Candle in the Wind 1997

On 31 August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a car crash in Paris, France. The news shocked John, as he and the Princess were very good friends. A month earlier, he had also lost another good friend, fashion designer Gianni Versace. Pictures depicting Diana appearing to console a distraught John at Versace's funeral were featured prominently in news coverage throughout the world.[https://books.google.com/books?id=w2MEAAAAMBAJ&dq=elton+john+considered+not+going+to+diana+funeral&pg=PT25 The Advocate 14 Oct 1997]. Retrieved 25 December 2010Fred Bronson The Billboard book of number one hits p.860. Billboard Books, 1997

{{Quote box |quoted=true |bgcolor=#FFFFF0 |salign=center|quote=I thought it was very important to project it from a nation's standpoint. I wanted to make it sound like a country singing it. From the first couple of lines I wrote [which began "Goodbye England's Rose"], the rest sort of fell into place|source=Bernie Taupin on writing the lyrics for "Candle in the Wind 1997"{{cite book|title=The songwriters idea book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aWm2iDGGsAIC&pg=PA103|publisher=Writer's Digest Books|page=103|isbn=9780898795196|quote=I thought it was very important to project it from a nation's standpoint. I wanted to make it sound like a country singing it. From the first couple of lines I wrote [which began "Goodbye England's Rose"], the rest sort of fell into place.|last1=Davis|first1=Sheila|date=15 October 1992 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}|align=right|width=27%}}

To cope with the grief, John wanted to pay a tribute to Diana. In his autobiography, Me, John says he had a phone call from Richard Branson who said that many of those writing in the book of condolence at St James's Palace were quoting the lyrics of "Candle in the Wind". Branson asked John if he would rewrite the lyrics and sing them at the funeral. John believed that Branson had been contacted by the Spencer family. John contacted his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin, asking him to revise the lyrics of their 1973 song "Candle in the Wind" to honour her. 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 help balance the recording.Barry Miles [https://books.google.com/books?id=-oBzTaoZciEC&dq=candle+in+the+wind+george+martin&pg=PA207 Massive Music Moments] p.207. Anova Books, 2008 It was recorded at Townhouse Studios in West London, immediately following the funeral.

John publicly performed "Candle in the Wind 1997" only once, at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, in Westminster Abbey on 6 September 1997. He continues to sing the original version of the song at his concerts but has repeatedly turned down requests to perform the revised version,Katherine White [https://books.google.com/books?id=7A3S22PVVDoC&dq=elton+john+vowed+never+to+publicly+perform+the+song+again&pg=PT13 Elton John] pp.11–12. The Rosen Publishing Group, 2003 even for the memorial Concert for Diana in July 2007, having vowed never to perform it again unless asked by Diana's sons.{{cite web|url=http://www.pophistorydig.com/?tag=candle-in-the-wind|title=Candle in the Wind, 1973 & 1997|last=Doyle|first=Jack|date=26 April 2008|publisher=PopHistoryDig.com|access-date=14 February 2014}} The song has never been released (or re-released) on any of his other albums or compilations, not even his 1997 album The Big Picture, nor the 1997 Diana, Princess of Wales: Tribute album (an official 2-CD release sanctioned by Diana's family that included other artists such as Barbra Streisand, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Queen, Celine Dion, and Rod Stewart).[http://www.last.fm/music/Various+Artists/Diana,+Princess+of+Wales%3A+Tribute+(disc+1) Last FM: Diana, Princess of Wales: Tribute page]. Retrieved 15 January 2011 The song was included on Diana, Princess of Wales: The BBC Recording of the Funeral Service. The soundtrack was released on 30 September 1997.{{Cite news |last=DeVault |first=Russ |date=23 September 1997 |title=Entire Diana funeral service being issued on CD |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-diana-funeral-s/138084348/ |access-date=5 January 2024 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |page=B2 |via=Newspapers.com}}

"Candle in the Wind 1997" became the fastest-selling single in the UK, selling 658,000 copies on its first day of release and over 1.5 million in its first week. The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart the day after its release on 13 September 1997,{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-09-20.pdf|title=The Official UK Charts|last=Jones|first=Alan|magazine=Music Week|page=21|date=20 September 1997|access-date=21 August 2021|quote=...topping the chart [...] a day after the single was released.}} staying at number one for five weeks and becoming the best-selling song in the UK, overtaking the 13-year-old record held by Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" It has been certified as the best-selling single of all time in the UK,[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/08_august/31/radio2.shtml BBC – Press Office: Elton John tops million sellers chart] BBC Radio 2 Official Charts Company[http://ukcharts.20m.com/bestsell.html UK Top 10 Best Selling Singles] ukcharts.20m.com and has sold 4.94 million copies in the UK as of September 2017.

The chart success in the US was similar.{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?resultpage=2&id=3abf3ec8-ef5b-58f9-e949-3b57f5e313df|title=RIAA News Room – The American Recording Industry Announces its Artists of the Century – Nov 10, 1999|date=10 November 1999|work=Recording Industry Association of America website|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|quote='Candle in the Wind 1997' soon surpassed Bing Crosby's 'White Christmas' to become the best-selling single of all time.|access-date=14 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006091726/http://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?resultpage=2&id=3abf3ec8-ef5b-58f9-e949-3b57f5e313df|archive-date=6 October 2014}} (certified sales) Released on 23 September 1997,{{cite magazine|title=Hot 100 Singles Spotlight|last=Sandiford-Waller|first=Theda|magazine=Billboard|volume=109|issue=38|page=89|date=20 September 1997|quote=On Sept. 23, 'Candle In The Wind 1997' will be made available to retail as the B-side to 'Something About The Way You Look Tonight.'}} "Candle in the Wind 1997" debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, with first week sales at 3.5 million copies. The single stayed at the top for the Hot 100 for 14 consecutive weeks (until 17 January 1998), a record for a male solo artist. At first, Billboard listed "Candle in the Wind 1997" before "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" on its sales charts, but once airplay points for "Candle" had fallen below "Something" on 1 November 1997, the latter song took first position as per new chart rules regarding double A-side releases that took effect in March 1997.{{cite magazine|title=Hot 100 Singles Spotlight|last=Sandiford-Waller|first=Theda|magazine=Billboard|volume=109|issue=44|page=101|date=1 November 1997}} The single has sold 8,839,000 physical copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan.{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-june-24-2012-songs-elton-peas-214235458.html|title=Week Ending June 24, 2012. Songs: Elton & The Peas|publisher=Yahoo|date=27 June 2012|accessdate=3 May 2021}} Billboard ranked it as the number-one song for 1997 despite being on the chart for only eight weeks in the chart year, and it was the only number-one debut to top the Year-End Hot 100 until Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" in 2017. It was on the chart for 35 more weeks, making it the number-eight song of 1998 and one of only five songs in the history of the chart to be ranked on the top ten of two separate Hot 100-year-end charts, along with Chubby Checker's "The Twist", LeAnn Rimes' "How Do I Live", The Chainsmokers’ “Closer” and The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights”. The best-selling single in Billboard history, and the only single ever certified Diamond in the United States at the time, the single shipped over 11 million copies in the US. The solo number-one single broke Elton John's "Kiki jinx". After five number-one solo hits in America in the 1970s, John hit number one in a duet with Kiki Dee with 1976's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart". 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 1998.)

On the Canadian Singles Chart, "Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" spent three years in the top 20, with 45 non-consecutive weeks at the top spot.{{Cite web |title=BBC News {{!}} Entertainment {{!}} Elton's candle burns in Canada |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/471353.stm |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}}{{cite magazine|date=2 September 2000|title=Chart Beat 09/2/00|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|volume=112|issue=33|page=102|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fBEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA102}} However, the song's unusual chart performance in Canada has also been explained as a structural factor, due to the relative lack of CD singles available for sale in Canadian stores. On Canada's RPM Top Singles chart, neither song made it to the top spot, with "Candle" reaching number 14 and "Something" peaking at number 13 and spending a much longer amount of time in the top 20.{{cite web|url=http://hitsofalldecades.com/chart_hits/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3096&Itemid=52|title=Canadian Weekly Single Charts (RPM) from 1997|access-date=7 December 2017}} In Germany, the song is the 8th best selling pop hymn ever.[http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/tv-programm/show/die-ultimative-chartshow/ergebnis_pophymnen.html Die erfolgreichsten Pop-Hymnen aller Zeiten] RTL Having spent six weeks at number one on the ARIA Charts, "Candle in the Wind 1997" is one of the all-time best-selling singles in Australia, being certified 14 times platinum with 56 weeks in the Top 100.[http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-1997.htm ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Singles] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611210538/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-1997.htm |date=11 June 2011 }} ARIA. Retrieved 25 August 2011 According to Musiikkituottajat, the Finnish music industry federation, "Candle in the Wind 1997" is the best-selling single of all time in Finland, with quintuple-platinum sales of over 54,000 copies to date.{{r|sales FIN}}

"Candle in the Wind 1997" had 150,000 preorders in Netherlands, 2 million in Germany and 250,000 in France.{{cite magazine|date=20 September 1997|title='Candle' Ignites Globally|magazine=Billboard|page=83|issn=0006-2510|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1997/Billboard-1997-09-20.pdf}} In Australia it had 400,000 preorders and in Germany it had 2 million preorders ahead of its September 13 issue. In France the single was released September 11, and following day it reached a platinum status with 500,000 sales.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AwoEAAAAMBAJ|magazine=Billboard|title='Candle' Light A Fire In Stores Globally|page=8|issn=0006-2510|date=27 September 1997|via=Google Books|accessdate=4 January 2024}}

It is estimated that at the peak of sales, almost six copies of the single were sold per second. In the UK, the single grabbed the number one slot on the first day of its release, with more than 650,000 copies sold in 24 hours, becoming the fastest-selling record of all time in the UK charts.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/471353.stm Entertainment BBC | Entertainment: Elton's candle burns in Canada] BBC News "In the UK the song, which Sir Elton performed at the Diana's funeral on 6 September 1997, became the fastest-selling record of all time" All artist and composer royalties and record company profits were donated to Diana's charities via the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund.

The song has sold over 33 million copies worldwide. Some have pointed out, the sales (of over 30 million) were "shipped"; achieved in about 37 days.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JQ1HAAAAMAAJ|title=The Last Dance: Encountering Death and Dying|publisher=McGraw Hill Education|date=1999|access-date=29 December 2022|page=23|first1=Lynne Ann|last1=DeSpelder|first2=Albert Lee|last2=Strickland|isbn=9780767402170 }}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qVYAEAAAQBAJ|title=Contemporary World Musicians|publisher=Routledge|date=2020|access-date=29 December 2022|page=23|first=Clifford|last=Thompson|isbn=9781135939618 }}

"Candle in the Wind 1997" is either the best-selling or the second best-selling single worldwide of all time.{{cite book |title=Guinness Book of Records 2009 states that "Candle in the Wind 1997" is the "best-selling single since charts began"; however, not of all time. Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" is still recognized as the best selling single of all time, but since it was released prior to the start of many charts, its sales prior to the 1950s are estimated. John's 1997 song has sold the most copies when looking at copies sold since charts began, as verified in Guinness World Records|isbn=978-1-904994-37-4|last1=Records|first1=Guinness World|year=2008|publisher=Guinness World Records }} See also: Guinness Book of Records, 2009 Edition, pages 14, 15 & 169 {{cite web|url=http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/4387/guinness2009.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=27 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226005314/http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/4387/guinness2009.pdf |archive-date=26 February 2013 }} The confusion and debate on whether John's record is or is not the best-selling single in the world is due to a lack of information on sales for the record's main contender for the number-one spot, Bing Crosby's recording of "White Christmas," because Crosby's recording was released before the advent of the modern-day US and UK singles charts. However, after careful research, Guinness World Records in 2007 concluded that, worldwide, Crosby's recording of "White Christmas" has, in their estimation, sold at least 50 million copies, and that John's recording of "Candle in the Wind" has sold 33 million, making Crosby's recording the best-selling single of all time.[http://img299.imageshack.us/i/guinness2007.pdf/ Guinness Book of Records, 2007 Edition, page 187]{{dead link|date=June 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} However, an update in the 2009 edition of the book decided to further help settle the controversy amicably by naming both John's and Crosby's songs to be "winners" by stating that John's recording is the "best-selling single since UK and US singles charts began in the 1950s," while maintaining that "the best-selling single of all time was released before the first pop charts," and that this distinction belongs to "White Christmas," which it says "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and – remarkably – still retains the title more than 50 years later."{{cite book |title=Guinness Book of Records 2009 states that "Candle in the Wind 1997" is the "best-selling single since charts began"; however, not of all time. Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" is still recognized as the best selling single of all time, but since it was released prior to the start of many charts, its sales prior to the 1950s are estimated. John's 1997 song has sold the most copies when looking at copies sold since charts began, as verified in Guinness World Records|isbn=978-1-904994-37-4|last1=Records|first1=Guinness World|year=2008|publisher=Guinness World Records }} See also: Guinness Book of Records, 2009 Edition, pages 14, 15 and 169 {{cite web|url=http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/4387/guinness2009.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=27 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226005314/http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/4387/guinness2009.pdf |archive-date=26 February 2013 }}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|type=single|title=Something About/Candle in the Wind '97|artist=Elton John|award=Platinum|number=9|relyear=1997|certyear=1998}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|title=Candle in the Wind|artist=Elton John|award=Platinum|number=19|type=single|access-date=27 October 2011|relyear=1997|certyear=1997}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Czech Republic (IFPI Czech)|award=Platinum|number=7|salesamount=28,000|salesref=|certref={{cite web|url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2003/elton-john-and-his-london-lifestyle-l03503/lot.454.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803120404/https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2003/elton-john-and-his-london-lifestyle-l03503/lot.454.html|archive-date=3 August 2021|url-status=live|title=Lot 454 – A Multi-Platinum Award for the Single "Candle In the Wind 1997" / "Something About The Way You Look Tonight" – Sotheby's|publisher=Sotheby's|access-date=3 August 2021}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Finland|title=Candle in the Wind|artist=Elton John|award=Platinum|type=single|access-date=2 July 2011|salesamount=54,225}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|title=Candle in the Wind|artist=Elton John|award=Diamond|type=single|access-date=28 July 2010|certyear=1997|salesamount=2,000,000|salesref={{cite news|title="Sì auto e moto ci inseguivano"|newspaper=La Stampa|page=31|date=23 September 1997|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,10/articleid,0612_01_1997_0262_0010_8839903/|language=it|access-date=29 April 2022}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|title=Candle in the Wind|artist=Elton John|award=Platinum|type=single|number=9|access-date=28 July 2010|relyear=1997}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|title=Candle in the Wind|artist=Elton John|nocert=true|type=single|salesamount=300,000|salesref={{cite journal|title=Elton John gia vicino al record mondiale: 22 milioni di dischi nel nome di Diana|url=http://archivio.corriere.it/Archivio/interface/view.shtml#!/NTovZXMvaXQvcmNzZGF0aS9AMTc5NTU%3D|date=3 October 1997|language=it|website=Corriere della Sera|quote=In Italia il singolo venduto 300 mila copie ed e stabile primo posto in classifica|access-date=3 May 2021}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|title=Candle in the Wind|artist=Elton John|award=Platinum|type=single|number=2|access-date=2 July 2011|certref={{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/2001/2001_02.pdf |title=The Record > February 2001 |work=Recording Industry Association of Japan |language=ja |access-date=16 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116140557/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/2001/2001_02.pdf |archive-date=16 January 2014 }}|relyear=1997|certyear=2001|salesamount=800,000|salesref={{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Q4EAAAAMBAJ|date=21 March 1998|volume=110|issue=12|page=55|last=McClure|first=Steve|title=Clay Caps A Golden Year With Japan's Top Award|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Company|access-date=16 November 2022}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|title=Candle in the Wind|artist=Elton John|award=Platinum|number=6|type=single|salesamount=600,000|relyear=1997|salesref={{cite web|title=Top 40 Classic: Elton John eert prinses Diana in 1997|publisher=Top 40|date=9 October 2022|access-date=27 July 2023|url= https://www.top40.nl/overig-nieuws-top-40-classic-elton-john-eert-prinses-diana-in-1997}}}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|title=Candle in the Wind 97|artist=Elton John|award=Platinum|type=single|number=7|relyear=1997|certyear=1998}}

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In 1997 La Bouche covered "Candle in the Wind 1997" as a bonus track on their album A Moment of Love.[http://www.discogs.com/La-Bouche-A-Moment-Of-Love/release/545049 La Bouche A Moment of Love ]

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