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Listening Wind

1980 · via Talking Heads

Talking Heads recorded “Listening Wind” in 1980. Talking Heads wrote it with David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth. This is the first recording of the song. Also recorded by Girls Under Glass (1995), Phish (2002) and Peter Gabriel (2010), among 9 recordings on file. It is on the album Remain in Light (1980).

Talking Heads – Listening Wind
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The band wrote this one with Brian Eno, and thirty years on Peter Gabriel decided it was worth recording himself. Spin theirs first, then his, and listen for what he chose to keep.

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Written by Talking Heads, David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth.

First recorded by Talking Heads in 1980: this is the first recording.

On the album Remain in Light (1980).

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9 recordings of “Listening Wind” on MusicBrainz in all.

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Talking Heads wrote "Listening Wind" with Brian Eno. Which artist picked the song up decades later and cut his own recording of it in 2010?Peter Gabriel
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