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"Wild Is the Wind" is a song written by Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington for the 1957 film Wild Is the Wind. Johnny Mathis recorded the song for the film and released it as a single in November 1957. Mathis' version reached No. 22 on the Billboard chart. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song in 1958, but lost to "All the Way" by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn from The Joker is Wild.[1]

"Wild is the Wind"
Artwork for US 7-inch single
Single by Johnny Mathis
B-side	"No Love (But Your Love)"
Released	November 11, 1957
Recorded	1957
Studio	Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City
Genre	Pop
Length	2:22
Label	Columbia
Composer(s)	Dimitri Tiomkin
Lyricist(s)	Ned Washington
Johnny Mathis singles chronology
"Chances Are" (1957) "Wild is the Wind" (1957) "Come To Me" (1957)

The song has been recorded many times, by many performers. The best known versions are by Nina Simone in 1966, and by David Bowie released in 1976/1981 as a tribute to Simone.[2]

Johnny Mathis version

Mathis recorded the song with a flexible sense of meter, rushing some words as if they were speech.[3] At the 30th Academy Awards in 1958 (where it was nominated for Best Song), Mathis performed the song live.

Nina Simone version

Nina Simone first recorded "Wild Is the Wind" live in 1959; this version appearing on the album Nina Simone at Town Hall. Her most famous interpretation of the song was a studio recording released on the compilation album Wild Is the Wind (1966), made of songs recorded for two earlier album projects. Simone reworked the song with slow, sparse instrumentation, stretching the vocal delivery to express soulful, hopeless loss.[4][5] Simone's 1966 version appeared on the trailer for the 2008 movie Revolutionary Road. In November 2013 (54 years later after the first release of Simone's version), the song reached number 6 on Billboard's Digital Jazz chart.[6]

David Bowie version

"Wild Is the Wind"
Single by David Bowie
from the album Changestwobowie
B-side	"Golden Years"
Released	13 November 1981[7]
Recorded	September–November 1975
Studio	Cherokee, Los Angeles
Genre	R&B
Length	3:34 (Music video) 5:58 (album version)
Label	RCA BOW 10
Songwriter(s)	Dimitri Tiomkin Ned Washington
Producer(s)	David Bowie Harry Maslin
David Bowie singles chronology
"Under Pressure" (1981) "Wild Is the Wind" (1981) "'Baal (EP)'" (1982)

David Bowie recorded a version of "Wild Is the Wind" for his 1976 album Station to Station. Bowie was an admirer of Simone’s style, and after meeting her in Los Angeles in 1975, he was inspired to record the song for his album. Bowie later said that Simone's version "really affected me... I recorded it as an hommage to Nina."[2]

Bowie took special care with the contemporary rock arrangement and production of "Wild Is the Wind", committing to an emotional and romantic vocal performance, the words drawn out more slowly and with a greater sense of loss, following the 1966 Simone version rather than the Mathis original.[3]

Single release and promotional video

To promote the 1981 compilation album Changestwobowie, Bowie's version of Wild Is the Wind was released as a single and a black and white promotional video was made, directed by David Mallet. It featured Bowie and four musicians miming to the studio recording, including Tony Visconti (double bass), Coco Schwab (guitar), Mel Gaynor (drums), and Andy Hamilton (saxophone). The black backdrop and stark lighting reproduced the style of Bowie's Isolar – 1976 Tour. The single reached no.24 in the UK.[8]

Personnel

Musicians

• David Bowie – vocals, acoustic guitar, production
• Carlos Alomar or Earl Slick – electric guitar
• George Murray – bass guitar
• Dennis Davis – drums

Producers

• Harry Maslin
• David Bowie

Bowie live

Bowie performed the song during his June 2000 Mini Tour. A live recording from the BBC Radio Theatre, London, on June 27, 2000, was released on a bonus disc accompanying the first release of Bowie at the Beeb in 2000. A performance on June 23, 2000 was recorded for Channel 4's TFI Friday. Bowie's performance of the song, as his opening number, at the Glastonbury Festival on June 25, 2000, was released in 2018 on Glastonbury 2000.

Bowie also performed the song with Mike Garson on piano for the Black Ball charity concert in New York in November 2006; the concert was Bowie's final stage performance before his death in 2016.[9]

References

Bibliography

• Pegg, Nicholas (2011). The Complete David Bowie (6th ed.). London: Titan Books. ISBN 9780857682901.

На других языках

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[de] Wild Is the Wind

Wild Is the Wind ist ein im Jahr 1957 von Dimitri Tiomkin und Ned Washington geschriebenes Lied. In der von Johnny Mathis gesungenen Version wurde es als Filmsong für den Film Wild ist der Wind verwendet und erhielt eine Oscar-Nominierung in der Kategorie „Bester Song“.[1] Die Single erreichte in den Billboard Top 100 Charts Platz 22.[2]

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- [en] Wild Is the Wind (song)

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[es] Wild Is the Wind (canción)

«Wild Is the Wind» es una canción escrita por Dimitri Tiomkin y Ned Washington para la película de 1957, Wild Is the Wind. Johnny Mathis grabó la canción para la película y la publicó como sencillo en noviembre de 1957. Está versión alcanzó el número 22 en el Billboard Hot 100. Fue nominado para el Óscar a la mejor canción original en 1958, pero perdió ante All the Way de Jimmy Van Heusen y Sammy Cahn de The Joker Is Wild.[1]

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[ru] Wild Is the Wind

«Wild Is the Wind» — композиция написанная Дмитрием Тёмкиным и Нэдом Вашингтоном[en]. Оригинальная композиция была исполнена Джонни Мэтисом (англ. Johnny Mathis) для фильма «Дикий ветер[en]», в 1957 году. Песня имела большой успех и была одной из пяти композиций, номинированных на премию «Оскар», хотя песня не выиграла статуэтку, Джонни Мэтис исполнил её на торжественной церемонии вручения наград киноакадемии, в марте 1958 года. Позже, Нина Симон записала свою версию песни, для одноименного альбома «Дикий ветер[en]» (1966). Дэвид Боуи записал новый вариант этой композиции в 1976 году, для своего альбома «Station to Station». Боуи был поклонником вокального стиля Симон, и после встречи с ней в Лос-Анджелесе был вдохновлен сделать запись этой песни для своей пластинки.

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