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A	–Elton John	I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues Harmonica – Stevie WonderProducer – Chris ThomasRecorded By – Bill PriceWritten-By – Davey Johnstone, Elton John/Bernie Taupin*
B	–Lord Choc Ice	Choc Ice Goes Mental Producer – Commodore OrpingtonWritten-By – Lord Choc Ice

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – Phonogram
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Happenstance Ltd.
• Made By – Happenstance Ltd.
• Pressed By – PRS Ltd.
• Published By – Big Pig Music Ltd.
• Lacquer Cut At – CBS Studios, London

Credits

• Bass, Vocals – Dee Murray
• Drums, Vocals – Nigel Olsson
• Engineer – Bill Price
• Guitar, Vocals – Davey Johnstone
• Lacquer Cut By – timtom*
• Vocals, Keyboards – Elton John

Notes

Silver injection labels.

Stevie Wonder appears courtesy of Motown Record Corp.

This version has Tim Young (Timtom) & cbs etchings in the runouts. An, otherwise identical, version without Timtom/cbs etchings is here: I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A stamped): XPRES 91 A // 2 ▽ 42 0 C 1 1
• Matrix / Runout (Side B stamped): XPRES 91 B//1 ▽4620 C 1 3
• Matrix / Runout (Side A etched): Timtom-cbs

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
XPRES 91	Elton John	I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues ‎(7", Single, Sol)	The Rocket Record Company	XPRES 91	Ireland	1983
812 168-7, 45-36007	Elton John	I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues ‎(7", Single)	The Rocket Record Company, The Rocket Record Company	812 168-7, 45-36007	Ecuador	1983
TOS 1437	Elton John, Lord Choc Ice	Elton John, Lord Choc Ice - I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues ‎(7", Single)	The Rocket Record Company	TOS 1437	South Africa	1983
XPRES 91, 812 168-7	Elton John	That's Why They Call It The Blues ‎(7", Single, M/Print)	The Rocket Record Company, The Rocket Record Company	XPRES 91, 812 168-7	UK	1983
812 168-7	Elton John	I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues ‎(7", Single)	The Rocket Record Company	812 168-7	Guatemala	1983