Candle of Life

Infobox Single
Name = Candle of Life


Artist = The Moody Blues
Album = To Our Children's Children's Children
Released = 24 April 1970
A-side = "Question"
Recorded = May-September 1969
Length = 4:17
Label = Threshold Records
Writer = John Lodge
Producer = Tony Clarke
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Misc =Extra tracklisting
Album = To Our Children's Children's Children
Type = studio
Tracks = ;Side one
#"Higher and Higher"
#"Eyes of a Child I"
#"Floating"
#"Eyes of a Child II"
#"I Never Thought I'd Live to be a Hundred"
#"Beyond"
#"Out and In";Side two
#

"Gypsy (Of a Strange and Distant Time)"
#"Eternity Road"
#"Candle of Life"
#"Sun is Still Shining"
#"I Never Thought I'd Live to be a Million"
#"Watching and Waiting"

"Candle of Life" is a 1969 song by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues, from their album "To Our Children's Children's Children", a concept album about space travel. "Candle of Life" was written by bassist John Lodge, and features both Lodge and Justin Hayward on vocals.

After its release on "To Our Children's Children's Children", "Candle of Life" was released a year later on the B-side of "Question," the hit single from the Moody Blues following album "A Question of Balance".

Personnel

* Justin Hayward: vocals, acoustic guitar
* John Lodge: vocals, bass guitar
* Mike Pinder: mellotron, backing vocals
* Ray Thomas: backing vocals
* Graeme Edge: drums, percussion

External Links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xbpgmJCxT8 "Candle of Life" being performed in 1970 (YouTube Video)]