![]() But in the UK and elsewhere, “Candle In The Wind” was released by DJM on February 4, 1974, opening at No.28 and racing to No.11. It was supplanted by “Bennie And The Jets,” which went on to have a rich life of its own as the third single from the album. Such was the strength of the 17-song album that “Candle In The Wind” wasn’t released as a single in America. I thought, What a great way of describing someone’s life.” Continued Bernie: “Clive Davis had used it to describe Janis Joplin and, for some reason, I just kept hearing this term. “Solzhenitsyn had written a book called Candle In The Wind.” That volume, described as “a semi-autobiographical drama of ideas,” was published in 1973. “I had always loved the phrase,” Taupin said of the title. ![]() ‘What a great way of describing someone’s life’ ![]() Though Bernie was then, as he wrote, “just a kid” of 12, while Elton was 15, the effect of her passing inspired the creation of “Candle In The Wind” more than a decade later. Taupin’s musings on how we claim subconscious “ownership” of our idols was focused on Marilyn Monroe, who died at the age of 36, in 1962. How strange to think, then, that when it was first released, it wasn’t a Top 10 hit on either side of the Atlantic.Įlton set the timeless melody to an incisive and prescient Bernie Taupin lyric about the price of fame and our collective fascination for those who die too soon. Of all the jewels in Elton John’s crown, perhaps “Candle In The Wind” is the one that has truly become his song for all seasons.
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