Candle In The Wind (track)
by Elton John
Year: 1973
From the album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (track #2)
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Candle In The Wind appears on the following album(s) by Elton John:
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (track #2) (this album) (1973)
- Greatest Hits 1970-2002 (track #10) (compilation) (2002)
- Greatest Hits (track #8) (compilation) (1974)
- The Very Best Of Elton John (track #8) (compilation) (1990)
- Love Songs (track #2) (compilation) (1995)
- Live In Australia With The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (track #11) (1987)
- To Be Continued... (track #59) (compilation) (1990)
- One Night Only (track #11) (2000)
- Diamonds (track #9) (compilation) (2017)
- Rocket Man - Number Ones (track #16) (compilation) (2007)
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| ! | 08/04/2026 02:28 | stareaterogni0n | 6,083 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/25/2026 13:48 |  HoldenM | 9,496 | 91/100 |
| ! | 03/03/2026 23:07 | slimharpo | 8,424 | 76/100 |
| ! | 02/23/2026 22:37 | wizardalien | 9,911 | 61/100 |
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VictorVale 04/20/2019 11:57 | #235264
Hino eternizado!
AAL2014 09/23/2017 14:28 | #198602
The chorus and background ooo's and ahh's give me chills every time I hear this song. An all time classic.
I used to love this song but since that princess Diana version I find it a really hard listen now. That version was so awful that it has almost completely ruined this song for me. I try to put it out of my mind but every time it starts all I can hear is, 'goodbye English rose'. This reaction, I must admit, is getting better and is not as bad as it used to be, but being one of those people who has to listen to an album from start to finish, I had a real problem listening to this LP for years. Maybe one day I won't think of it at all, but not yet, and so a song I used to love is now almost beyond any listening enjoyment for me. All i can say is thank God it wasn't, bohemian rhasody, like a rolling stone, or, thunder road.
Good, pretty song.
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