# Songs with wind? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 19, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-wind/473445 "2008-11-19T14:40:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-wind/473445/1 "2008-11-19T14:40:24Z")
Not songs that fart, songs that use a wind sound/effect. I can think of 2 off the top of my head: Wish You Were Here–Pink Floyd (at the end) Funeral for a Friend–Elton John (at the beginning) There must be others. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-wind/473445/2 "2008-11-19T14:47:19Z")
The beginning of Dr. Jimmy, by the Who. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-wind/473445/3 "2008-11-19T14:49:51Z")
_[Silver Machine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tDgzBd2hD4)_ by **Hawkwind**. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-wind/473445/4 "2008-11-19T14:50:36Z")
_Ride Like the Wind_, Christopher Cross. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-wind/473445/5 "2008-11-19T15:01:55Z")
Isn’t the very beginning of the Doobie Brothers’ _Old Black Water_ a few seconds of wind noises before the music fades in? ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-wind/473445/6 "2008-11-19T15:04:07Z")
[Asleep](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arSjSmBzOuk&feature=related) - The Smiths ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-wind/473445/7 "2008-11-19T15:20:06Z")
I think _Bridge of Sighs_ by Robin Trower has wind. [Youtube link.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0d1HilfLxA) ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-wind/473445/8 "2008-11-19T15:35:27Z")
_Life In A Northern Town_, from the one-hit-wonder 80s band “The Dream Academy”. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-wind/473445/9 "2008-11-19T15:45:37Z")
Thriller? ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-wind/473445/10 "2008-11-19T16:08:47Z")
If you’re going to mention Pink Floyd, you can’t leave out “Echoes”. ---
**Author:** ![Fuji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Fuji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-wind/473445/11 "2008-11-19T16:22:35Z")
“Winter Time” - Steve Miller Band ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-wind/473445/12 "2008-11-19T16:26:41Z")
Another from Pink Floyd: “One of These Days” ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-wind/473445/13 "2008-11-19T17:01:47Z")
Frank Zappa, “Teenage Wind” of course. The Beatles, “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” has a white noise wind effect towards the end. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-wind/473445/14 "2008-11-19T17:06:48Z")
“Fly Like an Eagle,” Steve Miller Band ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-wind/473445/15 "2008-11-19T17:09:11Z")
> [@NoCoolUserName](#): > > Not songs that fart… Slightly off-topic, but the Grateful Dead’s _Sunrise_: [QUOTE=The Grateful Dead] I remember breezes From winds inside your body Keep me high [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-wind/473445/16 "2008-11-19T17:25:03Z")
Richard Strauss’s _Don Quixote_, and other orchestral works that use a [wind machine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_machine). ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-wind/473445/17 "2008-11-19T18:26:16Z")
Bon Jovi’s “Dead or Alive” ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-wind/473445/18 "2008-11-19T18:27:16Z")
Air Supply’s Lost in Love ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-wind/473445/19 "2008-11-19T18:50:15Z")
IIRC, “Pat a Pan” by Mannheim Steamroller has a repeated wind effect. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-wind/473445/20 "2008-11-19T19:11:03Z")
[Here’s a thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=440865) I started about a year ago asking this question. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-wind/473445.md?page=2)