She has starred in numerous West End productions and on Broadway and in concert internationally, sweeping to fame when she created her award winning performance as Eva Peron in Evita. Shortly afterwards she created the role of Grizabella in the original production of Cats and the classic song Memory became one of Elaine's many hit records. In 1987, a studio version of " I Know Him So Well" was recorded as a duet by Cissy Houston and her daughter Whitney Houston for Whitney's second album, Whitney. It was released as the 6th and final single from Whitney on 30 November 1988 in Australia, Germany, Netherlands, and Spain. There was no official music video produced for the Houston duet of song, however there are live performance video-recordings. The song version was included in the Whitney Houston North American leg of the Moment of Truth World Tour. The single was not promoted as heavily as previous singles from Whitney. Sheridan Smith sang the song with Amanda Holden on Holden's 2020 debut album Songs from My Heart. [41] Houston, Whitney; Houston, Cissy – I Know Him So Well" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved February 13, 2019. The year ended with a series of successful concert appearances in New Zealand, Australia and the Far East and two special concerts in the UK - one at Raymond Blanc's La Manoir in Oxford and the other for The Prince's Trust at the Central Hall Westminster in London.

Words Are Not Enough / I Know Him So Well (UK CD single liner notes). Steps. Jive Records, Ebul Records. 2001. 9201452. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) Elaine Paige says:“I wasn’t at all surprised to see ‘One Day More’ take the top spot. It’s the ultimate, ultimate Les Misérables show tune; a superb ensemble number that leaves you with goosebumps because you get to hear so many refrains from the show in this one song.”The year ended with a sell out UK tour including a spectacular night at London's prestigious Royal Albert Hall accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra which was not only broadcast on BBC Radio 2, but was filmed and released in cinemas worldwide and later as a live DVD/CD as I'm Still Here. Kent Music Report No 599 – 30 December 1985 > National Top 100 Singles for 1985". Kent Music Report . Retrieved 23 January 2023– via Imgur.

In 2005 she completed her triumphant concert tour of Australia, New Zealand and the Far East and in 2006 she released her new album of songs from the stage entitled Essential Musicals followed by a sell-out concert tour of Scandinavia, and the UK prior to taking her new show to China and in March 2007 she performed in concert at the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre.Following an intimate concert at Chichester Cathedral, as part of the 2011 festivities, Elaine returned to the USA to reprise her role in Follies - this time on Broadway. Follies opened at the Marquis Theatre in New York on 12th September and once again the critics were unanimous in their praise for her performance and she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.228. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Robert Hilburn (June 1, 1987). "Album Review: Houston: Commercial Sparkle, Artistic Fizz". Articles.latimes.com . Retrieved 2014-03-29. marks the 10th anniversary of the hugely successful weekly BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday. The programme, devoted to musical theatre and film music, continues to delight audiences of over 2.3 million listeners each week. Best known for her work in musical theatre, Paige grew up in Barnet, Hertfordshire and attended the Aida Foster Theatre School.

ERIC SNIDER; ANNELISE WAMSLEY (14 June 1987). "Whitney pulls out another bag of hits Series: RECORDS". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012 . Retrieved 29 March 2014– via Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. The Irish Charts – Search Results – Words Are Not Enough". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 22 November 2018. Television work has included Elaine appearing as herself in the BBC hit comedy programme Beautiful People; the role of Dora Bunner in Agatha Christie's Ms Marple story A Murder is Announced for Granada/WGBH, and a guest star role in Where The Heart Is for Granada Television. I Know Him So Well (GER Vinyl Maxi Single liner notes). Whitney Houston. Germany: Arista Records. 1988. 611.904. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)British musical group Steps originally recorded "I Know Him So Well" for the 1999 Abbamania compilation, and the song later appeared on Steps' own The Last Dance collection. It was released as a single together with " Words Are Not Enough" in 2001 as the group's fifteenth single release, and the group's last single to be released before their Boxing Day split later the same month. I Know Him So Well" was also covered by English recording artist Melanie C. The song was the first single [34] to be taken from Melanie C's musical theatre-inspired and sixth studio album Stages. The song is a duet with Melanie C's fellow Spice Girls group member Emma Bunton. The song was released as a single on 11 November 2012. [34] The b-side of the single is a cover of " You'll Never Walk Alone" from the musical Carousel. [35] The music video for the song premiered on YouTube on 12 November 2012.