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"I Think I'm Going to Kill Myself" is a song written by English musician Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin, and performed by John. The song was released on the 1972 album Honky Château , and is a tongue-in-cheek parody of a moody teenager's thoughts about suicide.
Elton John was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947, in Pinner, Middlesex (now part of the London Borough of Harrow), the eldest child of Stanley Dwight (1925–1991) and only child of Sheila Eileen (née Harris; 1925–2017).
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Tumbleweed Connection is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Elton John.It was recorded at Trident Studios, London, in March 1970, and released in October 1970 in the UK and January 1971 in the US.
After Lennon's death, John was concerned that a tribute song to the late Beatle would be "clumsy" – until he saw Taupin's lyrics. Elton John wrote and recorded an earlier instrumental tribute to Lennon, "The Man Who Never Died", which was issued as the B-side of "Nikita" in 1985 and eventually included as a bonus track on the remastered ...
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)
As I was writing this song one Sunday, I imagined myself floating into space and looking down at my own body. I was imagining myself dying. Morbidly obsessed with these thoughts, I wrote this song about death. The next day I was told that Guy [Burchett], our 17-year-old messenger boy, had been tragically killed on his motorcycle the day before.