HAVE YOU LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW?

IT IS POURING DOWN WITH RAIN, AND PEOPLE IN L.A. JUST DON'T

KNOW HOW TO DRIVE.

IT'S CARNAGE OUT THERE.

I NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP ME GET TO WORK.

WELL, I'M ACTUALLY IN YOUR GARAGE NOW.

OH, YOU'RE A STAR.

YOU'RE A LIFESAVER.

I'LL SEE YOU IN TWO MINUTES.

THANKS, MATE.

OH!

OH!

>> MORNING.

>> James: HEY, MAN.

>> HOW ARE YOU?

>> James: I'M GOOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> James: HOW ARE YOU DOING?

>> I'M ALL RIGHT.

NICE DAY.

>> James: IT'S HORRIBLE.

IT IS HORRIBLE.

CAN WE LISTEN TO SOME MUSIC?

I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S ON THE RADIO.

LET'S FIND OUT.

♪ WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT?

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT?

♪ IT'S A LITTLE BIT FUNNY THIS FEELING INSIDE

♪ I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE WHO CAN EASILY HIDE.

♪ MY GIFT IS MY SONG AND THIS ONE'S FOR YOU.

♪ >> James: OH, THIS IS SO MUCH

FUN!

DISMOAT YOU CAN TELL EVERYBODY THIS IS YOUR SONG

♪ IT MAY BE QUITE SIMPLE BUT NOW THAT IT'S DONE

♪ I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND

♪ THAT I PUT DOWN INTO WORDS HOW WONDERFUL LIFE IS

WHILE YOU'RE IN THE WORLD ♪ >> James: I MEAN, WHEN YOU

WRITE A SONG LIKE THAT, DO YOU JUST KNOW THE SECOND IT'S

FINISHED, THAT'S A HIT RECORD?

>> WHEN I WROTE THAT IT WAS IN 1970.

AND MY PARENTS HAD AN APARTMENT IN NORTH LONDON.

BENNY CAME TO ME WITH THE LYRIC AND I TOOK IT INTO THE LIVING

ROOM EYE READ IT THROUGH AND WENT, "GOD, THIS IS AMAZING" FOR

AN 18-YEAR-OLD TO WRITE THIS LYRIC.

AND I PLAYED IT TO HIM, AND WHEN I FINISHED PLAYING I THINK WE

BOTH REALIZED THIS WAS A HUGE STEP FORWARD IN OUR SONGWRITING.

♪ IF YOU THINK THIS HOPE WILL EVER WIN

♪ LOOK AT ME I'M COMING BACK AGAIN

♪ I GOT A TASTE OF LOVE IN A SIMPLE WAY.

WAY ♪ DON'T YOU KNOW I'M STILL

STANDING BETTER THAN I EVER DID ♪ I'M LOOKING LIKE A TRUE

SURVIVOR FEELING LIKE A LITTLE KID

♪ I'M STILL STANDING AFTER THIS TIME

♪ PICKING UP THE PIECES OF MY LIFE WITHOUT YOU ON MY MIND

♪ I'M STILL STANDING YEAH, YEAH, YEAH

♪ I'M STILL STANDING YEAH, YEAH, YEAH ♪

>> James: I NEVER KNEW YOU WERE SUCH A DANCER.

>> ARLENE SAID I WAS THE WORST DANCER SHE EVER WORKED WITH.

>> James: NO!

IS THAT WHY YOU USED TO GO SO FLAMBOYANT IN YOUR DRESS?

>> YES.

>> James: BECAUSE THERE WERE-- YOU HAVE HAD SOME AMAZING LOOKS

OVER THE YEARS.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I WAS NEVER A LEAD VOCALIST, NOT LIKE JAGGER

OR BOWIE.

I ALWAYS PLAYED THE PIANO.

AND I WASN'T, YOU KNOW, A SEX SYMBOL.

SO I HAD FUN WITH MY OUTFITS.

AND I JUST WENT FOR IT ♪ I REMEMBER WHEN ROCK WAS YOUNG

ME AND SUSIE HAD SO MUCH FUN ♪ HOLDING HANDS AND SKIMMING

STONES ♪ HAD AN OLD GOLD CHEVY AND A

PLACE OF MY OWN ♪ BUT THE BIGGEST KICK I EVER

GOT ♪ WAS DOING A THING CALLED THE

CROCODILE ROCK ♪ WHILE THE OTHER KIDS WERE

ROCKIN'' 'ROUND THE CLOCK ♪ WE WERE HOPPING AND BOBBING TO

THE CROCODILE ROCK ROCK

♪ LAAAA!

LA-LA-LA ♪ LA-LA-LA

♪ OH, YEAH LA-LA-LA♪ >> James: SO MUCH OF YOUR

LIFE-- AND I THINK IT HAS BEEN ABOUT SORT OF EXCESS IN THAT--

>> , OF COURSE,.

>> James: EVEN WHEN YOU GO SHOPPING--

>> I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO HAVE ONE OF EVERYTHING.

>> James: DON'T YOU BUY FOUR COPYES OF EVERY RECORD?

>> I BUY-- YES-- I BUY USUALLY FOUR COPIES, ONE FOR THE HOUSE

HERE, ONE FOR THE HOUSE IN FRANCE, ONE FOR THE HOUSE IN

ENGLAND, AND ONE FOR THE PLACE IN ATLANTA.

>> James: YOU KNOW YOU CAN JUST HAVE AN iPHONE.

>> I DON'T HAVE A PHONE.

>> James: >> James: HOW HAVE YOU NOT GOT

A PHONE?

>> James: WHAT DO YOU DO?

>> THERE'S SOMEBODY AROUND ME.

THERE'S USUALLY A SECURITY PERSON WAY PHONE.

I DO HAVE AN iPAD.

>> James: SO RIGHT NOW, I COULD LEGITIMATELY KIDNAP YOU

AND YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CALL ANYONE.

>> I'VE BEEN WANTING YOU TO DO THAT

♪ LOOKING BACK SHE JUST LAUGHS

♪ THE BOULEVARD IS NOT THAT BAD HOLD ME CLOSER TINY DANCER

♪ YOU HAVE THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE HIGHWAY

♪ LAY ME DOWN I HAD A BUSY DAY TODAY ♪

>> James: LET'S FACE IT, YOU HAVE HAD SOME TANTRUMS IN YOUR

TIME.

>> YES.

>> James: BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES AND YOU NEVER KNOW

WHICH ARE TRUE.

WHICH IS THE ONE YOU LOOK BACK ON AND GO, "OKAY, THAT WAS A

TANTRUM."

>> I HAD BEEN UP FOR A COUPLE DAYS AT THE INN ON THE PARK IN

PARK LANE IN LONDON, AND I WAS STILL UP AT 11:00 IN THE OFFICE,

AND I CALLED THE OFFICE, AND I SAID, "ROBERT, IT'S FAR TOO

WINDY HERE, CAN YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT ??? AND I COULD IMAGINE

HIM PUTTING HIS HAPPENED OVER THE RECEIVER, "HE'S FINALLY LOST

IT.

IT'S TOO WINDY.

CAN YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT."

IT WASN'T A TANTRUM BUT AS REALITY GOES IT'S PRETTY FAR OFF

THE CHART GLZ BUT IS IT DIFFICULT NOW THAT YOU'RE A

FATHER IF THEY THROW A TANTRUM?

>> I LOVE IT.

I HAVEN'T HAD ONE SECOND IN ZACHARY OR ALIJA'S LIFE WHERE I

FELT THEY GOT ON MY NERVES.

I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M IN THE CAR TELLING YOU THIS BECAUSE IF 10

YEARS AGO YOU TOLD ME I'D BE TELLING YOU THIS I WOULD SAY YOU

WERE CRAZY.

I THOUGHT I WAS TOO OLD TO BE A DAD.

AND NOW I'M NOT TOO OLD TO BE A DAD.

YOU'RE NOT TOO OLD TO DO ANYTHING.

THEY HAVE CHANGED MY LIFE COMPLETE COMPLOOETLY

♪ DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME

♪ ALTHOUGH I SEARCHED MYSELF IT'S ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSE I SEE

♪ I JUST ALLOW A FRAGMENT OF YOUR LIFE

♪ TO WANDER FREE TO WANDER FREE

♪ LOSING EVERYTHING IS LIKE THE SUN GOING DOWN ON ME

♪ >> James: MR. ELTON JOHN!

>> MR. GEORGE MICHAEL.

MR. JAMES CORDEN.

MY FUTURE HUSBAND!

YEAH!

♪ OH, DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME

♪ OH, NO ALTHOUGH I SEARCH MYSELF

IT'S ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSE I SEE ♪ I JUST ALLOW A FRAGMENT OF

YOUR LIFE ♪ TO WANDER FREE

WANDER FREE BABY ♪ BUT LOSING EVERYTHING

IS LIKE THE SUN GOING DOWN ON ME ♪

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).

>> James: OH, MY GOD.

I MEAN, IF I COULD TELL MY 12-YEAR-OLD SELF I WOULD BE

DOING THIS IN MY LIFE, HIS HEAD WOULD EXPLODE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING ME GET TO WORK.

I TRULY APPRECIATE IT.