Catch the Wind - wikipedia Catch the Wind For other uses, see Catch the Wind ( disambiguation ). `` Catch the Wind '' Single by Donovan from the album What 's Bin Did and What 's Bin Hid B - side `` Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do ? '' Released March 12, 1965 ( UK ) 1965 ( US ) Format 7 '' Recorded March 1965 Genre Folk Length 2 : 21 ( Side A ) 2 : 57 ( Side B) Label Pye 7N15801 ( UK ) Hickory 45 - 1309 ( US ) Songwriter ( s ) Donovan Producer ( s ) Terry Kennedy, Peter Eden, Geoff Stephens Donovan singles chronology `` Catch the Wind '' ( 1965 ) `` Colours '' ( 1965 ) `` Catch the Wind '' ( 1965 ) `` Colours '' ( 1965 ) `` Catch the Wind '' is a song written and recorded by British singer - songwriter Donovan. It was released as a single in the United Kingdom on March 12, 1965 through Pye Records ( Pye 7N 15801 ) and a few months later in the United States through Hickory Records ( Hickory 45 - 1309 ). The single was backed with `` Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do ? '' on both the United Kingdom and United States releases. The melody of the song was influenced by `` Chimes of Freedom '' by Bob Dylan. `` Catch the Wind '' was the first release by Donovan. It reached No. 4 in the United Kingdom singles chart and No. 23 in the United States Billboard Hot 100. The single version featured Donovan 's vocals with echo and a string section. The song was re-recorded for Donovan 's first album What 's Bin Did and What 's Bin Hid, without the vocal echo and strings and with a harmonica solo added. When Epic Records was compiling Donovan 's Greatest Hits in 1968, the label was either unable or unwilling to secure the rights to the original recordings of `` Catch the Wind '' and Donovan 's follow - up single, `` Colours ''. Donovan re-recorded both songs for the album, with a full backing band including Big Jim Sullivan playing guitar and Mickie Most producing. Contents 1 Cover versions 2 Miscellaneous uses in the media 3 References 4 External links Cover versions Johnny Rivers ( 1965 ) Melinda Marx ( 1965 ) in Vee Jay Records Paul Revere & the Raiders covered the song in their 1966 studio album Just Like Us !. The Blues Project ( 1966 ) on album, Live at The Cafe Au Go Go Cher ( 1966 ) Siluete ( 1966 ) The Castiles ( 1967 ) Glen Campbell ( 1967 ) Claudine Longet ( 1968 ) Dottie West ( 1968 ) Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs ( 1968 ) Peter Fonda ( 1968 ) on the Chisa label, as the B - side to his version of Gram Parsons ' `` November Night '' The Lettermen ( 1970 ) Timothy Barclay ( 1970 ) We Five ( 1970 ) on the album Catch the Wind. This version was released as a single in 1971. Buck Owens ( 1971 ) Eartha Kitt ( 1972 ) Sammy Hagar ( 1977 ) on the album, Sammy Hagar Vern Gosdin ( 1978 ) on the album, Never My Love Susanna Hoffs ( 1994 ) on the album, Susanna Hoffs and also appeared on the UK CD single for the song `` All I Want ''. Four to the Bar ( 1995 ) on the album, Another Son The Irish Descendants ( 1995 ) on the album, Gypsies and Lovers Arjen Anthony Lucassen ( 1997 ) on the album, Strange Hobby Judith Durham ( 1996 / 97 ) on the albums `` Mona Lisas '' and `` Always There '' Katey Sagal ( 2004 ) on the album, Room The Spill Canvas ( 2007 ) on the album, Denial Feels So Good Liane Carroll ( 2007 ) in the album Slow Down Jimmy LaFave ( 2007 ) on the album, Cimarron Manifesto Melinda Marx made her own version in VeeJay Records ( 1966 ) Adam Bomb and the WMD 's ( 2009 ) on the album, Live from Tehran Rickie Lee Jones ( 2012 ) on the album, Devil You Know Chet Atkins Joan Baez and Mimi Fariña recorded a duet which appeared on the `` Generations of Folk '' series ( Volume 3, Classic Harmonies ). Eero Jussi and the Boys recorded it as `` Tuuli Kuiskaa Vain '' in Finnish Reinhard Mey recorded a German version, `` Geh und fang den Wind '', which was his first single release. ( His name here is incorrectly spelled Rainer May ). The translation was done by Joe Menke. Miscellaneous uses in the media In 1985, the TV show Miami Vice used the song at the beginning of the episode `` Golden Triangle ( Part II ) ''. In 1989, the TV show, The Wonder Years used the song at the end of the episode `` Brightwing ''. In 1992, the movie The Efficiency Expert used the song. In 2001, the TV show `` Heartbeat '' used the song in the show `` Old Masters '' ( season 11, episode 5 ) In 2002, the TV show Louis Theroux 's Weird Weekends ( series 3, episode 1 ) used the song during a scene at a hypnosis conference in Las Vegas. In 2005, the TV show Cold Case used the song at the end of the episode `` A Perfect Day ''. In 2006, the TV show Alias used the song at the end of the episode `` No Hard Feelings ''. In 2006, the movie Flicka used the song. In 2007, GE Ecomagination used the song in a television commercial promoting their achievements in wind power. In 2009, thatgamecompany used the song in a promotional advertisement for the PlayStation Network title Flower. In 2009, MassMutual used the song in a personal financial services commercials. In 2009, the movie The Invention of Lying used nearly the entire song following the scene in which the protagonist 's mother dies. In 2009, the movie Charlie and Boots used the song in the final scene, in which the two protagonists fish together. In 2011, the TV show Parenthood used the song at the end of the November 8th episode, `` In - Between ''. References Jump up ^ Daffyd Rees and Luke Crampton, Rock Stars Encyclopedia ( New York : DK Publishing, Inc., 1999 ), 309. Jump up ^ We Five, `` Catch the Wind '' single release Retrieved July 12, 2014 Jump up ^ `` Recording : Catch the Wind - Buck Owens ''. Second Hand Songs. Retrieved 2012 - 01 - 05. Jump up ^ `` Catch the Wind / Hurdy Gurdy Man - Eartha Kitt ''. Earthakittfanclub.com. Retrieved 2012 - 01 - 05. Jump up ^ `` The Susanna Hoffs Discography '' Jump up ^ `` Rainer May - Geh und fang den Wind ( Catch The Wind ) ''. YouTube. 2010 - 01 - 28. Retrieved 2012 - 01 - 05. External links Catch The Wind ( Single ) - Donovan Unofficial Site Donovan discography Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Donovan Studio albums What 's Bin Did and What 's Bin Hid ( Catch the Wind ) Fairytale Sunshine Superman Mellow Yellow A Gift from a Flower to a Garden The Hurdy Gurdy Man Barabajagal Open Road HMS Donovan Cosmic Wheels Essence to Essence 7 - Tease Slow Down World Donovan Neutronica Love Is Only Feeling Lady of the Stars Sutras Pied Piper Sixty Four Brother Sun, Sister Moon Beat Cafe Shadows of Blue Live albums Donovan in Concert Live in Japan : Spring Tour 1973 Rising Rising Again Greatest Hits Live : Vancouver 1986 Songs `` Catch the Wind '' `` Colours '' `` Universal Soldier '' `` Turquoise '' / `` Hey Gyp ( Dig the Slowness ) '' `` You 're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond '' `` To Try for the Sun '' `` Josie '' `` Remember the Alamo '' `` Sunshine Superman '' `` Mellow Yellow '' `` Epistle to Dippy '' `` There Is a Mountain '' `` Wear Your Love Like Heaven '' `` Jennifer Juniper '' `` Hurdy Gurdy Man '' `` Atlantis '' `` Laléna '' `` Barabajagal '' `` Rock ' n ' Roll with Me '' `` Season of the Witch '' Box sets Troubadour : The Definitive Collection 1964 -- 1976 Try for the Sun : The Journey of Donovan Films There is an Ocean Related Discography Island of Circles Donovan Leitc ( son ) Ione Skye ( daughter ) Book : Donovan We Five Beverly Bivens Michael Stewart Jerry Burgan Pete Fullerton Bob Jones Debbie Burgan ' Studio albums You Were on My Mind Make Someone Happy The Return of We Five Catch the Wind Take Each Day as It Comes Singles `` You Were on My Mind '' `` Let 's Get Together '' `` My Favorite Things '' `` Walk On By '' `` Catch the Wind '' B - Sides `` Cast Your Fate to the Wind '' `` Somewhere Beyond the Sea '' `` Somewhere '' `` The First Time '' `` Here Comes the Sun '' `` Oh Lonesome Me '' Cover Songs `` Ca n't Help Falling in Love '' `` The Inch Worm '' `` Our Day Will Come '' `` Softly As I Leave You '' `` Soon It 's Gonna Rain '' `` Tonight '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catch_the_Wind&oldid=769806817 '' Categories : 1965 songs 1965 singles 1971 singles Songs written by Donovan Donovan songs Johnny Rivers songs Cher songs Bruce Springsteen songs Glen Campbell songs The Lettermen songs We Five songs Buck Owens songs Eartha Kitt songs Joan Baez songs Paul Revere & the Raiders songs Jack Barlow songs Pye Records singles Debut singles Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from October 2016 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français Norsk nynorsk Edit links This page was last edited on 11 March 2017, at 19 : 21. 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Question: who wrote the song try and catch the wind
Answer: British singer-songwriter Donovan