during the Top 3 Results Show , on 19 May . It was covered by The Hickoids on Kicking It With the Twits , a 2011 mini LP of British Invasion era covers . Covered by Victoria Vox on her 2012 Under the Covers CD . In 2013 Brandy Moss - Scott released a cover of `` Bennie and the Jets '' . In 2013 James Sayer announced a cover of `` Bennie and the Jets '' would be released in December . In 2013 Lady Gaga with Elton John performed this song on Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular . In 2014 Miguel with Wale performed this song on Goodbye Yellow Brick Road : 40th Anniversary Celebration . Indie Pop artist BØRNS performs his own cover of `` Bennie and The Jets '' during live shows . At times he adds a verse from Frank Ocean 's `` Super Rich Kids '' towards the end , as `` Super Rich Kids '' has samples of `` Bennie and The Jets '' within it . The song was sampled by rap group A Tribe Called Quest for the song `` Solid Wall of Sound '' on their 2016 album , We Got It from Here ... Thank You 4 Your Service . In 2016 , Australian comedy band The Axis of Awesome included a short skit on their album Viva La Vida Loca Las Vegas called `` Benny and the $ * # ! s '' , which sings the song 's chorus as `` B-B - Benny 's got Tourette 's '' , interspersed with random cursing . Pink and Logic covered the song alongside John on the 2018 tribute album Revamp : Reimagining the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin . Mondegreens in the song ( edit ) The song contains the line `` She 's got electric boots , a mohair suit '' , which is often misheard as `` She 's got electric boobs , and mohair shoes '' . A scene in the film 27 Dresses shows that this is but one of many mondegreens that listeners have invented for this song . References in popular culture ( edit ) The original Winnipeg Jets NHL team 's mascot was named Benny , partially in reference to this song , but primarily after the original owner of the ( WHA ) team , Ben Hatskin . The band TV Girl released an EP on 25 July 2011 , entitled `` Benny and the Jetts '' . It features four songs , the first of which is also titled `` Benny and the Jetts '' , which describes a girl that the singer once knew who was always listening to the song . In Kingsman : The Golden Circle , which also stars John as himself , the main antagonist , Poppy Adams ( Julianne Moore ) owns two robot dogs named Bennie and Jet and also has taken John as a hostage . Axl Rose cited it as a song that meant a lot to him as a teenager : `` Early Elton John is the baddest ! '' References ( edit ) Jump up ^ Bill Janovitz . `` Bennie & the Jets - Elton John Song Info '' . AllMusic . Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 09 . Jump up ^ `` Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road ( Vinyl , LP , Album ) '' . Discogs.com . Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 09 . Jump up ^ Karen Bliss ( 2016 - 01 - 21 ) . `` The Legacy of Rosalie Trombley , Radio Pioneer Immortalized in Bob Seger 's ' Rosalie ' and Breaker of ' Bennie and the Jets ' Billboard '' . Readability.com . Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 09 . Jump up ^ `` American single certifications -- John , Elton -- Bennie _ the Jets '' . Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 02 . 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External links ( edit ) Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Hooked on a Feeling '' by Blue Swede US Billboard Hot 100 number - one single 13 April 1974 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` TSOP ( The Sound of Philadelphia ) '' by MFSB featuring The Three Degrees Preceded by `` Sunshine On My Shoulders '' by John Denver Canadian RPM 100 number - one single 13 April 1974 - 20 April 1974 ( two weeks ) Succeeded by `` TSOP ( The Sound of Philadelphia ) '' by MFSB featuring The Three Degrees ( hide ) Elton John songs 1960s and 1970s `` Skyline Pigeon '' ( 1968 ) `` I 've Been Loving You '' ( 1968 ) `` Lady Samantha '' ( 1969 ) `` It 's Me That You Need '' ( 1969 ) `` Border Song '' ( 1970 ) `` Rock and Roll Madonna '' ( 1970 ) `` From Denver to L.A. '' ( 1970 ) `` Take Me to the Pilot '' ( 1970 ) `` Your Song '' ( 1970 ) `` Friends '' ( 1971 ) `` Levon '' ( 1971 ) `` Tiny Dancer '' ( 1972 ) `` Rocket Man '' ( 1972 ) `` Honky Cat '' ( 1972 ) `` I Think I 'm Going to Kill Myself '' ( 1972 ) `` Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters '' ( 1972 ) `` Crocodile Rock '' ( 1972 ) `` Elderberry Wine '' ( 1972 ) `` Daniel '' ( 1972 ) `` Teacher I Need You '' ( 1973 ) `` Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding '' ( 1973 ) `` Saturday Night 's Alright for Fighting '' ( 1973 ) `` Goodbye Yellow Brick Road '' ( 1973 ) `` Step into Christmas '' ( 1973 ) `` Candle in the Wind '' ( 1974 ) `` Bennie and the Jets '' ( 1974 ) `` Harmony '' ( 1974 ) `` Do n't Let the Sun Go Down on Me '' ( 1974 ) `` The Bitch Is Back '' ( 1974 ) `` Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds '' ( 1974 ) `` Philadelphia Freedom '' ( 1975 ) `` I Saw Her Standing There '' ( 1975 ) `` Someone Saved My Life Tonight '' ( 1975 ) `` Island Girl '' ( 1975 ) `` Grow Some Funk of Your Own '' ( 1976 ) `` I Feel Like a Bullet ( In the Gun of Robert Ford ) '' ( 1976 ) `` Pinball Wizard '' ( 1976 ) `` Do n't Go Breaking My Heart '' ( 1976 ) `` Cage the Songbird '' ( 1976 ) `` Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word '' ( 1976 ) `` Bite Your Lip ( Get Up and Dance ! ) '' ( 1977 ) `` Crazy Water '' ( 1977 ) `` The Goaldiggers Song '' ( 1977 ) `` Ego '' ( 1978 ) `` Part - Time Love '' ( 1978 ) `` Song for Guy '' ( 1978 ) `` Are You Ready for Love '' ( 1979 ) `` Mama Ca n't Buy You Love '' ( 1979 ) `` Johnny B. Goode '' ( 1979 ) 1980s `` Little Jeannie '' ( 1980 ) `` Sartorial Eloquence ( Do n't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More ? ) '' ( 1980 ) `` Dear God '' ( 1980 ) `` Whatever Gets You thru the Night '' ( 1981 ) `` Nobody Wins '' ( 1981 ) `` Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever '' ( with Kiki Dee , 1981 ) `` Blue Eyes '' ( 1982 ) `` Empty Garden ( Hey Hey Johnny ) '' ( 1982 ) `` Ball and Chain '' ( 1982 ) `` All Quiet on the Western Front '' ( 1982 ) `` I Guess That 's Why They Call It the Blues '' ( 1983 ) `` I 'm Still Standing '' ( 1983 ) `` Sad Songs ( Say So Much ) '' ( 1984 ) `` Passengers '' ( 1984 ) `` Nikita '' ( 1985 ) `` That 's What Friends Are For '' ( 1985 ) `` Wrap Her Up '' ( 1985 ) `` Take Me to the Pilot '' ( 1988 ) `` I Do n't Wanna Go on with You Like That '' ( 1988 ) `` Town of Plenty '' ( 1988 ) `` Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters ( Part Two ) '' ( 1988 ) `` Healing Hands '' ( 1989 ) `` Sacrifice '' ( 1989 ) 1990s `` Club at the End of the Street '' ( 1990 ) `` You Gotta Love Someone '' ( 1990 ) `` Do n't Let the Sun Go Down on Me '' ( 1991 ) `` The One '' ( 1992 ) `` Runaway Train '' ( 1992 ) `` The Last Song '' ( 1992 ) `` Simple Life '' ( 1993 ) `` True Love '' ( 1993 ) `` Shakey Ground '' ( 1994 ) `` Ai n't Nothing Like the Real Thing '' ( 1994 ) `` Can You Feel the Love Tonight '' ( 1994 ) `` Circle of Life '' ( 1994 ) `` Believe '' ( 1995 ) `` Made in England '' ( 1995 ) `` When the Money 's Gone '' ( 1995 ) `` You Can Make History ( Young Again ) '' ( 1996 ) `` The Madness of King Scar '' ( 1997 ) `` Something About the Way You Look Tonight '' ( 1997 ) `` Candle in the Wind 1997 '' ( 1997 ) `` Written in the Stars '' ( 1999 ) 2000s `` I Want Love '' ( 2001 ) `` This Train Do n't Stop There Anymore '' ( 2002 ) `` Original Sin '' ( 2002 ) `` Are You Ready for Love '' ( 2003 ) `` Ghetto Gospel '' ( 2005 ) `` Electricity '' ( 2005 ) `` The Bridge '' ( 2006 ) `` Joseph , Better You than Me '' ( 2008 ) `` Tiny Dancer ( Hold Me Closer ) '' ( 2009 ) Related articles Albums discography Videography Book : Elton John Category : Elton John Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bennie_and_the_Jets&oldid=836731753 '' Categories : Elton John songs 1974 singles Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Songs with music by Elton John Songs with lyrics by Bernie Taupin Recorded music characters Mondegreens Fictional musical groups Song recordings produced by Gus Dudgeon 1973 songs MCA Records singles DJM Records singles Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from October 2016 Use British English from December 2013 Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from February 2013 Singlechart usages for France Singlechart usages for Ireland2 Singlechart called without artist Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardrandbhiphop Articles with unsourced statements from February 2018 Articles with unsourced statements from November 2017 Use dmy dates from May 2011 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Dansk Español Italiano Norsk Norsk nynorsk Português Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 16 April 2018 , at 14 : 49 . 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