"Dimming of the Day" is a song written by Richard Thompson and performed with his then-wife Linda Thompson on their 1975 album Pour Down Like Silver.

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Covers (non-exhaustive list)

Dimming of the Day has been covered by:

• The Irish band the Corrs for their Irish-themed fifth studio album Home;
• Bonnie Raitt;
• Mary Black;
• Emmylou Harris;
• Alfie Boe from his album ’Trust’, featuring Shawn Colvin;
• The Blind Boys of Alabama;
• The Lasses;
• It was also featured, performed by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, in John Sayles' 1999 film Limbo, being notable as marking an important story beat.
• Pink Floyd's David Gilmour in 2002 at his semi-acoustic shows in London's Royal Festival Hall; it was released on his David Gilmour in Concert DVD where he introduced the song as "this one's got nothing what-so-ever to do with me but I like it. It's by Richard Thompson and it's called Dimming of the Day."
• The Dutch musician Gerard van Maasakkers recorded a version with a text in Brabantine, a Dutch dialect, As 't Dalijk Donker is (on his CD Zicht, 2006);
• Tom Jones performed the song in a concert broadcast by BBC4 and also on his 2012 album Spirit in the Room;
• Alison Krauss & Union Station on their album Paper Airplane;
• A new duet version is on the debut album of singer-actress Anastasia Barzee, and the album takes the name of this song.

See also

• The Dawning of the Day