Catch the Wind (song)
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| “Catch the Wind” | |||||
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| Single by Donovan from the album What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid |
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| B-side | "Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do?" | ||||
| Released | March 12, 1965 (UK) 1965 (US) |
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| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | 1965 | ||||
| Genre | folk | ||||
| Length | 2:21 (Side A) 2:57 (Side B) |
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| Label | Pye7N15801 (UK) Hickory 45-1309 (US) |
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| Writer(s) | Donovan | ||||
| Producer | Terry Kennedy, Peter Eden, Geoff Stephens | ||||
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"Catch the Wind" is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. The "Catch the Wind" single was released in the United Kingdom on March 12, 1965 through Pye Records (Pye 7N 15801) and a few months later in the United States through Hickory Records (Hickory 45-1309). The "Catch the Wind" single was backed with "Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do?" on both the United Kingdom and United States releases.
"Catch the Wind" marks the first release by Donovan. The single reached #4 in the United Kingdom and #23 in the United States. [1] The single version featured Donovan's vocals with echo and a string section. The song was recorded again for Donovan's first album What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid without the vocal echo and strings.
Big Jim Sullivan played guitar on both versions.
When Epic Records was compiling Donovan's Greatest Hits, they were either unable or unwilling to secure the rights to the original recordings of "Catch the Wind" and "Colours". Donovan rerecorded both songs with a full backing band, and the rerecordings were included on the greatest hits album. The CD release of the album uses the 1965 album version instead.
In 2007, GE Ecomagination used the song in a television commercial promoting their achievements in wind power.
[edit] Cover versions
In 1977 Sammy Hagar recorded the song for his self-titled second album. Former member of The Bangles Susanna Hoffs recorded the song as a bonus track for the Japanese version of her 1994 solo album; this recording also appeared on the UK CD single for the song "All I Want". [2] Canadian folk band The Irish Descendents recorded the song for their "Gypsies and Lovers" album in 1995. In 2007 The Spill Canvas released their EP, Denial Feels So Good, which includes a cover.
[edit] References
- ^ Daffyd Rees and Luke Crampton, Rock Stars Encyclopedia (New York: DK Publishing, Inc., 1999), 309.
- ^ "The Susanna Hoffs Discography"
- http://www.sabotage.demon.co.uk/donovan/disco/singles.htm Donovan discography
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