THE ASSOCIATION - WINDY

WINDY

THE ASSOCIATION

SONGWRITER: RUTHANN FRIEDMAN

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: INSIGHT OUT

LABEL: WARNER BROS.

GENRE: SUNSHINE POP

YEAR: 1967

"Windy" is a pop music song written by Ruthann Friedman and recorded by The Association. Released in 1967, the song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July of that year. Overseas, it went to #34 in Australia, and #3 in Yugoslavia. Later in 1967 an instrumental version by jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery became his biggest Hot 100 hit when it peaked at #44. "Windy" was The Association's second U.S. #1, following "Cherish" in 1966. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 4 song for 1967. The lead vocals were sung in unison by Russ Giguere and Larry Ramos. Ramos claimed that Ruthann Friedman had written the song about a man, and that The Association changed the lyrics to make it about a woman. Friedman refuted the rumor on her website:

"There are many explanations of who Windy actually was in Ruthann's life. She would have you know, she being me, Ruthann Friedman, that none of them are true. Windy was indeed a female and purely a fictitious character who popped into my head one fine day in 1967...

During the recording session The Association members, sure that they were in the middle of recording a hit, called the songwriter, me again, in to sing on the fade at the end. I can be heard singing a blues harmony as the song fades out..."

Session musician Hal Blaine played drums.

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)

Above the clouds (Above the clouds)

And Windy has stormy eyes

That flash at the sound of lies

And Windy has wings to fly

Above the clouds (Above the clouds)

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

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

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

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

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.