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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.
John contacted his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin, asking him to revise the lyrics of their 1973 song "Candle in the Wind" to honour her. [11] George Martin was contacted to help produce the song, and added a string quartet ( Peter Manning , Keith Pascoe , Levine Andrade , and Andrew Shulman ), and woodwind (Pippa Davies, flute and oboe) to ...
In early September, John asked Taupin to revise the lyrics of their 1973 song "Candle in the Wind" to honour Diana, and Taupin agreed. [127] On 6 September 1997, John performed " Candle in the Wind 1997 " live for the only time at Diana's funeral in Westminster Abbey .
As the prime of Elton John goes, 1973 was the very best year. He was in the middle of a major hit-making streak, and he released his most successful album, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, which ...
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)
After Diana’s death in 1997, John performed an emotional rendition of his song “Candle in the Wind” for Diana’s funeral. He retitled the song “Goodbye England's Rose” in honor of the ...
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“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 ...