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Candle in the Wind 1997" or "Goodbye England's Rose" was a new recording of "Candle in the Wind", with new lyrics, written and recorded as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales who had died in an auto crash on 31 August 1997. Released in September 1997, the song peaked at No. 1 in the United Kingdom, becoming John's fourth No. 1 single.
According to Musiikkituottajat, the Finnish music industry federation, "Candle in the Wind 1997" is the best-selling single of all time in Finland, with quintuple-platinum sales of over 54,000 copies to date. [27] "Candle in the wind" had 150,000 preorders in Netherlands, 2 million in Germany and 250,000 in France. [28]
The manuscript of the song “Candle in the Wind” signed by Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin is displayed at the Althorp Estate outside London in 2001. (Photo: Sion Touhig/Getty Images)
The relationship, which lasted from 1970 to 1975, had a profound effect on John's songwriting at the time (he wrote the music for most of the songs he released during this period, while Taupin ...
[11] Music & Media wrote that "this single proves that Elton John's composing and performing skills are as good as ever. A ballad, boasting a classy string arrangement by Anne Dudley of Art of Noise fame, it's vaguely reminiscent of another John/Taupin composition, 1973's Candle in the Wind, but it's too original to be called a ripoff." [12]
Appearing on The Graham Norton Show, Taupin revealed the meaning behind Candle In The Wind, saying: “I liked the title of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s book, which is a metaphor for a life snuffed ...
[2] [3] In 1997, John released the double A-side single "Something About the Way You Look Tonight"/"Candle in the Wind 1997" in dedication to the memory of Princess Diana. The single subsequently hit number one in every country that it charted in and became the biggest-selling single of all time since the UK and US charts began in the 1950s ...
“Candle in the Wind 1997” is the highest-selling single of all time, and apparently, it took less than an hour to write. In a new interview on The Graham Norton Show, lyricist Bernie Taupin ...