Reg Strikes Back

Reg Strikes Back is the 21st studio album by Elton John and was released on 24 June 1988. It went to top 20 in Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Reg Strikes Back
Studio album by
Released24 June 1988
Recorded1987–88
StudioAIR, London
GenrePop, rock
Length42:04 (Original)
64:04 (1998 Reissue)
LabelMCA (Original Release)
Rocket / Mercury (Reissue)
ProducerChris Thomas
Elton John chronology
Elton John's Greatest Hits Vol. 3
(1987)
Reg Strikes Back
(1988)
Sleeping with the Past
(1989)
Singles from Reg Strikes Back
  1. "I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That"
    Released: 1988
  2. "Town of Plenty"
    Released: September 1988 (UK)
  3. "A Word in Spanish"
    Released: September 1988
  4. "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Part Two)"
    Released: 1988 (US)

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, except where noted. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Town of Plenty"   3:40
2. "A Word in Spanish"   4:39
3. "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Part Two)"   4:12
4. "I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That"   4:33
5. "Japanese Hands"   4:40
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "Goodbye Marlon Brando"   3:30
2. "The Camera Never Lies"   4:36
3. "Heavy Traffic" (John, Taupin, Davey Johnstone) 3:30
4. "Poor Cow"   3:50
5. "Since God Invented Girls"   4:54
Total length:
42:06
  • Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–10 on CD reissues.
Bonus tracks (1998 PolyGram International reissue)
No. Title Length
11. "Rope Around a Fool"   3:48
12. "I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That" (Shep Pettibone Mix) 7:16
13. "I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That" (Just Elton and His Piano Mix) 4:37
14. "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Part Two)" (The Renaissance Mix) 6:19
Total length:
64:06