''The Fox'' is the fifteenth studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1981. The track "Elton's Song" was banned from some countries radio play due to its homosexual content. Elton John actually said during a concert at Leeds Castle in 1999 that the album "went 'Cardboard'" in England, a sarcastic remark on how badly it had been received there. This album was produced by Elton, Clive Franks and for the first time, Chris Thomas, who would produce many more albums with Elton for most of the decade.

Three of the songs (noted below) were recorded during the sessions for his previous album, "21 at 33". All b-sides released around this time were also from those sessions. - Wikipedia