The Fox Songwriting Credits by Elton John

The Fox is the fifteenth studio album by Elton John, released in May 1981 on Rocket Records and produced by Elton John and Clive Franks. The album continued the modest creative recovery of 21 at 33, balancing tracks written with Taupin alongside work with Gary Osborne. The hit 'Nobody Wins,' originally a French chanson translated into English, gave Elton a top-twenty hit on both sides of the Atlantic. While not a major commercial comeback, The Fox demonstrated Elton's continued desire to push beyond the formula that had made him famous in the early 1970s, incorporating synth-pop influences that reflected the changing musical landscape of the early 1980s. The album is a transitional piece that sits between the creative drift of his late-1970s output and the commercial resurgence he would achieve with Jump Up! and Too Low for Zero.