Windy 551309 224463093 2008-07-08T23:12:38Z Petepait 7441877 Added "(four weeks)" {{See Wiktionary|the song}} {{For|the Suikoden character|Windy (Suikoden)}} {{Infobox Single | | Name = Windy | Cover = Windy by The Association single cover.jpg | Caption = ''Windy'' by The Association | Artist = [[The Association (band)|The Association]] | from Album = [[Insight Out]] | B-side = "Sometime" | Released = [[1967 in music|1967]] | Format = | Recorded = | Genre = | Length = 2:53 | Label = [[Warner Bros. Records]] | Writer = [[Ruthann Friedman]] | Producer = | Certification = | Chart position = <li>#1 <small>([[Billboard Hot 100|U.S. Pop]])</small></li> | Last single = [[No Fair At All]]<br>(1967) | This single = Windy<br>(1967) | Next single = [[Never My Love]]<br>(1967) | Misc = {{Audiosample | Upper caption = Audio sample | Audio file = Windy by The Association.ogg }} }} {{Infobox Single | | Name = Windy | Cover = | Artist = [[Wes Montgomery]] | from Album = [[A Day in the Life (album)|A Day in the Life]] | B-side = "Watch What Happens" | Released = [[1967 in music|1967]] | Format = 7" single | Recorded = | Genre = [[Jazz music|Jazz]] [[instrumental music|instrumental]] | Length = 2:20 | Label = [[A&M Records|A&M]]/[[CTI Records|CTI]] | Writer = [[Ruthann Friedman]] | Producer = | Certification = | Chart position = <li>#10 <small>([[Adult Contemporary (Billboard chart)|U.S. AC]])</small></li> <li>#44 <small>([[Billboard Hot 100|U.S. Pop]])</small></li> | Last single = | This single = Windy<br>(1967) | Next single = [[Wind Song (Wes Montgomery song)|Wind Song]]<br>(1968) }} "'''Windy'''" is a [[pop music]] song written by [[Ruthann Friedman]] and recorded by [[The Association]]. Released in [[1967]], the song reached number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] in July of that year. Later in 1967, an instrumental version by [[jazz music|jazz]] [[guitarist]] [[Wes Montgomery]] became his biggest Hot 100 hit when it peaked at number forty-four. "Windy" was The Association's second U.S. number-one, following "[[Cherish (The Association song)|Cherish]]" in 1966. According to rumor, the original lyrics by Ruthann Friedman were about a man, and [[The Association]] changed them to be about a woman<ref>[http://ruthannfriedman.com/lyrics/ Ruthann Friedman lyrics]</ref> However, Friedman eventually admitted that it had in fact been written about her dog, who had "stormy eyes" and walked "down the streets of the city, smiling at everybody she sees..." Ruthann Friedman, the author of "Windy", sets the record straight: "Yikes!!! NO...Windy was a fictitious character. Made up in my head...not a hippy boyfriend in Haight Asbury and not a gay man...nononononono...strictly a fictional character!!!" The song was featured in an episode of ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'', where the character Nigel Wick (played by [[Craig Ferguson]]) played it on the [[harp]]. It was also featured recently in the second season finale of [[HBO]]'s [[Big Love]], where Teeny Henrickson leads a children's dance troupe while the song is playing for the annual Pioneers Festival. [[Barry Manilow]] and [[The Association (band)|The Association]] covered this song along with "[[Cherish (The Association song)|Cherish]]" on the 2006 album ''[[The Greatest Songs of the Sixties]]''. The harpsichord/bass guitar riff on Windy is similar to the guitar riff on the 1966 song "Kicks" by [[Paul Revere and the Raiders]]. ==References== <references/> {{start box}} {{succession box | before = "[[Respect (song)|Respect]]" by [[Aretha Franklin]] | title = [[Billboard Hot 100]] [[List of number-one hits (United States)|number one single]] | years = [[July 1]], [[1967]] (four weeks) | after = "[[Light My Fire]]" by [[The Doors]] }} {{end box}} {{1960s-single-stub}} [[Category:1967 singles]] [[Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles]] ==See also== *[[Windy Boats]] *[[Windy (dinghy)]]