Sugar On The Floor

[BiteUrLip]

Writer: Kiki Dee

piano and vocals: Elton John

You're a stranger to me

Then you give me your life

I toss it to one side

Still you're sweeter to me

When will I be sure


It's warm where you are

But my lips just don't burn

I feel so insecure

When you try to be kind

Could I ask for more


Looking at you now I know you only want to find me

Still I need a reason to leave the past behind me

Behind me

There ain't no easy way

To learn how to fly

I hope that I can care

When I turn around you're there

Should I ask for more

I feel like sugar on the floor

I feel like sugar on the floor


Looking at you now I know you only want to find me

Still I need a reason to leave the past behind me

Behind me

There ain't no easy way, there ain't no easy way

To learn how to fly

I hope that I can care

When I turn around you're there

Should I ask for more

I feel like sugar on the floor

I feel like sugar on the floor

[BiteUrLip]

I love this crazy weird song, it's really fun in it's own way.

5 stars.

[dougs]

"Sugar on the Floor" - a B-side to "Island Girl":

"Sugar on the Floor" was one of the first two songs that Kiki Dee had written.  Elton supported Kiki on her version on her 1973 album LOVING AND FREE.  Elton revisited the song during the ROCK OF THE WESTIES sessions in the summer of 1975.  Vocally, EJ sounded, at times, like Ray Charles in this spare emotional ballad version.  As good as this song is, EJ had decided at some point that ROCK OF THE WESTIES was going to feature more raw and rocking songs featuring his new band.  The ROCK OF THE WESTIES SESSIONS actually produced lots of ballads (eg. "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" and "Tonight" and "Cage the Songbird") none of which made it to the album.  Many of these songs would surface on 1976's BLUE MOVES album.

"Sugar on the Floor" aside from being the B-side for "Island Girl" in 1975 it also appeared on Elton's RARE MASTERS album in 1992-93.  Even his B-sides were impressive.

Rating: 4 to 4 1/2 stars

Doug

[nix]

2
it just keeps dragging... I really can't listen to this song

[rocketman]

4 stars...a nice little bonus track which, along with Planes, gives the fan a better feel for what really went into the Westies sessions - they were not all rock plus "Robert Ford' after all. Sugar is fairly soulful, and while it doesn't rise up to the standard of some of Elton's better piano-only melodies, it's pleasant enough.

[newloneranger]

Boring song. Kiki Dees version is better.

2 stars

[Commodore Orpington]

The popularity of this one is a bit baffling to me. Just not my kind of thing I guess.