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'Daniel,' is a single from the 1973 album 'Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player' written and recorded the same day at the Chateau d'Herouville in France (the 'Honky Chateau'). 'Daniel' topped at no. 4 in the UK and no. 2 in the US Billboard Hot 100 and received Gold certification in September 1995, then Platinum in May 2018 by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Taupin told the press that the song has been 'the most misinterpreted that the duo ever written.' The story was about a guy who returned to a small town in Texas after returning from the Vietnam War. I wanted to write something that was sympathetic to the people that came home.'