High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Little Jeannie" (spelled "Little Jeanie" on the cover of the single) is a song by Elton John and Gary Osborne, recorded by John and released as a single in 1980 from John`s album 21 at 33. It was written for Jeannie Bonds, who was in the Miss. Sumter pageant in 1979. It reached number three on the Billboard pop chart in the United States, becoming the singer`s biggest U.S. hit since 1976`s "Don`t Go Breaking My Heart" (a duet with singer Kiki Dee), and his highest-charting solo hit since 1975`s "Island Girl". It became John`s fifth number one on the U.S. adult contemporary chart, and on August 12, 1980 it was certified gold by the RIAA. In Canada, it reached number one on the RPM 100 national singles chart.