John and Taupin had answered the same newspaper advertisement for singers and songwriters, but both were overlooked. Leaving the audition, John told a label representative that he was “hopeless” at writing lyrics which, consequently, led the representative to hand John an envelope of Taupin’s lyrics. With that lucky break, the two artists found each other, and since then, the duo has collaborated on more than 30 albums to date.“[W]e’ve never ever had an argument professionally or personally, which is extraordinary because most songwriters sometimes split up because they get jealous of each other,” John told ABC. “And it’s exciting because it’s never changed from the first day we wrote songs. I still write the song when he’s not there and then I go and play it to him. So the excitement is still the same as it was from day one and that’s kept it fresh and it’s kept it exciting.”One hit single that emerged from the legendary partnership between Elton John and Bernie Taupin is the synthpop-y “I’m Still Standing.” The meaning of the lyrics on the 1983 track tells the story of a lover moving on after a breakup. Don’t you know I’m still standing better than I ever did/Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid/I’m still standing after all this time/Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind, John sings. The ingenuity of these verses lies in their simultaneous universality and intimate feeling.“It’s perhaps one more example of the original idea being interpreted by everyone into something quite different,” . “I think people see it as an anthem based on Elton’s strong sense of survival in the face of adversity. Which, believe me, is perfectly fine by me. “In fact, it’s probably infinitely more interesting, perhaps, than what it was initially written about. Which, if my memory serves me correctly, it was a sort of kiss-off to an old girlfriend. You know the sort of thing, ‘Don’t you worry about me, I’ll be perfectly fine.’ Unlike George Jones’ ‘She Thinks I Still Care,’ where, in fact, he really did, I really didn’t,” Taupin concluded. , The video for "I'm Still Standing" was directed by Russell Mulcahy and filmed in Cannes and Nice, France. It is the second single from Elton's 1983 album Too Low For Zero, which reunited, " I'm Still Standing " is a song written by British musician Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin, from John's 1983 studio album Too Low for Zero. [3] It was the lead single from the album in North America, but released as the second single in the UK..