CREATE TABLE table_203_7 (id DECIMAL, "pos." DECIMAL, "artist" TEXT, "single" TEXT, "year" DECIMAL, "sales" DECIMAL, "peak" DECIMAL)

elton john released the candle in the wind , the # 2 hit single of the 1990s , in 1997 . what was an earlier top 100 hit single of elton john 's in the 1990s ?
SELECT "single" FROM table_203_7 WHERE "artist" = 'elton john' AND "single" <> '"candle in the wind"'
SELECT "single" FROM "table_203_7" WHERE "artist" = 'elton john' AND "single" <> '"candle in the wind"'