Lyrics Language: English Song writer/composer(s): Ruthann Friedman
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The AssociationWindy Lyrics:
(Ruthann Friedman)
Who's peeking out from under a stairway
Calling a name that's lighter than air
Who's bending down to give me a rainbow
Everyone knows it's Windy
Who's tripping down the streets of the city
Smiling at everybody she sees
Who's reaching out to capture a moment
Everyone knows it's Windy
And Windy has stormy eyes
That flash at the sound of lies
And Windy has wings to fly
Above the clouds, above the clouds
Who's tripping down the streets of the city
Smiling at everybody she sees
Who's reaching out to capture a moment
Everyone knows it's Windy
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WINDY1
Written by: Ruthann Friedman
Produced by: Bones Howe
Performed by: The Association 23
First released: 4
Single: 1967
Album: 1967
1 "Windy" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in July of 1967. It was
The Association's second U.S. #1 song, following "Cherish" in 1966. According to
Ruthann Friedman, the composer, the original lyrics were about a man, and The
Association changed them to be about a woman. Friedman tells us that her Windy,
was another singer/songwriter, and not "a freewheeling Haight Ashbury hippy,"
as is often reported. She says of the song, "I have heard so many different
permutations of what the song was about. Here is the TRUTH. I was sitting
on my bed, in the apartment on the first floor of David Crosby's house
in Beverly Glenn, and there was a fellow who came to visit. He was
sitting there staring at me as if he was going to suck the life out of
me. So I started to fantasize about what kind of a guy I would like to be with,
and that was Windy, a guy, a fantasy. The song took about 20 minutes to write."
2 Personnel at the time of recording:
* Russ Giguere (guitar, vocals, percussion, 1965-71, 1979-present).
* Larry Ramos (guitar, harmonica, vocals, saxophone, 1967-present).
* Ted Bluechel, Jr. (drums, vocals, percussion, 1965-84).
* Terry Kirkman (drums, vocals, woodwinds, 1965-84).
* Jim Yester (guitar, keyboards, saxophone, vocals, 1965-84).
* Brian Cole (bass, clarinet, vocals, 1965-72).
* Session musician, Hal Blaine, was brought in to play drums on this recording.
(Blaine has played on songs by Elvis Presley, Simon and Garfunkel, The Beach Boys
and many others.)
3 Covered by:
Percy Faith
Ferrante & Teicher
Astrud Gilberto
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
Rufus Harley
Tony Hatch & His Orchestra
The Kaempfert Zone
The Latinaires
Life in General
The Johnny Mann Singers
Willie Mitchell
Wes Montgomery
Paul & Strom (as a parody about Lindsay Lohan called "Lindsay")
Billy Paul
Dan Peterson
Bud Shark
Cal Tjader
The Ventures
Andy Williams
et al.
4 Appears on: *
Single(s):
(1)The Association
A-side: "Windy"
B-Side: "Sometime"
(a) Warner Bros., 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #7041, US-1967.
(2)The Association
A-side: "Windy"
B-side: "Never My Love"
(a) Warner Bros., 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #7119, US-1968.
(3)The Association
A-side: "Never My Love"
B-side: "Windy"
(a) Bellaphon, 7-Inch Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #100-07-075, Germany-1981.
(b)Various Artists: AM Gold-Late '60s
(1) Time Life, 22 Track, Stereo CE, #114, US-1992 5 .
et al.
* The album(s) and/or record(s) listed here may have different versions of
the song than the one that was transcribed. Also, this list is not intended
to be the complete discography on which this song appears.
5 Transcribed from the track on this album.
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