Throwback Video: Mandy Moore in Elton John's "Original Sin"

With album sales topping nearly two hundred million, five-time Grammy Award-winner Elton John is truly in a league of his own.

With hits like "Rocket Man," "Candle In The Wind," and "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," it may come as a pleasant surprise that the 62 year old singer-songwriter featured songstress Mandy Moore on the acclaimed video for his 2001 hit, "Original Sin."

Elton John and Elizabeth Taylor play Mandy's parents in the video, which features our gorgeous starlet as as an awkward teen, circa 1976. Transforming into a bubblegum princess, Mandy is magically transported to the front row of an Elton John concert, where she rubs elbows with celebrity look-alikes of Liza Minnelli, Cher, and others.

At such a young age, the experience would seem to have left an indelible mark on then-17 year old Mandy. "The most amazing part was just talking to him," she said of Sir Elton. "It was honestly one of the most special times of my life. It is the coolest thing. My parents were completely in awe too...it was too cute!"

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