"My Friend The Wind" is a song by Greek singer

Demis Roussos Artemios "Demis" Ventouris-Roussos ( ; el, Αρτέμιος "Ντέμης" Βεντούρης-Ρούσσος, ; 15 June 1946 – 25 January 2015) was a Greek singer, songwriter and musician. As a band member he is best remembered for his work in ...

. It was released as a

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in 1973. The song was included on Roussos' 1973 album '' Forever and Ever''.

Background and writing

The song was written by Alec R. Costandinos and Stélios Vlavianós. The recording was produced by

. There is also a Spanish-language version, titled "Mi amigo el viento".

Commercial performance

The song reached no. 1 in the Netherlands and Belgium (Flanders).

Track listings

7" single Philips 6009 388 (1973, Germany)
7" single RTB / Philips S 53.713 (1973, Yugoslavia) : A. "My Friend The Wind" (3:58) : B. "Lay It Down" (3:45) 7" single Philips 6009 416 (1973, Netherlands) : A. "My Friend The Wind" (3:54) : B. "Someday Somewhere" (3:06) 7" single Philips 6042 468 (1979, Austria) : A. "My Friend The Wind" (3:50) : B. "My Reason" (3:59)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Covers

Engelbert Humperdinck covered the song on his 1974 covers album also titles ''My Friend the Wind'' on Decca Records.

References

{{authority control 1973 songs 1973 singles Demis Roussos songs Philips Records singles Dutch Top 40 number-one singles Ultratop 50 Singles (Flanders) number-one singles Songs written by Alec R. Costandinos Song recordings produced by Demis Roussos Songs written by Stélios Vlavianós