Song for Guy

"Song for Guy" is a mainly instrumental piece of music by English musician Elton John. It is the closing track of his 1978 album, A Single Man.
The song opens with a solo piano, which is then accompanied by a looped Roland CR-78 drum machine, with occasional shaker and wind chimes alternating; other keyboards are often layered in shortly after, with a bass guitar mainly accompanying this. It is instrumental until the end, in which the words "Life isn't everything" are repeated.
It stands as one of the few songs written by Elton John alone and the only instrumental piece of music made by himself to be released as a lead single. After this song, his other instrumental songs were only released as B-sides notably "Choc Ice Goes Mental" (A-sides: "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" & "Kiss the Bride") and "The Man Who Never Died" (A-sides: "Nikita" & "The Last Song").
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