Sir Elton John names song that made him cry for '45 minutes'

Elton John "broke down for 45 minutes" when he wrote a song about him dying.

The 78-year-old iconic pianist and his longtime collaborator, Bernie Taupin, wrote the track When This Old World Is Done With Me, for the joint album with Brandi Carlile, Who Believes In Angels.

John, who is married to husband David Furnish, told the Smartless podcast: “I wrote a song at the end of the album and I got Bernie Taupin's lyrics called When This Old World Is Done With Me.”

The Rocket Man singer continued, “And so I’m writing the verse, like, ‘Oh, this is really pretty’. And then I get to the chorus and of course it’s about my death.”

“And when you get to my age, which is near 100, you think, ‘How much time have I got left?’ And you’ve got children, you’ve got a wonderful ¬husband… you just think about mortality,” John admitted.

“And so when I got to the chorus, I just broke down for 45 minutes,” he confessed.

Additionally, Carlile thinks everyone should watch the moment when Elton John breaks down, saying, "I want everybody to see it because it's really human, like deeply flawed and embarrassing.”