Wild Is the Wind (song)

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"Wild Is the Wind"

Single by David Bowie
from the album Station to Station
B-side(s)	Golden Years
Released	November 1981
Format	7" single
Recorded	Either Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, or Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles; October 1975
Genre	Rock
Length	3:34
Label	RCA BOW 10
Producer(s)	David Bowie, Harry Maslin
Chart positions
#24 (UK)
David Bowie singles chronology
Under Pressure (1981)	Wild Is the Wind (1981)	Baal (EP) (1982)

Wild Is the Wind is a song written by Dimitri Tiompkin and Ned Washington. The track was originally recorded by Johnny Mathis for the 1956 film Wild Is the Wind, and later covered by Nina Simone on the album Wild Is The Wind (1966).

David Bowie recorded a version of it in 1976 for his album Station to Station. Bowie was an admirer of Simone’s style, and after meeting her in Los Angeles was inspired to record the song for Station to Station.

In 1981, an edited version was issued as a single by RCA to promote the compilation ChangesTwoBowie. Despite relations with RCA being at an all-time low (he would only record the Baal EP for the label before signing with EMI in 1983), Bowie consented to appear in a video. This was a simple affair, featuring Bowie and the musicians performing the track in a circle, filmed in monochrome by David Mallet. The single reached #24 in the UK, and Bowie would perform the track on his Serious Moonlight and 2000 tours.