The Windmills of Your Mind
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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 American lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman. French lyrics, under the title "Les Moulins de mon cœur", were written by Eddy Marnay.
Quick Facts Single by Noel Harrison, from the album ...
"The Windmills of Your Mind" | |
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Single by Noel Harrison | |
from the album The Thomas Crown Affair | |
B-side | "Leitch on the Beach" |
Released | 1968 (1968) |
Label | Reprise |
Composer(s) | Michel Legrand |
Lyricist(s) | Alan and Marilyn Bergman (English) Eddy Marnay (French) |
Producer(s) | Jimmy Bowen |
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The song (with the English lyrics) was introduced in the film The Thomas Crown Affair (1968),[1] and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.[1] In 2004, "Windmills of Your Mind" was ranked 57 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top songs in American cinema. A cover by Sting was used in the 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair.