[1], The song has been recorded many times, by many performers. [3] At the 30th Academy Awards in 1958 (where it was nominated for Best Song), Mathis performed the song live. It was written by Dimitri Tiomkine and Ned Washington to be first recorded by Johnny Mathis in 1957 movie by the same name. Wild Is the Wind Lyrics: Love me, love me, love me, say you do / Let me fly away with you / For my love is like the wind / And wild is the wind / Give me more than one caress / Satisfy this hungriness The lead singer/lyricist for Anberlin breaks down "Impossible" and covers some tracks from their 2012 album Vital. 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's Wild. Looking back, he says it's "one of the most naïve and childish lyrics in the entire repertoire of music. You kissed me, With your kiss my life begins. 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). You touched me, I hear the sound Of mandolins. The best known versions are one by Nina Simone in 1966, and one by David Bowie released in 1976/1981 as a tribute to Simone.[2]. Say you do. Love me, love me, love me, love me Say you do Let me fly away with you For my love is like the wind And wild is the wind Give me more than one caress Satisfy this hungriness Let the wind blow through your heart Oh wild is the wind You touch me I hear the sound of mandolins You kiss me With your kiss my life begins You're spring to me All things to me You're life itself! Bowie's performance was amazing to bring the raw passionate emotions on this song ''Wild is The Wind'' to a higher level that inspired him and respected the one and only NINA SIMONE called ''The High Priestress of soul'' and jazz that covered this song first. Did the "Crüecifixion" really happen? Was Dr. Feelgood a dentist? Charlotte was established in the LA punk scene when a freaky girl named Belinda approached her wearing a garbage bag. 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. Country songs with titles so bizarre they can't possibly be real... or can they? Love me, love me. A performance on June 23, 2000 was recorded for Channel 4's TFI Friday. Marilyn Monroe is the subject of Elton John's "Candle In The Wind," but the song is really a look at how we react to celebrities who die young. 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. Bernie Taupin was 17 when he wrote the lyrics to Elton John's "Your Song." Mathis' version reached No. I recorded it as an hommage to Nina. ", "Are You Gonna Go My Way" by Lenny Kravitz is from the perspective of Jesus Christ: "I am the chosen I'm the one.". Johnny Mathis recorded the song for the film and released it as a single in November 1957. Like a leaf clings to a tree, Baby, please, cling to me. Janet Jackson wrote the lyric to "Nasty" in response to random guys calling her "baby.". Now, Dexys is back. [3], 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.