The Windmills of Your Mind - wikipedia The Windmills of Your Mind This article is about the song. For the album by Paul Motian, see The Windmills of Your Mind ( album ). For the album by Bud Shank, see Windmills of Your Mind ( album ). `` The Windmills of Your Mind '' is a song with music by French composer Michel Legrand and English lyrics written by Americans Alan and Marilyn Bergman. The melody was inspired by the theme of Mozart 's second movement of his Sinfonia Concertante. The French lyrics, under the title `` Les Moulins de mon cœur '', were written by Eddy Marnay. The song ( with the English lyrics ) was introduced in the film The Thomas Crown Affair ( 1968 ), and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in the same year. In 2004, `` Windmills of Your Mind '' was ranked 57 in AFI 's 100 Years... 100 Songs survey of top songs in American cinema. A remake by Sting was utilized in the 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair. Contents 1 Composition / original recording 2 Dusty Springfield version 3 José Feliciano version 4 Other versions 4.1 In English 4.2 In French : `` Les Moulins de mon cœur '' 4.3 In other languages 5 References Composition / original recording In the original 1968 film The Thomas Crown Affair, the song is heard -- sung by Noel Harrison -- during opening credits ; and, during the film, in a scene in which the character Thomas Crown flies a glider at the glider airport in Salem, New Hampshire : having edited the rough cut for this scene utilizing the Beatles track `` Strawberry Fields Forever '' producer / director Norman Jewison commissioned an original song be written for the glider scene which would reference the ambivalent feelings of Thomas Crown as he engages in a favorite pastime while experiencing the tension of preparing to commit a major robbery. Alan Bergman : `` Michel ( Legrand ) played us ( ie. Alan and Marilyn Bergman ) seven or eight melodies. We listened to all of them and decided to wait until the next day to choose one. We three decided on the same one, a long baroque melody... The lyric we wrote was stream - of - consciousness. We felt that the song had to be a mind trip of some kind '' -- `` The ( eventual ) title was ( originally ) a line at the end of a section... When we finished we said : `` What do we call this ? It 's got to have a title. That line is kind of interesting. ' So we restructured the song so that the line appeared again at the end. It came out of the body of the song. I think we were thinking, you know when you try to fall asleep at night and you ca n't turn your brain off and thoughts and memories tumble. '' Noel Harrison recorded the song after Andy Williams passed on it : according to Harrison : `` It was recorded live on a huge sound stage at Paramount, with the accompanying film clips running on a giant screen and Michel blowing kisses to the orchestra. '' Harrison took issue with the couplet `` Like a tunnel that you follow to a tunnel of its own / Down a hollow to a cavern where the sun has never shone '', singing the word `` shone '' British - style with a short vowel sound making the rhyme with `` own '' imperfect. Marilyn Bergman : `` We said ' No, it 's shone ( long vowel sound ). ' And he said ' No, it 's our language ! ' And we said : ' Yes, but it 's our song. ' So reluctantly, he sang shone ( long vowel sound ) and our rhyme was intact. '' However, Harrison evidently had the last laugh ; in the finally released version he sings `` shone '' with a short vowel. Harrison 's version had a US single in the US in July 1968 soon after the premiere of the film and similarly was released in the British Isles at the time of the film 's 7 February 1969 premiere in the UK and Ireland. As a result, it was a current UK release when `` The Windmills of Your Mind '' received an Academy Award nomination on 24 February 1969 : Harrison 's single debuted at # 36 in the UK Top 50 dated 4 March 1969 and had risen to # 15 -- abetted by performances by Harrison on the 27 March 1969 broadcast of TOTP and also on variety shows hosted by Rolf Harris and Scott Walker -- when the song won the Academy Award on 14 April 1969, an endorsement which facilitated the Top Ten entry of Harrison 's single on the UK chart dated 22 April 1969 with its chart peak of # 8 effected two weeks later. `` The Windmills of Your Mind '' was performed on the Academy Awards ceremony broadcast of 14 April 1969 by José Feliciano ; Noel Harrison would recall : `` I was invited to sing it at the Academy Awards... but I was making a movie in England at the time, and the producer ( who did n't like me ) refused to let me go. '' The film which caused the scheduling conflict has been identified as Take a Girl Like You directed by Jonathan Miller. Dusty Springfield version Jerry Wexler, president of Atlantic Records, heard `` The Windmills of Your Mind '' on the soundtrack of The Thomas Crown Affair and championed having Dusty Springfield record the song for her debut Atlantic album Dusty in Memphis, overcoming the singer 's strong resistance ; Springfield 's friend and subsequent manager Vicki Wickham would allege : `` Dusty always said she hated it because she could n't identify with the words. '' During the first sessions for the track at American Sound Studio in Memphis, problems with getting the proper chords down arose, and at Springfield 's suggestion the song was arranged so the first three verses were sung in a slower tempo than the original film version. In April 1969 the third A-side release from Dusty in Memphis was announced as `` I Do n't Want to Hear It Anymore '' with `` The Windmills of Your Mind '' as B - side : however Wexler was prepared to promote `` Windmills '' as the A-side if it won the Oscar for Best Song, reportedly instructing mail - room clerks at Atlantic Records ' New York City headquarters to listen to the Academy Awards broadcast the night of 14 April 1969 ; hearing `` The Windmills '' announced as the Best Song winner was these clerks ' cue to drive a station wagon loaded with 2500 copies of a double - sided promo single of Springfield 's version -- identified on the label as `` Academy Award Winner '' -- to the New York City general post office, where the copies of the single were mailed out to key radio stations across the US. Although its Hot 100 debut was not effected until the 5 May 1969 issue of Billboard and then with a # 99 ranking, Springfield 's `` The Windmills '' made a rapid ascent to the Top 40 being ranked at # 40 on the Hot 100 dated 24 May 1969 only to stall over the subsequent three weeks peaking at # 31 on the Hot 100 dated 14 June 1969 with only one additional week of Hot 100 tenure, being ranked at # 45 on the 21 June 1969 chart. Local hit parades indicate that Springfield 's `` Windmills '' had Top Ten impact in only select larger markets : Boston, Southern California, and Miami. The track did reach # 3 on the Easy Listening chart in Billboard a feat matched by Springfield 's third subsequent single `` Brand New Me '' which therefore ties with `` The Windmills '' as having afforded Springfield her best - ever solo showing on a Billboard chart. José Feliciano version `` The Windmills of Your Mind '' was recorded by José Feliciano for his 1969 album 10 to 23, and Feliciano performed the song on the Academy Awards ceremony broadcast of 14 April 1969 ; the song 's original singer Noel Harrison would later opine of Feliciano 's performance : `` A wonderful musician and compelling singer, he made much too free with the beautiful melody in my humble opinion. But that 's jazz. '' It was Feliciano 's version of `` The Windmills '' which became a hit in the Netherlands, reaching # 11 on the Dutch chart in November 1969. and Nr. 4 in the Turkish hit parade in April 1970. Other versions In English All Angels on their self - titled album ( 2006 ) Ed Ames on his album The Windmills of Your Mind ( 1969 ) Tina Arena on her album Songs Of Love & Loss ( 2007 ) The Arbors on their album The Arbors ( 1977 ) Dorothy Ashby on her album `` Dorothy 's Harp '' ( 1969 ) - Instrumental version - Jeri Brown on her album April in Paris ( 1996 ) Anne Clark on her maxi - single The Haunted Road ( 1993 ), featuring Eyeless in Gaza : track included Clark 's 1996 compilation album The Nineties A Fine Collection Petula Clark on her album Portrait of Petula ( 1969 ), featured on the soundtrack of the 2012 film Killing Them Softly The Colourfield B - side of their 1984 single `` Take '' ; bonus track on Japanese release of the group 's album Virgins and Philistines Ray Conniff Singers on their 1969 album Jean ; featured in the 2015 film Focus Randy Crawford with David Sanborn on Sanborn 's album Time and the River ( 2015 ) Vic Damone on his album Over the Rainbow ( 1982 ) John Davidson on his album My Cherie Amour ( 1969 ) Skeeter Davis on her album Mary Frances ( 1969 ) Elaine Delmar on her concert album Recital At the Festival The Golden Orpheus ' 71 ( 1971 ) Neil Diamond on his album The Movie Album : As Time Goes By ( 1998 ) Val Doonican on his album Rocking Chair Favourites ( 1972 ) Connie Evingson on her album Stockholm Sweetnin ' ( 2006 ) Laura Fygi on her album Watch What Happens When Laura Fygi Meets Michel Legrand ( 1997 ) John Gary on his album Love of a Gentle Woman ( 1969 ) Peter Grant on his album New Vintage ( 2006 ) Rigmor Gustafsson on her album On My Way to You ( 2006 ) Jacintha on her album Jacintha Goes to Hollywood ( 2007 ) Peter Jöback on his album Storybook ( 2004 ) Jack Jones on his album Jack Jones sings Michel Legrand ( 1971 ) Eliza Keil on her album Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head ( 1970 ) Anita Kerr Singers on their album Velvet Voices & Bold Brass ( 1969 ) Kiki and Herb on their concert album... Will Die for You : Live at Carnegie Hall ( 2004 ) ; mistitled `` The Windmills of My Mind '' Jason Kouchak on his album Midnight Classics ( 2008 ) ; mistitled `` The Windmills of My Mind '' The King 's Singers on their 1972 self - titled album Kim Kuzma on her album Acustico II ( 2015 ) Judith Lefeber on her album In My Dreams ( 2003 ) The Lettermen on their album Greatest Movie Hits ( 2000 ) Barbara Lewis on her album The Many Grooves of Barbara Lewis ( 1969 ) Abbey Lincoln on her album Over the Years ( 2000 ) Gloria Loring on her album... And Now We Come to Distances ( 1969 ) Carmen Lundy on her album Something to Believe In ( 2003 ) The Manhattans single ( c. 1970 ) ; bonus track on the 2015 CD release of the group 's 1971 album With These Hands Johnny Mathis Version # 1 : on his album Love Theme from ' Romeo & Juliet ' ( 1969 ) Version # 2 : with Toots Thielemans on Thielemans ' album Chez Toots ( 1998 ) Chez Toots track listing reads `` Les Moulins de mon cœur ( The Windmills of Your Mind ) '' : Mathis sings only the English - language lyrics Natalia Mateo ( de ) on her album Heart of Darkness ( 2015 ) Jane McDonald on her album Love at the Movies ( 2001 ) Maureen McGovern Version # 1 : on her album Academy Award Performance -- And the Envelope, Please ( 1975 ) Version # 2 : on her album The Music Never Ends ( 1997 ) Eva Mendes recorded for commercial ( starring Mendes ) for Angel perfume Nana Mouskouri on her album Falling in Love Again : Great Songs from the Movies ( 1993 ) Alison Moyet on her album Voice ( 2004 ) Jim Nabors on his album Everything is Beautiful ( 1970 ) Jerry Nelson as a `` Screaming Thing '' on The Muppet Show 's second season premiere ( 1977 ) Judy Page ( af ) on her album Time and Love ( 1969 ) Elaine Paige on her album Cinema ( 1984 ) Parenthetical Girls on their album Entanglements ( 2008 ) Billy Paul on his album Ebony Woman ( 1970 ) Pepe & Paradise on their compilation album 70s Radio Hits ( 2000 ) ; taped performance from Yleisradio dating from 1971 or 1972 Dianne Reeves on her album When You Know ( 2008 ) Ginette Reno on her English - language album Ginette Reno ( 1969 ) Rita Reys on her album Rita Reys Sings Michel LeGrand ( 1972 ) Jimmie Rodgers on his album The Windmills of Your Mind ( 1969 ) ; released as a single : bubbled under Hot 100 with a # 123 peak John Rowles on his album Saying Goodbyes ( 1971 ) ; medley : `` Where Do I Begin ( Love Story ) '' / `` Windmills Of Your Mind '' Sandler and Young on their album Once More With Feeling ( c. 1970 ) The Sandpipers on their album The Wonder of You ( 1969 ) Mathilde Santing on her compilation album Matilde Matilde ( 1997 ) ; the track is a recording of a rehearsal of Santing 's performance of the song at the 1985 Knokke Festival ( nl ) revival Janet Seidel on her album Comme ci comme ça ( 2004 ) ; the track is listed as `` Windmills of Your Mind '' / `` Moulins de mon cœur '' and includes lyrics from both the English - and French - language renderings of the song. Dinah Shore on her album Once Upon a Summertime ( 1975 ) Sharleen Spiteri on her album The Movie Songbook ( 2010 ) Sting on the soundtrack album for The Thomas Crown Affair ( 1999 ) Barbra Streisand on her album What Matters Most ( 2011 ) Swing Out Sister on their compilation album The Best of Swing Out Sister ( 1996 ) ; taped performance from The Jeff Graham Show on Radio Luxembourg, made in 1989 : the track was included on some editions of the 1989 single release `` When in the World '', and is also included on the 2014 compilation The Essential Swing Out Sister Take 6 on their album The Standard ( 2008 ) Becky Taylor on her album Shine ( 2003 ) Kiri Te Kanawa on her album Magic : Kiri sings Michel Legrand ( 1992 ) Mel Tormé on his album A Time For Us ( Love Theme From ' Romeo & Juliet ' ) ( 1969 ) Grady Tate on his album Windmills of My Mind ( 1968 ) Leslie Uggams on her album On My Way to You : Songs of Alan & Marilyn Bergman ( 2003 ) Nina van Pallandt on her album Nina Alone ( 1970 ) Vanilla Fudge on their album Rock & Roll ( 1969 ) ; B - side of single release `` Lord in the Country '' Vassilikos on his album Vintage ( 2009 ) Helena Vondráčková on her album Isle of Helena ( 1972 ) Kim Weston on her album Big Brass Four Poster ( 1970 ) Susan Wong on her album 511 ( 2009 ) ; mistitled `` The Windmills of My Mind '' Edward Woodward on his album The Edward Woodward Album ( 1972 ) In French : `` Les Moulins de mon cœur '' The lyrics for the French - language rendering of `` The Windmills of Your Mind '' were written by Eddy Marnay and this version, entitled `` Les Moulins de mon cœur '', was first recorded in 1968 by Marcel Amont who was resultantly afforded a minor French chart hit ( peak # 49 ). `` Les Moulins de mon coeur '' has subsequently been recorded by : Frida Boccara on her album Un jour, un enfant ( 1969 ) Richard Anthony on his album Señora la Dueña ( 1970 ) Dany Brillant on his album Histoire d'un amour ( 2007 ) Noëlle Cordier single ( 1969 ) Anne - Marie David on her concert album Live In Charleroi ( 2004 ) Natalie Dessay with Michel LeGrand on their collaborative album Entre Elle et Lui ( 2013 ) Celine Dion on her concert album Céline Dion en concert ( 1985 ) ; in medley `` Hommage à Michel Legrand : Quand on s'aime / Brûle pas tes doigts / La Valse des lilas / Quand ça balance / Les Moulins de mon coeur '' Miss Dominique on her album Une femme battante ( 2006 ) Claude François on his album Un Monde de Musique ( 1969 ) Jason Kouchak on his album Comme d'Habitude ( 2011 ) Patricia Kaas on her album `` Piano Bar '' ( 2002 ) Vicky Leandros single, included on her album Zoom sur Vicky ( 1969 ) Julia Migenes on her concert album Live at the Olympia ( 1989 ) Jessye Norman on her album Michel Legrand : I Was Born in Love with You ( 2000 ) Marie Denise Pelletier on her album Lesmots de Marnay ( 2003 ) Ginette Reno on her French - language album Ginette Reno ( 1969 ) Demis Roussos on his album Immortel ( 1995 ) Janet Seidel on her album Comme ci comme ça ( 2004 ) ; the track is listed as `` Windmills of Your Mind '' / `` Moulins de mon cœur '' and includes lyrics from both the English - and French - language renderings of the song Caterina Valente on her concert album Caterina Valente Live ( London Palladium ) ( 1975 ) ; track listing reads `` The Windmills of Your Mind '' : however it is sung completely in French Sylvie Vartan on her album La Reine de Saba ( 1974 ) ; the album La Reine de Saba was issued only in Japan : its tracks were all included on the 1997 box set Sylvie Vartan : Les Années RCA Amaury Vassili on his album Canterò ( 2010 ) Vigon Bamy Jay on their album Les Soul Men ( 2013 ) Carol Welsman on her album Hold Me ( 2001 ) In other languages In 1970 Helena Vondráčková, prior to recording `` The Windmills of Your Mind '' with its original English lyrics for her album Isle of Helena ( 1972 ), recorded the song as rendered in Czech : `` Můžeš zůstat, můžeš jít '', and also Japanese : `` Kaze no sasayaki ''. Introduced on the album Ostrov Heleny Vondráčkové, `` Můžeš zůstat, můžeš jít '' has become a signature song for Vondráčková : in 2012 when her three CD retrospective ( Nejen ) o lásce was issued, Vondráčková cited `` Můžeš zůstat, můžeš jít '' as `` the song on the ( anthology ) dearest to ( her ) heart ''. An alternate Czech rendering of `` The Windmills of Your Mind '' : `` Mlýnské kolo v srdci mém '', was recorded by Hana Hegerová to serve as title cut for her 2010 album of renderings of famous French - language songs. `` The Windmills of Your Mind '' has also been rendered as : `` Cirkels '' ( Dutch ) : recorded by Herman van Veen ( 1968 ), Marco Bakker ( nl ) on his album Marco Bakker zingt romantische sfeersongs ( 1980 ), Hans Dorrestijn with Martin van Dijk ( nl ) for their collaborative album Cirkels ( 2002 ). `` Samanlainen onni '' ( Finnish ) : recorded by Jarkko & Laura ( 1968 ), Katri Helena ( 1970 ), Kristian ( fi ) on the multi-artist album Trio ( 1970 ), Tapio Heinonen ( fi ) on his album Julian Grimau ( 1971 ), Petri Salminen ( fi ) on his album Tien päällä ( 1997 ), Anneli Sari ( fi ) on her 1999 album Les Chansons, and Marita Taavitsainen ( fi ) on her album Yksi Ainoa Katse ( 1999 ). `` Vinden I Min Själ '' ( Swedish ) : recorded by Lill - Babs on her album Till Mina Vänner ( 1979 ), Anders Ekborg on his album Äkta Vara -- 11 Sångfilmer 100 % Live ( 2006 ), Anita Strandell ( sv ) on her album Sommarbaravara ( 2011 ). `` Wie sich Mühlen dreh'n im Wind '' ( German ) : recorded by Vicky Leandros on her album Ich glaub ' an Dich ( 1969 ), Caterina Valente on her concert album Caterina Valente Live ( 1969 ), Katja Ebstein on her album ' ' Wunder gibt es immer wieder ( 1970 ), Bibi Johns ( 1970 ). `` Los molinos de tu espíritu '' ( Spanish ) : recorded by German singer Katja Ebstein on her Spanish - language album En Español ( 1971 ). 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Jump up ^ En Español at Discogs Academy Award for Best Original Song 1934 -- 1940 `` The Continental '' Music : Con Conrad Lyrics : Herb Magidson ( 1934 ) `` Lullaby of Broadway '' Music : Harry Warren Lyrics : Al Dubin ( 1935 ) `` The Way You Look Tonight '' Music : Jerome Kern Lyrics : Dorothy Fields ( 1936 ) `` Sweet Leilani '' Music and lyrics : Harry Owens ( 1937 ) `` Thanks for the Memory '' Music : Ralph Rainger Lyrics : Leo Robin ( 1938 ) `` Over the Rainbow '' Music : Harold Arlen Lyrics : E.Y. Harburg ( 1939 ) `` When You Wish upon a Star '' Music : Leigh Harline Lyrics : Ned Washington ( 1940 ) 1941 -- 1950 `` The Last Time I Saw Paris '' Music : Jerome Kern Lyrics : Oscar Hammerstein II ( 1941 ) `` White Christmas '' Music and Lyrics : Irving Berlin ( 1942 ) `` You 'll Never Know '' Music : Harry Warren Lyrics : Mack Gordon ( 1943 ) `` Swinging on a Star '' Music : Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics : Johnny Burke ( 1944 ) `` It Might as Well Be Spring '' Music : Richard Rodgers Lyrics : Oscar Hammerstein II ( 1945 ) `` On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe '' Music : Harry Warren Lyrics : Johnny Mercer ( 1946 ) `` Zip - a-Dee - Doo - Dah '' Music : Allie Wrubel Lyrics : Ray Gilbert ( 1947 ) `` Buttons and Bows '' Music : Jay Livingston Lyrics : Ray Evans ( 1948 ) `` Baby, It 's Cold Outside '' Music and Lyrics : Frank Loesser ( 1949 ) `` Mona Lisa '' Music and Lyrics : Ray Evans and Jay Livingston ( 1950 ) 1951 -- 1960 `` In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening '' Music : Hoagy Carmichael Lyrics : Johnny Mercer ( 1951 ) `` High Noon ( Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin ' ) '' Music : Dimitri Tiomkin Lyrics : Ned Washington ( 1952 ) `` Secret Love '' Music : Sammy Fain Lyrics : Paul Francis Webster ( 1953 ) `` Three Coins in the Fountain '' Music : Jule Styne Lyrics : Sammy Cahn ( 1954 ) `` Love Is a Many Splendored Thing '' Music : Sammy Fain Lyrics : Paul Francis Webster ( 1955 ) `` Que Sera, Sera ( Whatever Will Be, Will Be ) '' Music and lyrics : Jay Livingston and Ray Evans ( 1956 ) `` All the Way '' Music : Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics : Sammy Cahn ( 1957 ) `` Gigi '' Music : Frederick Loewe Lyrics : Alan Jay Lerner ( 1958 ) `` High Hopes '' Music : Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics : Sammy Cahn ( 1959 ) `` Never on Sunday '' Music and lyrics : Manos Hatzidakis ( 1960 ) 1961 -- 1970 `` Moon River '' Music : Henry Mancini Lyrics : Johnny Mercer ( 1961 ) `` Days of Wine and Roses '' Music : Henry Mancini Lyrics : Johnny Mercer ( 1962 ) `` Call Me Irresponsible '' Music : Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics : Sammy Cahn ( 1963 ) `` Chim Chim Cher - ee '' Music and lyrics : Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman ( 1964 ) `` The Shadow of Your Smile '' Music : Johnny Mandel Lyrics : Paul Francis Webster ( 1965 ) `` Born Free '' Music : John Barry Lyrics : Don Black ( 1966 ) `` Talk to the Animals '' Music and lyrics : Leslie Bricusse ( 1967 ) `` The Windmills of Your Mind '' Music : Michel Legrand Lyrics : Alan and Marilyn Bergman ( 1968 ) `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' Music : Burt Bacharach Lyrics : Hal David ( 1969 ) `` For All We Know '' Music : Fred Karlin Lyrics : Robb Royer and Jimmy Griffin ( 1970 ) 1971 -- 1980 `` Theme from Shaft '' Music and lyrics : Isaac Hayes ( 1971 ) `` The Morning After '' Music and lyrics : Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn ( 1972 ) `` The Way We Were '' Music : Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics : Alan and Marilyn Bergman ( 1973 ) `` We May Never Love Like This Again '' Music and lyrics : Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn ( 1974 ) `` I 'm Easy '' Music and lyrics : Keith Carradine ( 1975 ) `` Evergreen ( Love Theme from A Star Is Born ) '' Music : Barbra Streisand Lyrics : Paul Williams ( 1976 ) `` You Light Up My Life '' Music and lyrics : Joseph Brooks ( 1977 ) `` Last Dance '' Music and lyrics : Paul Jabara ( 1978 ) `` It Goes Like It Goes '' Music : David Shire Lyrics : Norman Gimbel ( 1979 ) `` Fame '' Music : Michael Gore Lyrics : Dean Pitchford ( 1980 ) 1981 -- 1990 `` Arthur 's Theme ( Best That You Can Do ) '' Music and lyrics : Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross and Peter Allen ( 1981 ) `` Up Where We Belong '' Music : Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte - Marie Lyrics : Will Jennings ( 1982 ) `` Flashdance... What a Feeling '' Music : Giorgio Moroder Lyrics : Keith Forsey and Irene Cara ( 1983 ) `` I Just Called to Say I Love You '' Music and lyrics : Stevie Wonder ( 1984 ) `` Say You, Say Me '' Music and lyrics : Lionel Richie ( 1985 ) `` Take My Breath Away '' Music : Giorgio Moroder Lyrics : Tom Whitlock ( 1986 ) `` ( I 've Had ) The Time of My Life '' Music : Franke Previte, John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz Lyrics : Franke Previte ( 1987 ) `` Let the River Run '' Music and lyrics : Carly Simon ( 1988 ) `` Under the Sea '' Music : Alan Menken Lyrics : Howard Ashman ( 1989 ) `` Sooner or Later ( I Always Get My Man ) '' Music and Lyrics : Stephen Sondheim ( 1990 ) 1991 -- 2000 `` Beauty and the Beast '' Music : Alan Menken Lyrics : Howard Ashman ( 1991 ) `` A Whole New World '' Music : Alan Menken Lyrics : Tim Rice ( 1992 ) `` Streets of Philadelphia '' Music and lyrics : Bruce Springsteen ( 1993 ) `` Can You Feel the Love Tonight '' Music : Elton John Lyrics : Tim Rice ( 1994 ) `` Colors of the Wind '' Music : Alan Menken Lyrics : Stephen Schwartz ( 1995 ) `` You Must Love Me '' Music : Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics : Tim Rice ( 1996 ) `` My Heart Will Go On '' Music : James Horner Lyrics : Will Jennings ( 1997 ) `` When You Believe '' Music and lyrics : Stephen Schwartz ( 1998 ) `` You 'll Be in My Heart '' Music and lyrics : Phil Collins ( 1999 ) `` Things Have Changed '' Music and lyrics : Bob Dylan ( 2000 ) 2001 -- 2010 `` If I Did n't Have You '' Music and lyrics : Randy Newman ( 2001 ) `` Lose Yourself '' Music : Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto Lyrics : Eminem ( 2002 ) `` Into the West '' Music and lyrics : Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox ( 2003 ) `` Al otro lado del río '' Music and lyrics : Jorge Drexler ( 2004 ) `` It 's Hard out Here for a Pimp '' Music and lyrics : Juicy J, Frayser Boy and DJ Paul ( 2005 ) `` I Need to Wake Up '' Music and lyrics : Melissa Etheridge ( 2006 ) `` Falling Slowly '' Music and lyrics : Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová ( 2007 ) `` Jai Ho '' Music : A.R. Rahman Lyrics : Gulzar ( 2008 ) `` The Weary Kind '' Music and lyrics : Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett ( 2009 ) `` We Belong Together '' Music and lyrics : Randy Newman ( 2010 ) 2011 -- present `` Man or Muppet '' Music and lyrics : Bret McKenzie ( 2011 ) `` Skyfall '' Music and lyrics : Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth ( 2012 ) `` Let It Go '' Music and lyrics : Kristen Anderson - Lopez and Robert Lopez ( 2013 ) `` Glory '' Music and lyrics : John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn ( 2014 ) `` Writing 's on the Wall '' Music and lyrics : James Napier and Sam Smith ( 2015 ) `` City of Stars '' Music : Justin Hurwitz Lyrics : Benj Pasek and Justin Paul ( 2016 ) Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song ( 1960s ) `` Town Without Pity '' Lyrics by Ned Washington, Music by Dimitri Tiomkin ( 1961 ) `` Circus World '' Lyrics by Ned Washington, Music by Dimitri Tiomkin ( 1964 ) `` Forget Domani '' Lyrics by Norman Newell, Music by Riz Ortolani ( 1965 ) `` Strangers in the Night '' Lyrics by Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder, Music by Bert Kaempfert ( 1966 ) `` If Ever I Would Leave You '' Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, Music by Frederick Loewe ( 1967 ) `` The Windmills of Your Mind '' Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Music by Michel Legrand ( 1968 ) `` Jean '' Music & Lyrics by Rod McKuen ( 1969 ) Complete List ( 1960s ) ( 1970s ) ( 1980s ) ( 1990s ) ( 2000s ) ( 2010s ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Windmills_of_Your_Mind&oldid=815139113 '' Categories : 1968 songs Pop standards Pop ballads Best Original Song Golden Globe winning songs Best Original Song Academy Award - winning songs Songs with music by Michel Legrand Songs with lyrics by Alan Bergman Songs with lyrics by Marilyn Bergman Dusty Springfield songs Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from October 2017 Articles containing French - language text Interlanguage link template link number Talk Contents About Wikipedia Cymraeg Deutsch Español Français Italiano Nederlands Norsk Norsk nynorsk Português Русский Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 13 December 2017, at 00 : 07. 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Question: who wrote the song the windmills of your mind
Answer: French composer Michel Legrand