Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien.........OBE...........You and your Magnificent voice shall always remain in the Windmills of MY Mind.............Rest In Peace, Angel
I used to listen to her singing,I was so young,1969,loved her songs,especially,windmills,son of a......look of lo....still love how she used to sing,sorry she had to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Good thing I can still hear her.
Is there nothing this woman can’t do! I keep finding different songs she has sung and everyone is a masterclass of style and technique. We lost much the day she left us.
Listening to Dusty sing this is like looking at the bottom of the glass of the best wine you have ever tasted.........the richest you ever tasted, the best memory, the biggest regret that it is gone......just timeless in it's own beauty. Steve
Sultry, smoldering, deeply soulful & sophisicated is Dusty Springfield's classic performance of "The Windmills Of Your Mind" & that awesome arrangement perfectly showcases her magical mesmerizing vocal...Bravo Dusty!!!
+ALAN GREEN Yes, same goes for Dusty's version of You don't have to say you love me. I'm a huge Elvis fan but Dusty's version surpassed his in my opinion.
The beautiful Dusty, may she rest peacefully. Tina Arena recorded a fantastic version of this in 2008, and Tina is a whole other fantastic story, but Dusty owns this one. Simply wonderful.
So talented and so underrated. Nobody sings the way she does. Nobody back in her time and certainly nobody today. Supremely talented and absolutely gorgeous.
Beautiful version. There is such a delightful, sad quality to her voice. Almost like an older cousin of Karen Carpenter or Anne Murray, and I know both 70's singers admired Dusty Springfield. I wish Karen had done more of these types of songs....
I love the way it builds and builds in intensity. She starts out almost at a whisper (ppp) and ends full throttle (fff). Inspired. And of course, that voice!! I'm old enough to remember when she was really popular in the 60s. What a blessing to have heard her.
Dusty's version of this song is the one most people remember and for a good reason - it's brilliant. She captures the elegence and the sense of lost and longing contained within the lyrics. The tempo is also perfect. Soft and slow then building to a faster and faster pace - all the while never losing it's emotional impact. Her vocals are also perfect. Sweet, dream like and haunting. In short, she makes you feel every note and word of this classic song. Incredible
Brilliant Film!! Beautiful story! Amazing soundtrack! Cillian truly is gifted and excels in every role. Has since the start. So happy he finally got an Oscar. Beyond deserving of the honor.
No question about it. Dusty's is the best version of this song. Others have tried it but come nowhere this version with the begining percussion. Her voice is so seductive, tie me up, tie me up, gives me the chills!
Mesmerizing vocal magic from soulful Diva Dusty Springfield, going deep inside "The Windmills Of You Mind", the amazing singer twists and turns that glorious silky soulful voice through the awesome arrangement making this timeless classic her own...Bravo Dusty & RIP
On this day in 1969 {April 27th} "The Windmills of Your Mind" by Dusty Springfield entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #99; and on June 8th it peaked at #31 {for 1 week} and spent 8 weeks on the Top 100... It reached #3 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart... Ms. Springfield, born Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien, passed away on March 2nd, 1999 at the young age of 59... May she R.I.P.
Love the haunting quality of this timeless classic & "The Windmills Of Your Mind" by anyone but Dusty doesn't make it...smokey then soaring, Dusty nails this great song with a performance this is one of the greatest ever vocals matched by an amazing arrangement & guitarist is brilliant like Dusty...Bravo!!!
the best i knew. since I was a child, I loved this song, the text, the voice of a woman who is almost whispering. you feel it , how alone someone can be in this world....
Genius all over this song. Legrand's music (thank you, Mozart, for the opening), the Bergmans for the lyrics, and Dusty for the unique rendering. She had the guts to go in new directions throughout her career, the tlent to pull it off, and the perfectionism to make each recording the best it could be. In the case of Dusty in Memphis, I think she hit perfection.
Dusty's hauntingly beautiful voice. So sublime and melancholy. "Lovers walk along the shore and leave their footprints in the sand." The way she sings that just goes right through you.
Perfect...You have to listen to this all the way thru! Starts out slow and soft and builds to heights not easy to reach by most. Perfect (ly) beautiful.
It was highly praised by music reviewers when it was released. It didn't disappoint Dusty's fans, either, and she made many more of those fans with this album.
I never tire of hearing this version of the song. I still have the original "Dusty in Memphis" album that I purchased in 1970. No, it's not for sale. Miss you Dusty. Appreciate those who appreciated such heart-warming music to post it for our continued enjoyment.
Haunting ... Dusty's voice was one of the most beautiful and naturally produced sounds ever heard in that golden era (in my opinion.) Musicality, elegance, perfect phrasing, ... Our very own golden age! Young singers should carefully listen to that quality. Thanks Dusty for all the happy sharing and love you've given us for so many years.
A great song combined with a great singing voice is just magic - over and over again, we all have to spread the knowledge of these songs by great artists. Thank you Revolving Internet to bring new people to this performance!
Mesmerizing classic from Dusty who cast a hypnotic spell with that voice in this gorgeous song giving a performance that is so seductive and tremendous that it has never been matched...Bravo Dusty and you are missed!!!
This is the best version of this song ever! It's like she is making up the words as she goes along, she is telling us what she is thinking right now. It's like spontaneous. It's wonderful!!
Haunting Dusty vocal is brilliant throughout "The Windmills Of Your Mind" & another tremendous performance "Love Me By Name" takes you inside her soul and the passionate plea is mesmerizing & memorable...nobody can nail a classic quite like Dusty Springfield...RIP sweet soulful lady, you are missed!
She understood something profound about timing. Listen to the Noel Harrison and Matt Munro versions of this song and hear how they subvert the inherent drama of the piece by singing it too damn fast. Dusty slowed it down and mined far deeper the lode of mysterious ennui that Michel Legrand built into "The Windmills of Your Mind."
One of my fav Dusty tracks! i know theres untold versions,but this is the best by far! I love the way each verse hits a higher note,until theres a cresendo,& the notes that only she could hit! What a legend...RIP DUSTY,you must be well chuffed looking down knowing that theres still loads of peps like me who love you to fkn bits-n-bobs..!
Yes, as another fan commented, "Dusty OWNS this song!" I second that fact. Few, if any singers could sound so soulful, so pure, and so perfect as Dusty...without the assistance of today's recording technology, that is. "Dusty In Memphis" is a classic, timeless album. Thank God for the music of the 1960's, and for great song stylists like Dusty.Springfield.
This version was gorgeous enough, in my estimation, regardless of how others sang it. It has that haunting feeling, as several other posters have noted, that makes you listen to every note she sings.
I think you are spot on there is something very haunting on how Dusty did it. I also thing the tempo on Dusty's version is also key especially in the first half of the song. What a talent she was
Always loved the soft, haunting, husky quality of Dusty Springfield's voice. Her version of this song (and the superlatively sexy "The Look of Love") are my eternal favorites of her songs. I really prefer this rendition to the Noel Harrison original used in the opening credits of the original film and have always wished her vocal was used instead of Harrison's. Love the acoustic guitar on this track as well.
Round, Like a circle in a spiral Like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning On an ever-spinning reel Like a snowball down a mountain Or a carnival balloon Like a carousel that's turning Running rings around the moon Like a clock whose hands are sweeping Past the minutes of its face And the world is like an apple Whirling silently in space Like the circles that you find In the windmills of your mind Like a tunnel that you follow To a tunnel of its own Down a hollow to a cavern Where the sun has never shone Like a door that keeps revolving In a half-forgotten dream All the ripples from a pebble Someone tosses in a stream Like a clock whose hands are sweeping Past the minutes of its face And the world is like an apple Rolling silently in space Like the circles that you find In the windmills of your mind Keys that jingle in your pocket Words that jangle in your head Why did summer go so quickly? Was it something that you said? Lovers walk along the shore Leave their footprints in the sand Is the sound of distant drumming Just the fingers of your hand? Pictures hanging in a hallway And the fragment of this song Half-remembered names and faces But to whom do they belong? When you knew that it was over You Were suddenly aware That the autumn leaves were turning To the color of his hair? Like a circle in a spiral Like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning On an ever-spinning reel As the images unwind Like the circles that you find In the windmills of your mind
I first heard this on my daddy's jukebox full of 45's. I would cry through the whole thing. I was five and having my first existential crisis because of the lyrics that blew my mind. Lol
There are many, many recorded versions of this song. This is my favourite. So hauntingly beautiful. A sexy reminder of our mortality and the general chaos of human existence.
At the tender age of 12 ~ I liked this song.
At 67 I understand the bittersweet message ~ because I loved ~and lived it.
You know it!
Likewise I was around the same age. I didn't understand it but I loved it.
Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien.........OBE...........You and your Magnificent
voice shall always remain in the Windmills of MY Mind.............Rest In Peace, Angel
In 100 years people will still be mesmerised by Dusty Springfield’s phrasing of this beautiful, elliptical song.
Nicely stated. It is a superb performance and arrangement.
I used to listen to her singing,I was so young,1969,loved her songs,especially,windmills,son of a......look of lo....still love how she used to sing,sorry she had to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Good thing I can still hear her.
Is there nothing this woman can’t do! I keep finding different songs she has sung and everyone is a masterclass of style and technique. We lost much the day she left us.
Listening to Dusty sing this is like looking at the bottom of the glass of the best wine you have ever tasted.........the richest you ever tasted, the best memory, the biggest regret that it is gone......just timeless in it's own beauty.
Steve
Oh my gosh. So well said! And oh so true.
Absolutely perfect way to describe and explain this rendition... Bravo Steve, bravo. 👏
Sure wish I could find a video of her singing this live.
Well said. 👍
Sultry, smoldering, deeply soulful & sophisicated is Dusty Springfield's classic performance of "The Windmills Of Your Mind" & that awesome arrangement perfectly showcases her magical mesmerizing vocal...Bravo Dusty!!!
Miss Springfield had the most haunting voice!
this song has never sounded more seductive and chill. i love this version.
Like I say, she has the BEST version of this song, Dusty will be missed but THAT VOICE will live forever.
IN MY OPINION , DUSTY'S VERSION IS THE BEST I'VE EVER HEARD
ALAN GREEN I agree
ALAN GREEN Jose Feliciano didn't too bad himself
Jose's pretty good too.
+ALAN GREEN Yes, same goes for Dusty's version of You don't have to say you love me. I'm a huge Elvis fan but Dusty's version surpassed his in my opinion.
I agree with you. perfect phrasing, and pure diction as always. I miss her.
The beautiful Dusty, may she rest peacefully. Tina Arena recorded a fantastic version of this in 2008, and Tina is a whole other fantastic story, but Dusty owns this one. Simply wonderful.
I great loss to the world. What a wonderful singer.......
That incredible sultry, soulful voice. Another incredible loss for all of us.
❤ Absolutely a phenomenal woman.the way all words are out to mind ..real give you shivers
Magical treatment of a beautiful song, best version ever!
So talented and so underrated. Nobody sings the way she does. Nobody back in her time and certainly nobody today. Supremely talented and absolutely gorgeous.
Peerless
Underrated by they who mattered not, perhaps.
Don't talk nonsense Dusty has never been underrated, where have you been 😊 loved from the 60s all over the World.
Some RUclipsrs think that music only started exiting in 2000.
She has the perfect voice for this song.
I will always love this woman. She killed this song.
Beautiful version. There is such a delightful, sad quality to her voice. Almost like an older cousin of Karen Carpenter or Anne Murray, and I know both 70's singers admired Dusty Springfield. I wish Karen had done more of these types of songs....
A beautiful woman with an outstanding blues voice -
I love the way it builds and builds in intensity. She starts out almost at a whisper (ppp) and ends full throttle (fff). Inspired. And of course, that voice!! I'm old enough to remember when she was really popular in the 60s. What a blessing to have heard her.
Dusty's version of this song is the one most people remember and for a good reason - it's brilliant. She captures the elegence and the sense of lost and longing contained within the lyrics.
The tempo is also perfect. Soft and slow then building to a faster and faster pace - all the while never losing it's emotional impact. Her vocals are also perfect. Sweet, dream like and haunting.
In short, she makes you feel every note and word of this classic song.
Incredible
Such a hauntingly beautiful song!
No one sings like this! The phrasing, the use of whisper. She really is spectacular
He really is!!!
I fell down the Dusty well 4 years back. She’s incredible.
she is incredible, although I believe Tom Jones managed to add an even bigger touch of melancholy than Springfield's version
Brilliant Film!! Beautiful story! Amazing soundtrack! Cillian truly is gifted and excels in every role. Has since the start. So happy he finally got an Oscar. Beyond deserving of the honor.
No question about it. Dusty's is the best version of this song. Others have tried it but come nowhere this version with the begining percussion. Her voice is so seductive, tie me up, tie me up, gives me the chills!
Dusty in Memphis is a masterpiece. She really came into her own on this.
Mesmerizing vocal magic from soulful Diva Dusty Springfield, going deep inside "The Windmills Of You Mind", the amazing singer twists and turns that glorious silky soulful voice through the awesome arrangement making this timeless classic her own...Bravo Dusty & RIP
On this day in 1969 {April 27th} "The Windmills of Your Mind" by Dusty Springfield entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #99; and on June 8th it peaked at #31 {for 1 week} and spent 8 weeks on the Top 100...
It reached #3 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart...
Ms. Springfield, born Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien, passed away on March 2nd, 1999 at the young age of 59...
May she R.I.P.
Love the haunting quality of this timeless classic & "The Windmills Of Your Mind" by anyone but Dusty doesn't make it...smokey then soaring, Dusty nails this great song with a performance this is one of the greatest ever vocals matched by an amazing arrangement & guitarist is brilliant like Dusty...Bravo!!!
the best i knew. since I was a child, I loved this song, the text, the voice of a woman who is almost whispering. you feel it , how alone someone can be in this world....
Fantastic song ❤❤❤❤❤❤
This is a genius of a song -- and what a great singer she was! Totally remarkable!
Genius all over this song. Legrand's music (thank you, Mozart, for the opening), the Bergmans for the lyrics, and Dusty for the unique rendering. She had the guts to go in new directions throughout her career, the tlent to pull it off, and the perfectionism to make each recording the best it could be. In the case of Dusty in Memphis, I think she hit perfection.
Best version ever!!!! Still gives me the chills and brings tears to my eyes each time I hear it. Thanks Dusty.
Just another of Dusty's masterpieces among the many.
Dusty's hauntingly beautiful voice. So sublime and melancholy. "Lovers walk along the shore and leave their footprints in the sand." The way she sings that just goes right through you.
Absolutely!
Epic musical moment
She is a composers dream...this song is a work of art! Bravo! Bella! Ti Amo!
This song just feels so ahead of its time. I can't believe it came out over 40 years ago.
magnifique!! loved it those days, still love it now, it's just soo beautiful..
Perfect...You have to listen to this all the way thru! Starts out slow and soft and builds to heights not easy to reach by most. Perfect (ly) beautiful.
For me this is one of the most well balanced albums I've ever heard. From beginning to end it carries so beautifully.
It was highly praised by music reviewers when it was released. It didn't disappoint Dusty's fans, either, and she made many more of those fans with this album.
Dusty was one of the greatest British female singers of all time. Such a beautiul voice. Sadly missed.
I never tire of hearing this version of the song. I still have the original "Dusty in Memphis" album that I purchased in 1970. No, it's not for sale. Miss you Dusty. Appreciate those who appreciated such heart-warming music to post it for our continued enjoyment.
Hearing this song and her voice took my breath away...beautiful memories of yesterday.
A unique talent.... much missed.
Haunting ... Dusty's voice was one of the most beautiful and naturally produced sounds ever heard in that golden era (in my opinion.) Musicality, elegance, perfect phrasing, ... Our very own golden age! Young singers should carefully listen to that quality. Thanks Dusty for all the happy sharing and love you've given us for so many years.
Such beauty. There will never be another like her
The Best album she ever recorded. Such a shame it took people to realize this fact over 30 years later!
Dear dear Dusty. What a voice.
Much missed
what a voice... what a song.. this is a masterpiece
an awesome interpretation to the lyrics. poetically perfect!
I love this song, and her voice.
A beautiful version, sung as only Dusty could sing it.
A great song combined with a great singing voice is just magic - over and over again, we all have to spread the knowledge of these songs by great artists. Thank you Revolving Internet to bring new people to this performance!
Mesmerizing classic from Dusty who cast a hypnotic spell with that voice in this gorgeous song giving a performance that is so seductive and tremendous that it has never been matched...Bravo Dusty and you are missed!!!
Happy b-day DUsty your voice and soulis still amongst Us
This is the best version of this song ever! It's like she is making up the words as she goes along, she is telling us what she is thinking right now. It's like spontaneous. It's wonderful!!
Haunting Dusty vocal is brilliant throughout "The Windmills Of Your Mind" & another tremendous performance "Love Me By Name" takes you inside her soul and the passionate plea is mesmerizing & memorable...nobody can nail a classic quite like Dusty Springfield...RIP sweet soulful lady, you are missed!
My favorite Dusty song...Just beautiful.
Well Michel Legrand wrote this song but this version is nice
Oh yes I know he wrote it. I just meant my favorite song as sung by Dusty.
She understood something profound about timing. Listen to the Noel Harrison and Matt Munro versions of this song and hear how they subvert the inherent drama of the piece by singing it too damn fast. Dusty slowed it down and mined far deeper the lode of mysterious ennui that Michel Legrand built into "The Windmills of Your Mind."
i just got this album yesterday its such a great track it just grabs you and pulls you in its amazing dusty's voice is perfect for this song
Brilliant cut from the best album ever recorded.
Beautiful! That's what i call talent singers. The Legendary Dusty Springfield!
One of my fav Dusty tracks! i know theres untold versions,but this is the best by far! I love the way each verse hits a higher note,until theres a cresendo,& the notes that only she could hit! What a legend...RIP DUSTY,you must be well chuffed looking down knowing that theres still loads of peps like me who love you to fkn bits-n-bobs..!
Yes, as another fan commented, "Dusty OWNS this song!" I second that fact. Few, if any singers could sound so soulful, so pure, and so perfect as Dusty...without the assistance of today's recording technology, that is. "Dusty In Memphis" is a classic, timeless album. Thank God for the music of the 1960's, and for great song stylists like Dusty.Springfield.
This version was gorgeous enough, in my estimation, regardless of how others sang it. It has that haunting feeling, as several other posters have noted, that makes you listen to every note she sings.
I think you are spot on there is something very haunting on how Dusty did it. I also thing the tempo on Dusty's version is also key especially in the first half of the song. What a talent she was
Excellent version! Perfect tempo!!!!!
A chaque fois que je l'écoute,la chair de poule! MAGNIFIQUE de douceur...
Dusty has the best version of this song period!
AMEN !
It definitely is the best version! She's a GEM
THIS IS THE BEST VERSION OF THIS SONG
Try Barbara Streisand, excellent too.
I agree
Trippy but beautiful...miss actual talent and miss you Dusty.
Ela é top 5 das maiores cantoras deste mundo
my hubby wants to listen every night. I love this music too thank you
A highlight of the Atlantic Records catalogue... and that's saying something!
Sounds like a beautiful song for James Bond.
ikr
From "The Thomas Crown Affair". (the 1st 1)
She was so gorgeous and had the voice of an angel...RIP darling.XX
One of my fav songs eva. Having a huge phobia towards windmills and having so much thoughts going round and round in my head ... Love it.
Simply beautiful..
I bow to her version...haunting and just simply beautiful!
Always loved the soft, haunting, husky quality of Dusty Springfield's voice. Her version of this song (and the superlatively sexy "The Look of Love") are my eternal favorites of her songs. I really prefer this rendition to the Noel Harrison original used in the opening credits of the original film and have always wished her vocal was used instead of Harrison's. Love the acoustic guitar on this track as well.
I adore Dusty Springfield! I wish I could find a copy of "Ain't no easy way down" on here somewhere. She was so incrdible, very missed.
This version is excellent. The best one i heard
Dusty Springfield will never go out of fashion. xxx
Round,
Like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning
On an ever-spinning reel
Like a snowball down a mountain
Or a carnival balloon
Like a carousel that's turning
Running rings around the moon
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple
Whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind
Like a tunnel that you follow
To a tunnel of its own
Down a hollow to a cavern
Where the sun has never shone
Like a door that keeps revolving
In a half-forgotten dream
All the ripples from a pebble
Someone tosses in a stream
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple
Rolling silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind
Keys that jingle in your pocket
Words that jangle in your head
Why did summer go so quickly?
Was it something that you said?
Lovers walk along the shore
Leave their footprints in the sand
Is the sound of distant drumming
Just the fingers of your hand?
Pictures hanging in a hallway
And the fragment of this song
Half-remembered names and faces
But to whom do they belong?
When you knew that it was over
You Were suddenly aware
That the autumn leaves were turning
To the color of his hair?
Like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning
On an ever-spinning reel
As the images unwind
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind
Wow! Her voice is so soothing.
5/3/69 BILLBOARD debut
Dusty Springfield - The Windmills Of Your Mind
I first heard this on my daddy's jukebox full of 45's. I would cry through the whole thing. I was five and having my first existential crisis because of the lyrics that blew my mind. Lol
Dianne could not have done it as good as you sweet love,. Rest in Peace.
So Soothing ! What a Gran Talento !
so beautiful, one of my favorite songs ever... it makes me think and cry and everything, i fucking love dusty springfield
This music gives me the feeling of being a young gaff. It was the soundtrack my parents listened to when I small.
Wow!!! How excellent!
Discovered this only yesterday, an absolute iced gem.
Thanks so much for posting this. A wonderful singer and a wonderful song.
There are many, many recorded versions of this song. This is my favourite. So hauntingly beautiful. A sexy reminder of our mortality and the general chaos of human existence.
Beautiful--haunting---both singer and song.
Her very best song. Released on April 19, 1969 reaching #31 on June 14.
This is my fav version, her voice is so haunting.
Possibly one of the best pop song covers ever!