Candle in the Wind

"Candle in the Wind"
"Candle in the Wind"
	Cover of the 1986 live version
Single by Elton John
from the album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
B-side	"Bennie and the Jets"
Released	22 February 1974
Recorded	May 1973 Château d'Hérouville (Hérouville, France); mixed at Trident Studios (London, UK);
Genre	Pop rock · soft rock
Length	3:50
Label	MCA, DJM
Songwriter(s)	Elton John; Bernie Taupin;
Producer(s)	Gus Dudgeon
Elton John singles chronology

"Candle in the Wind" is a threnody 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

^ Ben Brantley (11 October 2004). "Some Like It Hot, Some Like It Painted in Words". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
^ "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 9 December 2004. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[1] Ben Brantley (11 October 2004). "Some Like It Hot, Some Like It Painted in Words". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 July 2012.

[rs-2] "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 9 December 2004. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

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