Released as a standalone single in June 1976, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" spent four weeks at number 1, eight weeks in the Top 10, 15 weeks on the Top 40, and four and a half months on the Top 100. It wound up at number 2 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles chart for 1976 and was Elton’s last #1 release in the US until 'Goodbye England's Rose' in 1997. Elton originally recorded the song as a duet with Kiki Dee and, in 1976, surprised the audience a…