"Dimming of the Day" is a song written by Richard Thompson and performed with his then-wife Linda Thompson on their 1975 album '' Pour Down Like Silver''.

Covers (non-exhaustive list)

Dimming of the Day has been covered by: * The Irish band

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for their Irish-themed fifth studio album ''

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''; *

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; *

Mary Black Mary Black (born 23 May 1955) is an Irish folk singer. She is well known as an interpreter of both traditional folk and modern material which has made her a major recording artist in her native Ireland. Background Mary Black was born into a m ...

; *

Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She has released dozens of albums and singles over the course of her career and has won 14 Grammys, the Polar Music Prize, and numerous other honors, including ...

; *

Alfie Boe Alfred Giovanni Roncalli Boe (born 29 September 1973) is an English tenor and actor, notably performing in musical theatre. He is best known for his performances as Jean Valjean in the musical ''Les Misérables'' at the Queen's Theatre in Lo ...

from his album ’Trust’, featuring Shawn Colvin; * The

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; * The Lasses; * It was also featured, performed by

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, in

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' 1999 film ''

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'', being notable as marking an important story beat. *

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in 2002 at his semi-acoustic shows in London's

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; it was released on his ''

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where he introduced the song as "this one's got nothing what-so-ever to do with me but I like it. It's by Richard Thompson and it's called Dimming of the Day." *The Dutch musician

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recorded a version with a text in Brabantine, a Dutch dialect, ''

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'' (on his CD '' Zicht'', 2006); * Tom Jones performed the song in a concert broadcast by BBC4 and also on his 2012 album

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; *

Alison Krauss & Union Station Alison Krauss & Union Station is an American bluegrass and country band associated with singer Alison Krauss. It was initially composed of Krauss, Jeff White, Mike Harman and John Pennell. Later additions included Tim Stafford, Ron Block, Ada ...

on their album ''

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''; * A new duet version is on the debut album of singer-actress

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, and the album takes the name of this song.

Covers (non-exhaustive list)

See also