Tiny Dancer Single: Elton John Album: Madman Across the Water B-side: Razor Face Recorded: August 9, 1971 Released: 1972 Studio : Trident Studios, London Genre: Soft rock, country rock, pop rock Songwriters: Elton John, Bernie Taupin "Tiny Dancer" was the opening track to John's 1971 album, Madman Across the Water. The song only reached number 41 on the US pop chart. Eventually, it became one of John's most popular. In 2010, Rolling Stone ranked the song number 397 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It was ranked 47 on the 2021 list of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Maxine Feibelman I knew [the song] was about me. Maxine Feibelman Bernie Taupin at his wedding to Maxine Feibelman In a 1973 interview in Rolling Stone, Bernie Taupin said that the song is about Maxine Feibelman, his wife at the time. In 2019, Feibelman said, " I knew [the song] was about me. I had been into ballet as a little girl and sewed patches on Elton