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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.
From then until "Candle in the Wind 1997", John did not record a number-one single by himself and only had two chart toppers altogether, collaborating with other artists. "Candle in the Wind 1997" was also the only number-one song in the year-end to be number one the year after. (1997 year-end, and it was number one for the first two weeks of ...
“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 ...
It’s one of just three singles in chart history to spend its first 14 weeks at No. 1. ... “Candle in the Wind 1997” sold 8,111,000 copies in the U.S. in 1997, according to Nielsen. That was ...
The song about Marilyn Monroe was later rewritten for the funeral of Diana, Princess Of Wales.
6 September – Elton John performs "Candle in the Wind" at the Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales; John Tavener's Song for Athene is performed at the same ceremony, with soprano Lynne Dawson as soloist. 13 September – Release of Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" remade as a charity tribute to
The Candle in the Wind is a fantasy novel by English writer T. H. White, the fourth book in the series The Once and Future King. [1] Written in 1940, it was first published in 1958 in the collected edition.
Candle in the Wind" is a 1973 song by Elton John, as a tribute to Marilyn Monroe, also covered by several artists. Candle in the Wind may also refer to: "Candle in the Wind 1997", by Elton John, as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales; The Candle in the Wind, a 1958 novel by T. H. White; Candle in the Wind, a 1941 Broadway drama