Somehow, I have obtained an idea about Elton John's Candle in the Wind 1997 that is either scandalous or spurious. I can't recall where I got the idea from and am struggling to verify or refute it online.
The idea is this: The version of Candle in the Wind released in 1997 was part of a double A side along with another Elton John song. As it was a double A side, the royalties were split evenly between the 2 A side tracks (rather than mostly going to a single A side track). Although EJ and his record company donated the royalties for Candle in the wind 1997 to charity, they did not donate the royalties relating to the other track. This means that they kept half of the royalties of a record which was nominally for charity and that sold over 30 million copies.
Feel free to propose, debate and refute any other similar schemes, scams and scandals.
― Neil A.Simpson, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 09:31 (fifteen years ago)