Candle in the Wind
| "Candle in the Wind" | ||||
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Solid centre variant of the UK single | ||||
| Single by Elton John | ||||
| from the album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | ||||
| B-side | "Bennie and the Jets" | |||
| Released | 22 February 1974 | |||
| Recorded | May 1973 | |||
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| Length | 3:50 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Gus Dudgeon | |||
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| "Candle in the Wind" on YouTube | ||||
| "Candle in the Wind" (live at Hammersmith Odeon, 1973) on YouTube | ||||
"Candle in the Wind" is a threnody-style ballad written by English musician Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin, and performed by John. It was originally written in 1973, in honour of Marilyn Monroe, who had died 11 years earlier.
In 1997, John performed a rewritten version of the song, "Candle in the Wind 1997", as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine listed the original version of the song at No. 347 of its 500 greatest songs of all time.